Trading Symbol: RGZ.V
TORONTO, Aug. 2 /CNW/ - Randsburg International Gold Corporation
(TSX-V: RGZ) announced today further information about the historical reserves
estimates reported in its news release of July 21, 2005 and previous releases.
The Company is also reporting on 395 metres of drill intersections of iron,
titanium and vanadium from drill holes number four (RA-04-05) and five
(RA-05-05) during Phase 2 of a Stage 2 drill program at its 100%-owned Titan
Project. The Titan Project is an advanced exploration project located in Flett
and Angus Townships, Ontario.
The Titan Project comprises 2150 contiguous hectares (5370 acres) of
8 claims (123 units) and 17 patents. Flett and Angus Townships are located
120 kilometres northeast of Sudbury, Ontario and 50 kilometres north of the
City of North Bay.
Historical Reserves Estimates
Titan Iron Mines Ltd. reported iron-titanium reserves of 141 million tons
from previous drilling, trenching, geology and geophysics in the 1940's,
1950's and 1960's in this area.
A. S. Bayne, P. Eng. (1967) submitted the "Report on Potential
Feasibility of Titan Iron Mines Limited, Angus and Flett Townships, Ontario."
In this report, Bayne estimated that the iron-titanium deposit contained an
indicated and inferred 141,000,000 tons of reserves grading 35.58% iron and
15.64% titanium within an area of 1,400 by 900 feet and to a depth of
1000 feet. The report is part of Randsburg's files on the Titan deposit. The
estimate is based upon:
- The drill logs and assays for iron and titanium from 1,795 feet of
diamond drilling in 11 holes completed in 1947. Drilling was confined
to an area in the northwest portion of the mineralized body. The
drill logs and assays are in Randsburg's files. Assaying was done at
Swastika Laboratories.
- 119 samples assayed for iron and titanium from 2,100 feet of
trenching completed during the 1940's. The extensive trenching was
completed over that part of the mineralized body located above
low-lying, wet areas. Assay certificates from Timiskaming Assay Labs
are in Randsburg's files.
- Personnel of the Ontario Department of Mines carried out additional
sampling and assaying. The results from this work are comparable to
those of Titan Iron Mines as discussed above. This information is in
Randsburg's files.
- Vertical interpolations using the areas within the 10,000, 10,500
and 11,000 gamma contours from a Lockwood Survey Corporation Limited
airborne survey flown in 1966. The survey map is in Randsburg's
files.
The Company believes that the above information lends credence to the
reported historical tonnage for the Titan deposit.
Randsburg has found, as reported in previous news releases, that there is
a consistency of grade within the deposit. To date, the longest vertical
intersection of continuous mineralization is from diamond drill hole RA-04-06
completed to 387 metres (1270 feet) in 2004, with the hole ending in
mineralization.
This reserve figure was calculated prior to the implementation of
NI 43-101 standard. The categorization of reserves at that time would be
equivalent today to a mineral resource under current 43-101 standards as
defined by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Definition Standards On Mineral
Resources and Mineral Reserves adopted November 14, 2004.
The Company is not relying on these reserve figures as 43-101 defined
resources or reserves verified by a Qualified Person and investors are
cautioned that recent independent verification of the reserve data has not
been performed and Randsburg has not completed sufficient exploration on this
part of the property to verify the classification of the historical figures as
a resource or reserve.
Current Drilling Program and New Drill Hole Results
The Company is drilling a minimum of 5000 metres at 20 to 25 locations.
The majority of the holes are planned to be on a grid pattern at approximately
50 metre intervals in conjunction with previously drilled holes, including the
area of the historical reserve previously reported.
The objectives of the second phase of the Stage 2 drill program, which
commenced during May, 2005, are:
- To further define the area and volume of mineralization at Titan.
- To test the nature of the footwall contact along the northern margins
of the iron-titanium-vanadium mineral deposit for platinum-palladium-
gold. The drill holes of the current program contain anomalous values
of platinum and palladium.
In order to meet the objectives of the program, drilling is focusing on
three areas:
1. Infill drilling of the general area that was drilled in 2004. Seven
holes were drilled on the main area of the Titan project in 2004 and were
spaced as far as 300 metres apart.
