NFX
and Maximus Begin a 43,000 m Drilling Program at Larder Lake
Toronto, Canada:
January 10, 2008 - NFX
GOLD INC. (NFX: TSX Venture Exchange) ("NFX") and Maximus Ventures Ltd.
("Maximus") are pleased to announce that a planned $3.75
million, 43,000 metre follow-up diamond drilling program has commenced at
NFX's Larder Lake Gold Property in Ontario.
The 2008 drilling program will systematically test
the Bear Lake high-grade gold zones intersected in hole #11: 10.4 g/t Au over 5.2 m, including
20.8 g/t Au over 1.5 m and 8.0 g/t Au over 10.2 m, including
18.6 g/t over 4.2 m as
reported on August 16, 2007.The program will investigate the zone along strike and down-plunge
to a vertical depth of 1000 m.�
Results from the five holes completed to date on the Bear Lake
Gold Zone confirmed the presence of an extensive very continuous gold
mineralization system encompassing both high-grade and low-grade lenses.�� Furthermore, the style ("carbonate"-type
and "flow"-type) and grade (ranging from 9 to 11 g/t Au) of the
mineralization are typical of the world class Kerr-Addison deposits
located only 5km to the east, along the same geological structure.� An aggressive
drilling program consisting of a minimum of 39 holes totalling 34,000 m,
spaced 125 to 150 m apart, is underway at Bear Lake in order to delineate
the higher-grade lenses occurring within the gold zone.� Since part of the drilling has to be
completed from the ice surface on Bear Lake, two to three drill rigs will
be used to complete the drilling before break-up.�
In addition, 5,000 metres of drilling will test the
down-plunge extension of the Fernland high-grade zone intersected in hole
#13, grading 6.9 g/t Au over
13.5 m, and including 13.1 g/t
Au over 6.0 m as reported in the November 1 and 6, 2007 press releases.� This new high-grade intersection,
located 2.5 km west of Bear Lake, occurs at a relatively shallow depth
(less than 200 m below surface) and indicates that there is excellent
potential for the discovery of additional high-grade gold mineralization
on the Larder Lake Property, along geologic units very similar to those
hosting the historic Kerr-Addison mine.�
Drilling at Fernland will start after the completion of the
program at Bear Lake.� By then, all
assay results from the late-2007 drilling program should have been
received and compiled and the location of the new proposed holes will be
adjusted based on the results.
Approximately 4,000 metres of
additional drilling is planned to test newly interpreted targets on the
Larder Lake Property along relatively unexplored parallel structures
characterized by altered iron-rich rock units similar to those that
controlled the high grade gold mineralization at the Kerr Addison mine.
In addition, the 2007 and historic shallow drilling results from the
Barber Larder portion of the Larder Lake property are currently being
evaluated. Similar lower grade gold intersections to those that lead to
the discoveries of the high grade gold zones at Bear Lake and Fernland
are being identified on the Barber Larder portion of the property for
follow-up drilling in 2008.
Tom Larsen, President and CEO of NFX,
stated, "NFX is pleased with the aggressive exploration drilling
program Maximus has planned for 2008 on the Larder Lake Property. The
high quality targets indicated by the first few holes in each of the gold
zones at Bear Lake and Fernland merit the proposed program budgets and
highlight the need to further explore the entire Larder Lake
Property."
NFX will be required to fund
approximately $600,000 of the estimated $3.75M budget for 2008 after
Maximus spends the initial $2.25M to complete exploration expenditures
totaling $6M required to vest their interest in the Larder Lake Property.
Tom Larsen further stated, "NFX will be pleased to fund its equity
share of exploration expenditures after Maximus completes their earn-in
and the project proceeds to the joint venture phase. We look forward to
advancing the Larder Lake project to development with our partners."
Larder Lake Property
Maximus is conducting the drilling program
pursuant to the Option and Joint Venture Agreement between Maximus and
NFX, whereby Maximus has the right to earn a 60% interest in NFX's 100%
interest in the Cheminis, Fernland and Bear Lake claims and 45% interest
in NFX's 100% owned Barber Larder claims, by expending $6 million on
exploration by December 31, 2008.
As part of its QA/QC program, Maximus carries out
check assays on the high-grade intersections with no discrepancies found
in the assay results. The turnaround time for the reception of assay
results from the lab has been very slow since September, due to the very
large amount of samples received with the end of the field season..� The situation is gradually returning to
normal.
The technical content of the
information, related to Larder Lake, was reviewed by Mr. Bernard Boily,
P. Geo., responsible for supervising the drilling program and qualified
person for Maximus under the guidelines of National Instrument 43-101.
The analytical method for gold is one (1) assay-ton fire assay, AA determination
with gravimetric finish on all samples reporting over 2 grams per tonne
(g/t) gold. Assaying is done at Laboratoire Expert Inc. in Rouyn-Noranda,
Quebec. The quality control process includes inserting blank samples and
certified standards within each batch sent to the laboratory.
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