Detour Gold Drilling Program
The Company has now completed its 2009 infill drilling program at Detour Lake with 101,074 metres in 241 holes to nearly finish the 40 metre by 40 metre drill spacing up to section 18,000E (west end of Calcite Zone). Since the acquisition of the project, Detour Gold has completed 332,178 metres of drilling to define the Detour Lake gold deposit.Detour Gold reported on January 13, 2010 assay results for an additional 40 holes totaling 18,052 metres (including 4 holes abandoned for 728 metres) from its 2009 infill diamond drilling program. The results will be incorporated in the feasibility study expected in the first half of 2010.
In January 2010, the Company started a 60,000 metre drilling campaign with six drill rigs on site. This drilling will focus west of the proposed open pit, between 17,000E and 18,000E, on an 80 metre by 80 metre spacing and approximately 15,000 metres to complete the 40 metre by 40 metre drill spacing up to section 18,000E (west end of the proposed open pit).
2010 Drilling Program: Surface plan view and Long section
The gold mineralization is found along a known east-west 200 metre wide corridor extending from the West Pit to the Calcite Zone (a distance of 2.5 kilometres). In some areas of the West Pit and Gap Zone, the width of the mineralized corridor extends to near 400 metres. The mineralized corridor remains open west of the Calcite Zone 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 pre-feasibility study for the Detour Lake project on September 9, 2009. The pre-feasibility study included drilling data from a total of 789,808 metres of drilling in 5,612 holes, incorporating pre-Detour Gold programs and Detour Gold's 2007, 2008, and 2009 drilling campaigns (up to the cut-off date of June 1, 2009) totaling 248,608 metres. For further details on the results of the pre-feasibility study, click here
Latest Drill Results:
| Jan 13, 2010 |  | Detour Gold Reports Wide Gold Intersections Outside of Proposed Open Pit at Detour Lake Project in Ontario (4.27 g/t/ 68 m & 6.85 g/t/ 41 m in Calcite area)  |
Maps and Sections - January 13, 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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Table of Results - January 13, 2009 |
Note: This section will be expanded as the Company releases results from its on going exploration program at Detour Lake.