2. Drilling of the area where the historical reserves estimates were
originally obtained. This area lies to the west of the drilling conducted
in 2004.
3. Drilling across the footwall contact and stepping out towards the
southeast.
If the drill program is successful, the Company will, if warranted,
define a resource estimate.
The two drill holes being reported today are vertical, and each is
approximately 200 metres in length. Samples were collected at 2 metre
intervals. The holes are mineralized throughout.
Hole RA-04-05 is located 160 metres west of hole RA-01-05. The bottom
42 metres of the hole assayed markedly greater than average assays for the
entire hole. The hole will be deepened as it ended in significant iron,
titanium and vanadium mineralization.
RA-05-05 is located 47 metres to the east of RA-01-05, near the shore of
Cribbage Lake. As in hole RA-04-05, there is a marked increase in grade at
depth.
The following table is a summary of assay results:
<<
Drill Hole Intersection Thickness Fe(2)O(3)% TiO(2)% V%
(metres) (metres) (iron oxide) (titanium (vanadium)
dioxide)
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RA-04-05 2.0 to 202 200 36.85 11.34 0.158
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UTM: 614840E, 5190250N Range 20.56-61.26 4.6-20.7 0.06-0.33
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Including 162-202 40 47.96 15.6 0.23
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RA-05-05 5.0 to 200 195 39.1 11.42 0.19
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UTM: 615047E, 5190225N Range 19.4-60.0 3.74-18.15 0.05-0.32
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Including 139-200 61 43.8 14.7 0.24
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The body of iron-titanium mineralization runs from the northwest and is
believed to plunge to the south-east.
Core samples from additional drill holes are at ALS Chemex for assay.
Results will be released when available.
The Titan Project is being conducted under the supervision of Ken
Germundson, Ph.D, Professional Geoscientist, the Company's Qualified Person
under the meaning of National Instrument 43-101. The drill logs, cores and
assay results have been reviewed and verified by Dr. Germundson. Dr.
Germundson has reviewed and approved the contents of this news release.
Randsburg International Gold Corporation is a Canadian exploration
company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (Symbol TSX-V:RGZ). The Company is
engaged in exploration for base metals, platinum group metals (PGMs), gold and
diamonds in Canada, Nevada and Brazil. The Company has five active exploration
projects:
1. Titan Project (iron-titanium-vanadium) in Northern Ontario - 100%
owned
2. Victory Strike diamond project in Brazil - 85% owned
3. Elephant Gold and Silver Joint Venture Project, Nevada
4. Flett Project (nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum group metals) in
Northern Ontario - 100% owned
5. McClintock Project (nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum group metals) in
Northern Ontario - 100% owned
To find out more about Randsburg International Gold Corp. (TSX-V: RGZ),
visit our website at www.randsburgdiamonds.com.
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or accuracy of this release.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Except for statements of historical fact, all
statements in this news release - including, without limitation, statements
regarding forecasts, plans and objectives of Randsburg International Gold
Corp. - are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and
uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be
accurate; actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements.
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Titan Project Update - Historical Reserves Estimates - Assays on 395 Metres from Two Additional Drill Holes
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- Randsburg Confirms Major Intersections of Iron, Titanium and Vanadium on Three New Drill Holes at Titan Project
- Randsburg to Increase Stake in Elephant Gold and Silver Joint Venture Project, Nevada
- Randsburg announces high resolution aeromagnetic, ground magnetic and gravity surveys for Victory Strike Project, Brazil
- Randsburg Commences New Drill Program at its Titan Iron-Titanium-Vanadium Project - Ontario
Later from Randsburg International Gold
- Randsburg Retains AGORA Investor Relations
- Randsburg announces new macrodiamonds discovered at Victory Strike project in Brazil - Four gem quality macrodiamonds totaling 4.49 carats recovered during auger drilling from 744 kilos of bedrock
- Randsburg announces successful preliminary raw material evaluation of Titan Project mineralization - Altairnano Hydrochloride Pigment (AHP) process extracts greater than 95% titanium
- Randsburg Acquires Option On Claim Block in Kirkland Lake Gold Mining Camp Project to be Known as Lightning Project
- Randsburg announces polymetallic gold-silver-copper-lead-zinc discovery at Elephant Project, Battle Mountain, Nevada
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