No.
PN-04-06
PN-04-03
PN-04-11
(m)
118.9
71.95
32. 0
(m)
121.3
81.1
34.75
(ppm)
1,235.0
11.5
2.2
(ppb)
346.0
77.0
135.0
Hole
NO.
PN-04-06
PN-04-03
PN-04-11
From
(m)
118.9
71.95
32. 0
To
(m)
121.3
81.1
34.75
Copper
(PP~)
2,258
376
543
Zinc
(PP~)
2.244
333
6,099
Hole
NO.
PN-04-06
PN-04-03
PN-04-11
From
(m)
118.9
71.95
32. 0
To
Tungsten
(m)
(ppm)
121.3
1,100
81.1
561
34.75
87
All samples submitted for assay, one part per million equals one gram per tonne
The high-grade silver encountered in PN 04-06 is associated with a strongly fractured
(shear) zone and considerable core loss (44 per cent recovery). Due to technical
dilliculties, drilling was prematurely ~erminaledin the shear zone and, therefore, the full
extent ofthis mineralized zone remains untested
analyzed using ICP (aqua regia digestion) Interlaboratoryanalpis and assays of pulps
and reject samples were conducted by Eco-Tech Laboratories of Kamloops. B C and
ALS Chemex ofNorth Vancouver. B C
.
Warner Gruenwald, a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101,
supervised the exploration program and verified the technical information in this release
In 2004, exploration saw the construction of a network of access roads and a new camp
along with 6,100 metres ofdiamond drilling in 26 holes Several other mineralized zones
were prospected and geologically mapped and sampled Follow-up work is also planned
for these in 2005.
Horsetrail (Turnaeain)l Oll 119
Stockwatch-News Item
Hard Creek Nickel Corp (C-HNC) - News Release
Hard Creek Nickel releases results from Turnagain
2004/11/17 11:43
Hard Creek Nickel Corp has released the results of 17 holes from the Turnagain
property. Results include 460 ppb Pt plus Pd over 23.75 metres near surface and 15.05
metres of866 ppb including two metres of 2,407 ppb Pt plus Pd
Mr. Mark Jarvis reports
HARD CREEK NICKEL RELEASES PLATINLTM AND PALLADIUM DRILL
RESULTS
Drill hole PN04-03, situated 825 metres north-northwest of PN04-06, intersected a 17 1 metre-wide zone of intensely fractured rock from 68 9 metres to 86 metres with
considerable core loss (5 per cent to 10 per cent recovery). A 9 15-metre section within
this zone displays a similar geochemical signature.
Hard Creek Nickel Corp. has released the results of 17 diamond drill holes from the
exploration program at the company's 100-per-cent-ownedTurnagain property, located
70 kilometres east of Dease Lake in Northern British Columbia.
Drill hole PN04-I 1, situated 1,950 metres northwest of PN04-06, intersected higHly
fractured, limonitic monzonite containing fracture-controlledsulphide mineralization.
Again, a geochemical signature similar to the previous two holes is evident. This hole is
also significant as it is situated along the western flank ofthe Northwest zone porphyry
copper discovery (see news as reported in Stockwatch on Oct. 5,2004).
'These holes were drilled as an initial test of a platinum-palladium-coppersoil anomaly
in the DJ area," said Mark Jarvis, president of Hard Creek. "We also tested s a n e
anomalous copper-in& values located adjacent to our recently constructed road which
was built to aicess theDJ area The drill results encourage our belief that we have a large
and very interesting platinum-palladium prospect in the DJ zone, where there arc a series
of platinummd palladium soil anomalies along two kilometres of strike length."
It is unclear whether these three drill intersections represent separate geologic structures
Soil geochemistry, proven to be a useful exploration tool on the Pil North property,
indicates that these three drill intersections lie within a five-kilometre-longsilver, gold,
copper, zinc and tungsten geochemical anomaly. Further detailed exploration is planned
for 2005 to determine the extent of these exciting new discoveries.
