From the Q-Gold Resources Website
Modern Exploration Program at Mine Centre
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Q-Gold is now conducting the first modern, comprehensive exploration program at Mine Centre, where it hopes to prove up historical reports of gold “reserves” and discover new proven reserves to reactivate the historic Mine Centre Gold Camp, where gold was first discovered in the 1890's. The 2006 Exploration Program included a 1,500 line-kilometer DIGHEM/ MAG Airborne Survey that revealed over 20 anomalous geophysical targets. A ground geophysical program (Induced Polarization) was launched in early 2007 to further delineate a number of the anomalies prior to initiation of a 5,000 metre diamond drill program beginning in March. The 2007 Exploration Program, budgeted for $1.5 million, is fully-funded.
Q-Gold is currently exploring its 100% owned 32,000+ acre Archean Granite/ Greenstone Belt gold properties at Mine Centre.
Lightly explored properties contain many highly prospective gold targets and five historic gold mines, including two past producing gold mines, the Foley and Golden Star. These two mines produced 16,000+ ounces combined in the 1890's and 1930's; avg. gold grade 0.5 ounces/ton (oz/t). Three other mines, the Decca, Ferguson and Manhattan were never produced and will be further explored in 2007 / 2008.
Ontario Geologic Survey (OGS) historical reports cite “speculative reserves” at Foley Mine of 220,000 ounces of gold (not NI 43-101 compliant).
Company is de-watering the Foley Mine in preparation for underground exploration in late 2007 or early 2008.
100+ gold-bearing surface quartz veins contained within huge fissures in large felsic intrusive body, many of which are only lightly explored.
2005-06 Trenching/Sampling Program in the Foley Vein Complex yielded weighted average gold values on 5 principal veins ranging from 3.97 to 14.7 grams/tonne over strike lengths from 90 to 300+ metres, establishing the Foley Complex as a potentially important source of future gold production. At least 10 more large gold-bearing veins remain to be sampled and assayed.
Regional and cross-cutting faults provide 45+ km of shear-zones; many with co-incident electromagnetic (“EM”) and magnetic anomalies remain as gold targets as a result of 2006 Airborn EM/Mag survey.
Recent acquisition of assets of Nipigon Gold Resources Ltd. includes gold prospects, McKenzie Gray and Jolly Roger Veins.
Southerly location/ existing infrastructure (highway, rail, power and water) permit year-round operations and low exploration/ development costs.
Iron Ridge Project
2500+ acres recently acquired along western shore of Bad Vermilion Lake 5 km southwest of Mine Centre
Contains Platinum Group Element (PGE) prospects as well as Copper, Nickel, and Cobalt potential from large layered mafic intrusive bodies.
Includes large Magnetite/ Ilmenite (Titanium Oxide) deposit requiring further minerological testing.
Diamond drilling at Iron Ridge slated for Fall/ Winter 2007.