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Commences Drilling on Horwood Gold Property in West Timmins District
On November 05 2009
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Re: News Releases - Wednesday, November 04, 2009
AMADOR GOLD CORP. COMMENCES DRILLING ON HORWOOD GOLD PROPERTY IN
WEST TIMMINS DISTRICT
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.. PROPERTY LOCATED ALONG A SPLAY OFF DESTOR-PORCUPINE FAULT ZONE AND IS
BELIEVED TO HAVE SIMILAR STRATIGRAPHY TO WEST TIMMINS MINING/LAKE SHORE
GOLD 2009 DISCOVERY OF 12.75 G/T OVER 83.4 METERS
.. CURRENT DRILLING WILL TEST DOWN DIP EXTENSION OF BEND ZONE DRILL
INTERCEPT OF 12.35 G/T GOLD OVER 2.4 METERS
VANCOUVER, BC - Amador Gold Corp. (TSX-V: AGX) (the "Company") is
pleased to it announce it has commenced diamond drilling on its wholly
owned Horwood Property in the West Timmins gold district. The property
is located along a splay off the Destor-Porcupine Fault, the Hardiman
Bay Fault, approximately 60 km southwest of recent gold discoveries
made by Lakeshore Gold Corp. and West Timmins Mining Inc.
The estimated 1400 meter drill program will test numerous high-grade
gold targets including:
.. The RHB zone: Recently returned assays as high as 183.5 g/t gold on
grab samples taken from outcrop. Drilling on the RHB zone will advance
pending results from a recent IP (induced polarization) geophysical
survey.
.. The Labbe #1 Zone: Has never been drilled to depth although historic
shallow drilling by Queensway Mines Ltd. Traced a gold bearing quartz
vein for strike length of 76.2 meters (250 feet) with an average grade
of 17.49 g/t (0.51 oz/t) Au over 0.91 meters (3.0 feet.) No subsequent
deep drilling has occurred on this vein system.
.. The Bend Zone: 2008 drilling done by the Company intersected 12.35
g/t gold over 2.4 meters. This intersection is near the bottom of the
deepest hole in the program and to date, no follow-up drilling has been
done.
.. Drilling to test other induced polarization (IP) targets
An audio interview on the Horwood project has been prepared by Peter
Caldbick, etc.. To listen to the interview please click on the
following link (if the link does not work cut and paste it into your
web browser address bar):
http://smallcapepicenter.com/executive/AGXbtpr06August2009/index.htm
To view a map of the Horwood Property please click on the following
link:
http://www.amadorgoldcorp.com/i/pdf/Horwood_showings.pdf
About Amador Gold
Amador has assembled a portfolio of more than 20 properties of
exceptional merit in established mining camps and emerging mineral
districts of Canada. These projects include the Loveland
gold-copper-nickel project program and the Horwood gold project.
Contact Information
Corporate Inquiries: Kevin Hull or Alan Campbell, Investor Relations
Phone: (604) 685-2222
Email: info@amadorgold.com
Website: www.amadorgoldcorp.com
AGORACOM Investor Relations:
Email: AGX@agoracom.com
Website: http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Amador
The statements made in this Press Release may contain forward-looking
statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties.
Actual events or results could differ materially from the Company's
expectations and projections.
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
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Copyright (c) 2009 AMADOR GOLD CORP. (AGX) All rights reserved. For
more information visit our website at http://www.amadorgoldcorp.com/ or
send mailto:info@amadorgoldcorp.com
Message sent on Wed Nov 4, 2009 at 7:57:29 AM Pacific Time
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