Detour Gold Drilling Program
Detour Gold reported on July 6, 2010 assay results for its 2010 drilling campaign at the Detour Lake gold project in northern Ontario. The 2010 drilling campaign of 90,000 metres is nearly 80% complete. The program is focusing on the western extension of the Detour Lake open pit deposit between section 17,540E and 18,000E on a 40X40 metre drill spacing. Thus far, the Company has completed 69,096 metres in 140 holes. The results of July 5, 2010 include an additional 27 holes totaling 13,014 metres (including six holes abandoned for 982 metres). The first set of results from the 2010 drilling program was released on April 28, 2010.
The Company plans to issue updated mineral resources/reserves for the year-end, which will include the entire 2010 drilling program. Drill results to date indicate that the gold mineralization continues west of the current US$850 pit shell, which is expected to have a positive impact on the mineral resources and reserves. The mineral reserves currently stand at 11.4 million ounces of gold.
2010 Drilling Program: Surface plan view and Long section 
The gold mineralization is found along a known east-west, 200 to 300 metre wide corridor extending from the former pit to the west of the Calcite Zone (a distance of 3.0 kilometres). In some areas (i.e. West Pit and Gap Zone), the width of the mineralized corridor extends to near 400 metres. The mineralized corridor remains open to west for several kilometres. Gold mineralization within the corridor typically consists of multiple, subvertical, five to 25 metre wide zones grading between 1.0 to 3.0 g/t gold. High gold values are generally characterized by clusters of visible gold in quartz veins and pillow selvages within potassically altered mafic flows that contain a higher percentage of sulphide minerals.
The Company announced the results of its feasibility study for the Detour Lake project on May 25, 2010. The feasibility study database included drilling data from the pre-Detour Gold programs, and Detour Gold's 2007, 2008, and 2009 drilling campaigns. It includes a total of 880,991 metres of drilling in 5,853 holes, including 334,452 metres from Detour Gold.
The mineral reserves could potentially increase in the future as the Company continues its infill drilling program (on a 40 x 40 metre spacing) to the west of the current open pit boundary. The drilling program for 2010 totals 90,000 metres of drilling, of which nearly 60,000 metres has been completed to date. Results to date from this program (approximately 11,000 metres) indicate the presence of significant gold mineralization to the west of the current open pit.
Latest Drill Results:
| Jul 06, 2010 |  | Detour Gold Reports Results from its 2010 Drilling Program at Detour Lake Project in Ontario  |
Maps and Sections - July 6, 2010
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Maps and Sections (Full Set) |
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Surface plan view of drill hole locations |
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Longitudinal section |
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Phase II Drilling - Table of Results |
Note: This section will be expanded as the Company releases results from its on going exploration program at Detour Lake.
