GOLDEN CHALICE RESOURCES INC.
711 – 675 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1N2 (604) 685-2222 *Fax: (604) 685-3764
www.goldenchaliceresources.com
TSXV: GCR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 18, 2007
Drilling Confirms the Large Size
Potential of the Langmuir Nickel Discovery
Golden Chalice Resources
Inc. (TSXV: GCR) is
pleased to announce that drilling on the Langmuir nickel discovery has defined
a large mineralized system. The mineralization has been traced for at
least 150 metres in length along strike and down to a vertical depth of 250
metres. Modeling and interpretation of drill results to date
indicate the nickel zones strike roughly east-west with subvertical dips that
are slightly to the north. The main A zone has an irregular shape that
widens as it goes deeper before splitting into the A & B zones.
Nearer to surface the estimated true width varies from 4 to 7 m and expands up
to 20m at 100 metres vertically below surface. At 250 metres depth
the main zone splits into two zones ranging from 3 to 14m in estimated true
width. There is also a third zone (C) that is emerging at depth with
estimated true widths of 4 to 7m. The zones are open along their strike
length both east and west and open to depth below the 250m limit of drilling to
date.
Assay results have been received for 9 of the
22 holes drilled on strike and to depth on the nickel discovery.
Mineralization consistently occurs as disseminated, fracture infilled, blebby
and net textured pentlandite-pyrrhotite with localized massive sulphide
sections in peridotitic flows. Grades generally average greater than 1%
nickel with elevated platinum and palladium. Massive sulphide sections grade up
to 17% nickel.
Two drills will continue to test the nickel
mineralized zones on 25 metre sections to the east and west. The drills
will then focus on drilling at depth below the 250 metre level, followed by
infill drilling to start building an ore resource.
The Langmuir property is well located being close
to infrastructure in the established mining camp of Timmins, Ontario.
The property is accessible by road and is only 35 km south east of Timmins where Xstrata’s Kidd Creek Metallurgical
Facility currently processes nickel ore from the Montcalm deposit 100 km west
of Timmins.
The Langmuir Property is also adjacent to Liberty Mineral’s Redstone Mine
where a new nickel processing mill was recently commissioned.
Highlights of the recent drilling include drill
hole GCL07-16 collared approximately 25 meters west of the discovery hole
reported in a May 16th press release and drilled up-dip of drill
hole GCL07-14. This hole returned an intercept of 0.93% Ni over a drilled
width of 10.70 meters from 38.8 to 49.50 meters including 1.2% Ni over 5.30
meters from 38.80 to 44.10 meters.
Drillhole GCL07-17 collared 50 meters west of
the discovery drill hole returned an intercept of 1.33% Ni over 19.20 meters
drilled width from 167.50 to 186.70 meters and 0.88% Ni over 12.60 meters from
284.90 to 297.50 meters. Drill hole GCL07-18, collared approximately 40
meters down dip of GCL07-17 returned an intercept of 1.58% Ni over 5.70
meters from 325.60 to 331.30 meters drilled width. Drill hole GCL07-19,
collared approximately 30 meters up dip of GCL07-17 returned an intercept of 1.27%
Ni over 4.70 meters from 74.0 to 78.70 meters drilled width.
Details of the above intercepts as well as
estimated true widths for these new and previous drill hole intercepts, are
detailed in the accompanying table.
GRID
SECTION
DDH
ZONES
|
From
|
To
|
Interval
Drilled Width
|
Ni
|
Cu
|
Pt
|
Pd
|
Estimated
True
Width
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(m)
|
(m)
|
(m)
|
(%)
|
(%)
|
(g/t)
|
(g/t)
|
(rounded
to nearest 0.1m)
|
Section 0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hole GCL07-06
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zone A &B
|
99.5
|
172.0
|
72.5
|
1.14
|
0.08
|
0.11
|
0.26
|
20.5
|
Zone A
|
107.8
|
130.0
|
22.2
|
1.31
|
0.08
|
0.15
|
0.36
|
6.7
|
Zone
B
|
149.5
|
167.0
|
17.5
|
2.23
|
0.22
|
0.20
|
0.49
|
5.7
|
Hole GCL07-10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zone A
|
81.0
|
95.9
|
14.9
|
2.36
|
0.26
|
0.22
|
0.52
|
6.3
|
Incl.
|
81.0
|
84.7
|
3.7
|
2.95
|
0.14
|
0.42
|
0.94
|
|
Incl.
