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Module Announces Initial Assay Results Of Tailings Drill Program At Its Ladner Gold Property

Module Resources Incorporated (TSX - V: MLE) is pleased to announce that the Company has received assay results from its Vibracore drill program on the tailings impoundment at its Ladner Gold Property near Hope in southeast British Columbia (see previous Press Release dated October 21, 2009). Gold grade ranged from a minimum of 1.27 g/tonne to a maximum of 2.53 g/tonne with the average being 1.68 g/tonne.

The objectives of this drill program were designed to collect material in order to confirm the grade of gold mineralization that was previously reported by Athabaska Gold Resources Ltd. (Report to Shareholders, April 18, 2000). The gold distribution appears to be consistent over all the samples collected from the tailings impoundment and the head grades are similar to those from the 1996 program conducted by Athabaska Gold Resources.

The tailings are the waste product from the previous operation of the Carolin Mine from 1982 to 1984 when the average overall gold recovery was 50.2%. This low recovery indicates that a substantial amount of gold-bearing material was sent to the tailings impoundment. The tailings impoundment has been covered by water continuously since 1984. The objective of this tailings program is to determine whether the tailings can be economically mined and processed to recover the contained gold.

Nine vertical random holes were drilled with 10 foot cores of tailings taken and collected by Beard Technologies, Inc. [www.beardtechnologies.com], a company whose expertise is in drilling, sampling and mining of tailings material. All material from the 2009 program was transported to the mineral and processing laboratory at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. BC, where it was logged and sampled under the supervision of Professor Marcello Viega. The sampled material showed little signs of oxidation, having been under water since 1984.

The sampled material was taken to Acme Analytical Laboratories, an ISO 9001:2000 certified analytical laboratory, located in Vancouver, BC. As there is no remaining tailings material from previous drilling, no historic core samples were obtained. All samples subsequently underwent testing by various analytical techniques including standard fire assay for gold and ICP-MS for multi-elements.

 

 

DRILL AND ASSAY RESULTS

Calculated averages of gold head grades of sample duplicates over ten foot intervals of the upper ten feet for each of the nine holes are presented in the following table. The true depths of these holes are not known.

 

HOLE
INTERVAL
GRADE
(FEET)
(gm/t gold)
 
 
 
1
10
1.36
2
10
1.56
3
10
1.48
4
10
2.46
5
10
1.41
6
10
1.84
7
10
1.85
8
10
1.79
9
10
1.42
Total/average
90
1.68

Calculated averages of gold head grades of 60 holes drilled in 1996 are presented in the following table. The true depths of these holes are not known.

 

HOLE
TOTAL DEPTH (feet)
AVERAGE GOLD GRADE (g/t)
 
 
 
T1
21
2.49
T2
21
1.92
T3
21.5
1.52
T13
51.5
2.63
T1.5
34.5
2.21
T4
22.5
1.89
T5
23
1.93
T6
23.5
2.57
T7
25
2.55
T8
24
1.74
T9
24
1.96
T10
26.5
2.41
T11
26.5
2.11
T11A
22.5
2.43
T11B
22
2.01
T12
34.5
1.44
T14
50.5
1.83
T15
45
1.43
T18
53.5
2.80
T19
56.5
2.38
T21
57.5
2.17
T22A
22.5
1.89
T23
24
1.87
T24
59
1.88
T25
66.5
1.84
T26
63.5
1.68
T30
17.5
1.32
T31
41
1.43
T32
64.5
1.66
T33
78
1.82
T34
70
1.32
T35
79
1.67
T36
61
1.43
T37
76.5
1.37
T38
50
1.53
T39
30
1.89
T22B
23.5
2.05
T20
60
3.02
T22
43
2.86
T29
29
2.53
T28
68
2.41
T21A
70.5
1.84
T17
55
2.08
T18A
78
2.15
T19A
77
2.34
T303
31
1.34
T17A
80
1.86
T16
53
1.95
T18B
81
1.85
T36A
90
1.38
T19B
87
1.76
T20A
81
1.64
T27
80
1.68
T31A
63
1.38
T32B
68
1.35
T40
25
1.16
T41
52.5
1.12
T42
40
1.13
T43
65
1.28
T44
83
1.39

If metallurgical test work is successful, a study will be initiated to determine the economics of recovering gold from the tailings. Depending upon a positive study, Module could realize some potential early cash flow from recovering contained gold by treatment of the tailings.

About Module Resources
The Ladner Gold property includes 229 claims (11,175 hectares) covering 18 kilometres of the Coquihalla Gold Belt, and contains several historic gold producers including the Carolin Mine, a former underground gold producer from 1982 – 84, Emancipation Mine (intermittent gold producer from 1916 – 41), Pipestem Mine (intermittent gold producer from 1935 - 37), and numerous gold prospects situated along the under-explored Coquihalla Gold Belt. Based on historical exploration and development work in 1995 - 1996 and historical production records of the Carolin Mine, the Company believes that there is potential to reopen the mine at some time in the future if the exploration and development programs are successful and a positive feasibility study is obtained given a favorable gold market. The Company also believes that there may be potential for a bulk tonnage gold deposit situated at the McMaster Zone where additional work is required in order to delineate such potential. This zone is approximately 1200 meters north from the Carolin Mine.

For additional further information, please visit the Company’s website at www.moduleresources.com .

The technical information contained in this release has been prepared by Bruce Downing, a qualified person who is the president and CEO of the Company.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“Bruce W. Downing”

Bruce W. Downing, M.Sc., PGeo.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Office 778 – 294 - 3211
Website www.moduleresources.com


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