This excerpt is from the latest Northgate Exploration news release. Although it doesn't mention it, this area is near Matachewans property. Just an FYI. Holes YD06-1C and YD06-1D (wedge deflections from hole YD06-1) and hole YD06-13 were drilled to define the westward extent of the Lower Boundary Zone close to where it abuts against the late diabase dyke 2 (vertical brown rock unit shown on the longitudinal section in Figure 1) Collectively, these results and those from drill holes reported earlier this year have significantly expanded this zone and confirmed the Lower Boundary Zone's potential as an attractive bulk mining target. Further potential to expand the zone is demonstrated by the results from Hole YD06-16 which tested an area well to the west of diabase dyke 2 along the plunge of the Lower Boundary Zone at a depth considerably deeper than any other hole previously drilled on the property. The mineralized interval intersected is the thickest intersected so far in this year's drilling program with a true thickness of 194 metres at an average grade of 0.93 g/t. Within this interval, seven separate intersections of gold mineralization indicate that the gold mineralizing system is widespread and similar in character to other zones on the property. Hole YD06-16 will serve as a parent hole for wedge deflections over the coming months that will test the down plunge extent of the Lower Boundary Zone in the area west of dyke 2. Lower YD Zone Hole YD06-17 is the first hole in the 2006 drilling program to test the area below the Lower YD Zone. This hole was an aggressive step out designed to quickly assess the potential size of the Lower YD Zone relative to the size of the Upper Young-Davidson Zone which was mined in the 1940s and 1950s. The results from this hole show that the vertical extent of the Lower YD Zone is at least 50% larger than the mined out zone above and that the system is similar in nature to the Lower Boundary Zone in terms of host rock lithology, alteration, sulfide mineralization as well as overall thickness. Within the hole, there are two zones of mineralization, an upper one containing 11.95 metres (true thickness) of 2.89 grams per tonne (g/t) and a lower zone, with a true thickness of 35.0 metres of 2.29 g/t, within which there is a 22.1 metre thickness of 2.94 g/t. Hole YD06-17 will serve as a parent hole for several wedge deflections over the coming months. A second hole, YD06-19, in the area of the up dip extension of the Lower YD Zone almost directly below the original Young-Davidson shaft, intersected a 31.4 metre true thickness interval assaying 2.98 g/t within which there is a high-grade interval of 4.9 metres true thickness assaying 12.9 g/t.
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