Serengeti Resources is pleased to announce the results from the initial five holes drilled in the course of this summer’s exploration program at the Company’s Kwanika property in BC.
The results include a near surface intercept grading 0.51% copper, 0.14 g/t gold, 2.7 g/t silver and 0.024% molybdenum (0.78% copper equivalent) over 150.3 meters in hole K-126. This is the best hole drilled to date on the South Zone which is located approximately two kilometers south of the Central copper-gold Zone at Kwanika, that was the subject of a NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate in March 2009.
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Drill Holes K-09-124 to K-09-128 Significant Analytical Results |
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Hole |
From |
To |
Interval |
Copper |
Gold |
Silver |
Moly |
Copper |
Gold |
Orientation |
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K-124 |
126.6 |
228.0 |
101.4 |
0.05 |
0.03 |
0.2 |
0.033 |
0.30 |
0.51 |
Vertical |
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Incl. 189.9 |
196.0 |
6.2 |
0.05 |
0.32 |
0.0 |
0.372 |
2.79 |
4.78 |
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259.5 |
502.0 |
242.5 |
0.41 |
0.05 |
2.1 |
0.018 |
0.58 |
1.00 |
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Incl. 290.3 |
502.0 |
211.7 |
0.44 |
0.05 |
2.3 |
0.019 |
0.63 |
1.07 |
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Incl. 423.5 |
463.0 |
39.6 |
0.65 |
0.07 |
3.1 |
0.028 |
0.92 |
1.57 |
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K-125 |
71.8 |
122.2 |
50.4 |
0.23 |
0.05 |
1.3 |
0.005 |
0.31 |
0.53 |
-80º / 90º |
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Incl. 103.3 |
122.2 |
18.9 |
0.39 |
0.08 |
2.6 |
0.010 |
0.53 |
0.91 |
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165.3 |
186.8 |
21.5 |
0.21 |
0.14 |
2.0 |
0.003 |
0.33 |
0.57 |
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306.3 |
363.5 |
57.2 |
0.13 |
0.21 |
1.7 |
0.002 |
0.28 |
0.49 |
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K-126 |
77.0 |
227.3 |
150.3 |
0.51 |
0.14 |
2.7 |
0.024 |
0.78 |
1.35 |
-70º / 90º |
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Incl. 86.2 |
101.3 |
15.1 |
0.78 |
0.25 |
1.9 |
0.025 |
1.12 |
1.92 |
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And 121.4 |
146.1 |
24.7 |
0.58 |
0.25 |
2.7 |
0.044 |
1.06 |
1.81 |
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And 189.8 |
197.2 |
7.5 |
1.42 |
0.12 |
9.0 |
0.009 |
1.65 |
2.82 |
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K-127 |
64.7 |
121.3 |
56.6 |
0.33 |
0.09 |
2.2 |
0.030 |
0.61 |
1.07 |
-65º / 90º |
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Incl. 98.9 |
121.3 |
22.4 |
0.45 |
0.13 |
3.2 |
0.061 |
0.98 |
1.68 |
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158.7 |
173.1 |
14.4 |
0.19 |
0.06 |
1.6 |
0.002 |
0.26 |
0.44 |
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272.7 |
283.0 |
10.4 |
0.72 |
0.00 |
3.4 |
0.021 |
0.90 |
1.54 |
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K-128 |
No significant values |
Vertical |
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*Copper and Gold Equivalent calculations use metal prices of US$1.75/lb for copper, US$12/lb for molybdenum, US$700/oz for gold and US$12.50/oz for silver and both assume metallurgical recoveries and net smelter returns of 100%. Copper (Cu) EQ = Cu% + (Mo% x 12/1.75) + (Au g/t x 12.86/22.06) + (Ag g/t x 0.23/22.06). Gold (Au) EQ = Au g/t + (Cu % x 38.60/22.5) + (Mo% x 264.72/22.5) + (Ag g/t x 12.50/700).
Drill sections and a 3D model can be viewed at www.corebox.net or by following a link on the Company’s website at www.serengetiresources.com
“These new intercepts greatly increase the potential of the South Zone at Kwanika” stated Serengeti’s President & CEO, David Moore. “This drilling indicates that a near surface copper-molybdenum-gold-silver upper zone appears to increase in grade towards a west-bounding fault and is underlain, at least locally, by a significant lower copper-molybdenum-silver zone that remains open to depth. Follow-up drilling is planned in the current program to further test the significance of these zones” amplified Moore.
All of the holes reported on here were drilled testing extensions of the South Zone where prior drilling by Serengeti and by previous explorers has intersected mineralization along 1,800 meters of strike length. The average composite intercept of the fourteen holes drilled previously in the South Zone by Serengeti is 0.36% copper, 0.13 g/t gold, and 0.013% molybdenum over 82 meters. Four of the holes reported here were drilled along 375 meters of strike length on the west side of the South Zone; three of these intersected significant mineralization, with the fourth hole intersecting weaker mineralization. A fifth hole, K-128 was drilled off the north end of the zone and was not mineralized.
K-126: Intersected a 150.3 meter near surface interval grading 0.51% copper, 0.14 g/t gold, 2.7 g/t silver, 0.024% molybdenum (0.78% copper equivalent). This hole was drilled 200 meters west of prior hole K116 which intersected 0.39% copper, 0.10 g/t gold, 2.7 g/t silver, 0.013% molybdenum over 113.7 meters indicating continuity to the mineralized zone.
K-124: Collared 125 meters north of K-126 intersected what is interpreted to be a lower mineralized zone grading 0.44% copper, 0.05 g/t gold, 2.3 g/t silver, 0.019% molybdenum (0.63% copper equivalent) over 211.7 meter. This lower zone remains open at the bottom of the hole at 502 meters depth and is interpreted to be truncated to the west by a steep west-dipping fault. K-124 was subsequently deepened to a final depth of 642 meters and additional mineralization was observed in the hole to a depth of approximately 620 meters. Assays for this portion of the hole will be reported when available. An upper mineralized zone on this same section was intersected in previously reported hole K-110 and grades 0.27% copper, 0.26 g/t gold, 1.7 g/t silver and 0.007% molybdenum over 239.8 meters.
K-127, K-125: K-127 collared 125 meters north of K-124, intersected a 56.6 meter near surface interval grading 0.33% copper, 0.09 g/t gold, 2.2 g/t silver and 0.030% molybdenum (0.61% copper equivalent) including a 22.4 meter interval grading 0.45% copper, 0.13 g/t gold, 3.2 g/t silver and 0.061% molybdenum (0.98% copper equivalent) and indicates that the better grade zone remains open to the north. K-125 collared 110 m to the south of K-126, intersected several intervals of weaker mineralization and indicates that at least locally, the better grades encountered in K-126 diminish towards the south.
Elsewhere, drilling continues, testing regional targets at the south end of the Kwanika claim block after a break due to elevated forest fire risk. From here the drill will be moved to the Osilinka property, located 35 kilometers north of Kwanika. The planned drill program at Serengeti’s Croy Bloom project, funded by Newcrest Mining, has been deferred for this year due to First Nations’ access issues and the joint venture partner, Newcrest, has been granted an extension to allow time to resolve these issues.











