Rockcliff Hits More High Grade Copper Mineralization at Snow Lake
8.01m Grading 3.11% Copper Including 2.75m Grading 5.16% Copper
Rail Zone Open in all Directions
Trading Symbol RCR: TSXV
Highlights from previous holes (RL07-01 to RL09-38) completed by Rockcliff on the Rail Zone at the Rail Property can be viewed on the Company's website at www.rockcliffresources.com. Highlights from the recent drill holes RL09-39 to RL09-46 are tabulated below including:
- 1.48m grading 2.58% copper, 1.50g/t gold, 2.67% zinc and 10.5g/t silver (RL09-40); - 2.28m grading 3.37% copper, 0.79g/t gold, 1.31% zinc and 12.5g/t silver including 1.11m grading 6.12% copper, 1.78g/t gold, 2.09% zinc and 22.6g/t silver (RL09-41); - 4.05m grading 2.29% copper, 0.38g/t gold, 0.15% zinc and 5.1g/t silver including 1.83m grading 2.89% copper, 0.53g/t gold, 0.09% zinc and 6.2g/t silver (RL09-44); - 10.12m grading 2.61% copper, 0.51g/t gold, 0.08% zinc and 4.4g/t silver including 8.01m grading 3.11% copper, 0.30g/t gold, 0.08% zinc and 5.1g/t silver including 2.75m grading 5.16% copper, 0.59g/t gold, 0.10% zinc and 8.0g/t silver (RL09-45).
To date, a total of 4062.5m in fourteen surface drill holes (RL09-33 to RL09-46) have been completed and reported in this drill phase on the Rail Property. The Rail Zone intersected in holes 33, 34, 35, 44, 45 and 46 was copper rich and drilled south of the historic Rail Deposit.
The Rail Zone intersected in drill holes 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, and 43 was copper-gold rich and drilled north of the historic Rail Deposit. The Rail Zone has been drilled to a present strike length of 685m and to depths of up to 450m and remains open in all directions. The zone consists of stringers and massive sulphide lenses of pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite (copper-rich) and sphalerite (zinc-rich) hosted within a favourable 5km long trend of prospective juvenile arc rocks located on the property. An expansion of the surface grid north of the present drilling will begin shortly once ground conditions are frozen. This will allow additional geophysics and drilling to be completed in an untested area north of the Company's northern most holes which intersected mineralization up to 4.74m grading 9.02% copper, 3.46g/t gold, 1.62% zinc and 36.5g/t silver (RL09-37; please refer to press release dated
Drilling on the Rail Zone is planned to continue after the Christmas break in the New Year. Additional drilling in 2010 on the Snow Lake Project will include areas with VMS and gold potential and will be reported once drill targets are finalized.
Significant assay results from drill holes RL09-39 to RL09-46 are tabulated below along with drill hole information. The lengths reported are drill intersected core lengths and do not represent true widths.
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Borehole From To Length Copper Gold Zinc Silver Grid N/E/ (m) (m) (m) % g/t % g/t Azimuth/Dip* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RL09-39 115.26 115.66 0.40 3.13 0.27 1.33 10.4 4400/5925/270/-49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RL09-40 162.81 166.83 4.02 1.14 0.60 1.17 5.1 4400/5925/270/-62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- includes 162.81 164.29 1.48 2.58 1.50 2.67 10.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RL09-41 101.50 103.78 2.28 3.37 0.79 1.31 12.5 4600/5900/270/-51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- includes 102.06 103.17 1.11 6.12 1.78 2.09 22.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RL09-42 164.53 168.62 4.09 1.28 0.39 0.32 5.0 4600/5900/270/-68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- includes 164.53 165.00 0.47 3.97 0.35 0.63 11.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- includes 167.91 168.62 0.71 4.49 2.02 1.05 19.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RL09-43 127.33 131.43 4.10 0.64 0.24 0.51 4.1 4300/5940/270/-48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- includes 127.33 128.02 0.69 2.27 1.17 0.92 11.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RL09-44 352.35 356.40 4.05 2.29 0.38 0.15 5.1 2500/6877/270/-45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- includes 353.26 355.09 1.83 2.89 0.53 0.09 6.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RL09-45 400.84 410.96 10.12 2.61 0.51 0.08 4.4 2500/6877/270/-53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Includes 402.95 410.96 8.01 3.11 0.30 0.08 5.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- includes 405.99 408.74 2.75 5.16 0.59 0.10 8.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RL09-46 516.94 520.17 3.23 0.75 0.16 0.01 2.2 2500/6877/270/-64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- includes 519.38 520.17 0.79 1.87 0.50 0.03 4.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (m) = metres, % = percentage, g/t = grams per tonne, * Imperial grid used. Co-ordinates are approximate.
Rockcliff has the exclusive right to earn a 100% interest in the Rail Property from Hudson Bay Exploration and Development Company Limited (HBED), a wholly owned subsidiary of HudBay Minerals Inc. (HBM: TSX). If Rockcliff earns its interest in the Rail Property, HBED will receive a 2% Net Smelter Return Royalty. If Rockcliff earns a 100% interest in the Rail Property, HBED then has the right to acquire up to a 65% interest in the Rail Property. Please refer to the News Release dated
QA-QC STATEMENT
Rockcliff Resources Inc.
Rockcliff Resources Inc. is a Canadian resource exploration company focused on discovery and advancement of its high-quality mineral assets on its Snow Lake Project. Rockcliff presently controls the Snow Lake Project totalling in excess of 550 km(2) of which 370 km(2) is 100% owned by Rockcliff and located within and proximal to the Snow Lake Camp. The project presently includes five historical VMS deposits (Lon, Rail, Reed, Kof and Sylvia), one former gold mine (Century Mine) and numerous additional areas with potential for VMS and gold mineralization. Rockcliff also controls the Shihan VMS Project located in Northern Ontario.
Forward Looking Statement:
Some of the statements contained herein may be forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and resources, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the Company are forward looking statements that involve various risks. The following are important factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements: changes in the world wide price of mineral commodities, general market conditions, risks inherent in mineral exploration, risks associated with development, construction and mining operations, the uncertainty of future profitability and the uncertainty of access to additional capital. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events may differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Rockcliff undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements if circumstances or management's estimates or opinions should change. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
For further information: For further information: please visit our website at www.rockcliffresources.com or contact Ken Lapierre, P.Geo., President and CEO of Rockcliff Resources Inc. at (416) 863-9800 or at [email protected]
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