Beaufield completes survey at Hemlo gold mine
Mr. Jens Hansen reports
BEAUFIELD: HEMLO GOLD PROPERTY SURVEYED
Beaufield Resources Inc. owns a 100-per-cent interest in a group of claims at Hemlo, east of Marathon, Ont.
The claims cover 10 kilometres of the Hemlo gold mine stratigraphy and they are located 13 kilometres west of the Williams and David Bell gold mines. A detailed VTEM airborne magnetic and electromagnetic survey covering 447 line kilometres has been completed on the Beaufield claim group.
The data are being interpreted to identify exploration targets along the Hemlo shear zone and the Barite shear zone both of these high-priority structures traverse the Beaufield property. The interpretation will be followed by mobile metal ion (MMI) geochemical surveys and by deep penetrating geophysics to identify locations to undertake a comprehensive drill campaign planned for 2009.
Beaufield conducted a small test MMI orientation survey on its property in 2006. The survey detected a significant gold anomaly of 40 times background on the Hemlo shear.
One hole was drilled which encountered favourable geology with anomalous gold, molybdenum and zinc. At the time the work program was budget limited, and further MMI and drilling were not carried out.
The Williams gold mine is jointly owned by Barrick Gold Corporation and Teck Cominco Ltd. It is Canada's second largest gold mine.
Beaufield's claims are bracketed on the east and on the west by claims owned by Barrick. Little detailed exploration has been carried out in this world-class gold camp since the Hemlo discovery phase in 1983-1984.
Beaufield holds a key property in the camp covering two major shear zones and a series of mineralized occurrences detected in the early 1980s namely the North Eagle, Rideau, Offset, Kadrey, Padre and Little Black River showings.
It should be noted that 95 per cent of the gold at Hemlo occurs below the 500-metre level and no previous deep drilling has been undertaken on the Beaufield claims.
Mining facilities are located on the Trans-Canada Highway, which traverses the Beaufield property, 13 kilometres down the road. Any gold discovery will benefit from the adjacent infrastructure.
This press release has been prepared by Jens E. Hansen, PEng, a director and president of Beaufield Resources. Mr. Hansen is the qualified person under Section 43-101.
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