|
90.0
|
95.9
|
5.9
|
3.52
|
0.48
|
0.23
|
0.58
|
|
Hole GCL07-11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zone A
|
213.0
|
220.8
|
7.8
|
0.89
|
0.06
|
0.18
|
0.21
|
3.8
|
Zone B
|
264.3
|
270.3
|
6.0
|
1.52
|
0.21
|
0.13
|
0.29
|
2.3
|
Zone C
|
314.4
|
326.0
|
11.6
|
1.11
|
0.23
|
0.11
|
0.23
|
6.6
|
Section 25W
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hole GCL07-14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zone A
|
149.0
|
179.5
|
30.5
|
1.26
|
0.09
|
0.12
|
0.3
|
10.9
|
incl.
|
153.0
|
167.0
|
14.0
|
1.79
|
0.15
|
0.14
|
0.34
|
|
Zone B
|
226.0
|
253.9
|
27.9
|
1.08
|
0.06
|
0.16
|
0.29
|
13.8
|
incl.
|
226.0
|
233.4
|
7.4
|
2.06
|
0.12
|
0.38
|
0.67
|
|
incl.
|
240.5
|
243.7
|
3.2
|
2.4
|
0.18
|
0.18
|
0.34
|
|
Zone C
|
277.5
|
288.0
|
10.5
|
1.76
|
0.12
|
0.09
|
0.22
|
6.5
|
Hole GCL07-15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zone A
|
235.7
|
257.3
|
21.6
|
1.34
|
0.12
|
0.1
|
0.22
|
10.9
|
incl.
|
235.7
|
247.0
|
11.3
|
2.05
|
0.17
|
0.14
|
0.27
|
|
Hole GCL07-16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zone A
|
38.8
|
49.5
|
10.7
|
0.93
|
0.08
|
0.08
|
0.20
|
5.8
|
incl.
|
38.8
|
44.1
|
5.3
|
1.2
|
0.08
|
0.10
|
0.27
|
|
Section 50W
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hole GCL07-17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zone A
|
167.5
|
186.7
|
19.2
|
1.33
|
0.1
|
0.12
|
0.25
|
9.3
|
incl.
|
171.2
|
184.8
|
13.6
|
1.69
|
0.13
|
0.15
|
0.3
|
|
Zone C
|
284.9
|
297.5
|
12.6
|
0.88
|
0.09
|
0.06
|
0.12
|
7.3
|
incl.
|
284.9
|
291.0
|
6.1
|
1.23
|
0.12
|
0.05
|
0.1
|
|
Hole GCL07-18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zone C
|
325.6
|
332.3
|
6.7
|
1.42
|
0.10
|
0.11
|
0.25
|
4.3
|
Hole GCL07-19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zone A
|
74.0
|
82.7
|
8.70
|
0.88
|
0.10
|
0.07
|
0.15
|
4.1
|
incl.
|
74.0
|
78.7
|
4.7
|
1.27
|
0.12
|
0.09
|
0.23
|
|
A rigorous quality assurance program
is employed which includes the insertion of standards and blanks for each batch
of samples. Samples of the NQ size drill core are sawed in half, with one-half
sent to a commercial laboratory, Expert Laboratory of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, and the other
half retained for future reference. Core samples are routinely analyzed
for nickel, copper and cobalt by aqua regia digestion with atomic absorption
techniques. Any analyses greater than 5,000 ppm are re-analyzed using
total acid digestion and atomic absorption techniques. Check analyses
utilizing another assay laboratory are also being done.
Peter Caldbick, P.Geo., and Kevin Montgomery,
P.Geo. are the qualified persons for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101
for the Company's Langmuir Project.
About Golden Chalice
Golden Chalice is well positioned to discover and capitalize on world
class gold, silver, copper, nickel, zinc, platinum and palladium
deposits. During the last couple of years the Company has strategically
accumulated large land packages in existing mining or mineral districts such as
the Abitibi in Ontario and the Bathurst Camp
in New Brunswick.
These properties have existing infrastructure and are often within road access
to metallurgical facilities to process mined ores. Details relating to
exploration activities on specific properties will be announced during the
coming months as the work program is implemented.
GOLDEN CHALICE RESOURCES INC.
On
behalf of the Board of Directors
Richard
W. Hughes, Chairman
For
Further Information Contact: The Hughes Exploration Group
Phone:
(604) 685-2222 or visit Golden Chalice’s web-site: www.goldenchaliceresources.com
to see Smartstox interviews with Company Chairman and President.
Mineralfields
Group (a division of Pathway Asset Management) has provided funding to the
Company via a private placement.
This
document contains certain forward looking statements which involve known and
unknown risks, delays and uncertainties not under the corporation’s
control which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the
corporation to be materially different from the results, performance or
expectation implied by these forward looking statements.
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