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Historic outcrop grab sample of gabbro with quartz veins, collected during 2005 and 2006 at this occurrence, were reported to return 10.04 g/t (grams per tonne) gold and 9.145 g/t gold.

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Samples targeted pyrite-bearing quartz veins within northwest-southeast trending recessive phyllitic lenses that have historically returned elevated gold values of up to 573.7 g/t Au (Shaw, 1989).

Samples are submitted to ALS Chemex Laboratories in La Serena, Chile, for preparation by PREP31B (1,000gr), with digestion by four-acid digestion and analysis for 33 elements by ICP-AES (ME-ICP61).