Blackthorn Resources Completes Drilling Program in Burkina Faso and Provides Exploration Assay Results

Monday, 26 July 2010 09:05

KEY POINTS:

Diamond-core (DDH) drilling program has been completed on the Guido and Poa tenements totalling 57 holes for 8,017 metres.
Additional infill holes were drilled to assess geological structure and test for extensions to mineralisation.
Gold mineralisation at the GUIDO Prospect occurs in multiple, parallel shear zones which currently extend along strike for approximately 3,000 metres.
Assay results from a further 17 holes have been received by the Company, with 14 holes confirming mineralisation over a further 800m along strike.
Mineralised zones (at 0.0 g/t Au cut-off) were identified in holes which include the following significant drilled thickness intervals from 6 holes:

GDDH032

11.7m at 1.87 g/t Au from 44m to 55.7m; and
14m at 0.47 g/t Au from 94m to 108 metres.
GDDH033
20m at 0.91 g/t Au from 42m to 62 metres.
GDDH021
15m at 0.57 g/t Au from 14m to 29 metres.
GDDH024
10m at 0.59 g/t Au from 54m to 64 metres.
GDDH028
4m at 1.31 g/t Au from 64m to 68 metres.
GDDH023
6m at 0.92 g/t Au from 84m to 90 metres.

Exploration data is being compiled in preparation of a JORC code compliant mineral resource study to commence upon receipt of remaining results.

Blackthorn Resources Limited (ASX: BTR) provided the following summary of drilling activities and results from the Company’s 100% owned tenements in Burkina Faso. Blackthorn Resources is conducting diamond-core (DDH) drilling over the POA and GUIDO prospects as follow-up to previous exploration work which identified gold mineralisation hosted within multiple, parallel shear zones along a northeast trending regional-scale structure.

The DDH drilling program has now been completed totalling 57 holes for 8,017m from the POA and GUIDO prospects as shown in Table 1. Additional infill holes were drilled on the GUIDO Prospect to assess the geological structure and test for extensions to mineralisation. It was determined that there is dominant structural control to mineralisation, and drill holes were positioned to test these using supporting data from Induced Polarization (IP) geophysical surveys.

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