Re: AIW - Australian-American Mining Corporation
AIW have commenced drilling San Marcos Gold Project.
*The holes will vary in depth from 30 meters to 120 meters. An estimated 5,000 meters of RC drilling will be done.
*Drilling will be done from 29 drill pads and include a maximum of 58 drill holes
10.3 square km of ground acquired by AusAmerican with 125 contiguous lode mining claims
*Located within Arizona’s detachment fault terrane, which hosts the Copperstone gold mine (1 million ounces)
*23% of reconnaissance surface samples (grab, composite, chip and channel) returned assays of greater than 1 gram per tonne (g/t)
*High grade assays returned results of 98.2 g/t, 52.9 g/t, 26.3 g/t and 17.4 g/t.
*A total field Magnetic survey completed
*Mapping and sampling indicate mineralized trend is 1,500 metres in length and width is over 700 metres.
*Early mining dates from 1890’s with reported production of high-grade ore
*Drilling by Westmont (1989-1991) intercepted gold mineralization in all drill holes with values ranging up to 20.57 g/t over 1.5 m. Other Intercepts included 15 m @ 1.4 g/t, 7.6 m @ 2.6 g/t, 3 m @ 11.3 g/t, and 6 m @ 6.1 g/t
*2011 drilling will confirm Westmont results and increase the lateral extent of known mineralization
The San Marcos Gold Project consists of 10.3 square km of ground acquired by AusAmerican, consisting of 125 contiguous lode mining claims. The mineralization is detachment fault in style and is similar to the 1 million ounce Copperstone gold property which lies 75 km west northwest of the San Marcos Gold Project.
AusAmerican maintains two highly prospective gold projects: the San Marcos and Bernard. It is the Company’s intention to benefit from currently high gold and silver prices. The two active gold projects also provide fall-back in the event of an extended down-turn in the uranium industry.
First assay results should be available in the next 2-3 weeks
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