ELGIN MINING RELEASES FURTHER DRILL RESULTS AT THE BJÖRKDAL GOLD MINE -
Vancouver, British Columbia, January 14, 2014 –
Elgin Mining Inc. (“Elgin Mining” or the “Company”) (TSX: ELG and ELG.WT) is pleased to announce further drill results from its exploration program at its wholly-owned Björkdal Gold Mine (“Björkdal Mine”) in Sweden.
This underground drilling is part of an ongoing program to expand the underground resource and to define areas of higher- grade mineralization.
The current drilling is a follow-up to the exploration work reported during 2012 and 2013, which identified a new gold vein system (“Lake Zone”) located adjacent to active mining areas that are only 200 to 400 metres below surface.
This most recent drilling was planned to test the up-dip and down-dip extensions of the Lake Zone vein system and the down- dip extensions of the 610, 620 and Main Zone vein systems, located to the southeast (see attached map).
The areas of drilling of 610, 620, and Main vein systems are in zones that are actively being mined, and have produced very good mill feed grades.
These zones are developed on several levels and the Company plans to continue to open up these very prospective areas for active mining later in 2014.
The Lake Zone is also being extensively developed and the Company expects to be stoping a number of these veins starting in Q2/2014.
The results were very positive for all vein systems drilled, with some of the best intercepts to date