Additional surface and drill analytical data for other zones on the property are to be
released aner they have been duly compiled and evaluated The quality control program
used certified standard references and blanks. Assayers Canada of Vancouver. B C., is
the company's analytical laboratory. Gold analysis was done by fire assay with an atomic
absorption finish using a 30-gram sample, while all other elements are geochemically
A number of drill holes in the DJ area intersected strongly anomalous platinum-palladium
concentrations. In ~articular.hole 04-58 intersecled 460 Darts wr billion Pt plus Pd over
23.75 metres near surface, and hole 04-59 intersected 15:05 metres of 866 p&s per
billion Pt plus Pd, including two metres 012.407 parts per billion (2.4 grams per tonne) Pt
plus Pd Both of these holes were drilled near the eastern margin of the largest platinumpalladium soil anomaly. The Pt:Pd ratio in the core is consistently close to 1.I, similar to
the ratio in soil samples and surface rock samples.
The 17 holes were generally drilled on fences 200 to 400 metres apart, leaving most of
the above anomaly, as well as the other anomalies in the DJ area. to be drill tested in
I
2005. The geochemical anomalies and drill hole locations can be viewed in plan maps at
http Nwww hardcreeknickelcomldrill htm.
The drill holes intersected a sequence of hornblendites and magnetite-clinopyroxenites
Magmatic to hydrothermal breccias, pegmatitic biotite and interstitial feldspar were noted
in several holes Pyrite and minor chalcopyrite, occurring in veinlets and disseminated
grains, locally exceed I per cent to 2 per cent In contrast to the widespread pyrrhotitepentlandite mineralization in the Honetrail area 3 5 kilometres to the southeast,
pyrrhotite is rare and pentlandite is not seen in the holes drilled to date in the DJ area
The lithologies intersected in the DJ area arc presently interpreted as having formed in a
fluid-rich environment higher in the ultramalic magma chamber than the dunite-wehlite
sequence hosting the Horsetrail nickel mineralization. This environment is thought to be
favourable f a remobilization and concentration of platinum group metals.
"We look forward to getting back into the DJ zone and conducting extensive exploration
in the 2005 field season," said Mr. Jarvis. "We have collected 39 float samples in this
area, including six large boulders with grades ranging from 0 206 grams per tonne PI plus
Pd to 3.863 grams per tonne PI plus Pd Our geologists believe that we have yet to
discover h e areas ofrichest concentration in bedrock "
Analytical samples were collected over a maximum of twwnetre intervals from split BQ
core Reference pulps with known platinum, palladium, nickel and copper values were
inserted every 25 core samples, and rock blanks every 30 samples, to monitor the
performance of the analytical laboratory Platinum and palladium values were determined
by ICP emission spectrometry following lead-collection lire assay fusion of a 30-gram
pulp. Nickel, copper and cobalt values were determined by ICP emission spectrometry
following a four-acid digestion of a representative pulp sample
All analytical work was carried out by Acme Analytical Laboratories Ltd. of Vancouver,
B C. Ten percent ofthe samples are being check analyzed for platinum, palladium, total
nickel, copper and total sulphur by ALS-Chemex in Vancouver. Quality controllquality
analysis procedures, as described above, have been applied consistently throughout the
drill campaign and arc subject to routine evaluations for precision and accuracy.
The company is awaiting results from an additional 13 holes drilled within a near the
Horsetrail zone. This final drilling campaign ofthe 2004 season was focused on testing
extensions to the infmed mineral resource to the northwest and southeast of the
Horsetrail zone as well as complete sufiicient infill drilling to upgrade a portion of the
existing inferred resource to the category of indicated mineral resource The new resource
estimate is expected in the first quarter of 2005.
Hole
ID
Anomaly
04-42
04-43
Copper
copper
Total
depth
(m)
76.5
158.8
04-44
04-45
04-46
04-47
04-48
04-49
04 - 50
04-51
04 - 52
04 - 5 3
04 - 54
04-55
04 - 56
04 - 5 7
04-58
04-59
Copper
PG E
PGE
Copper
Copper
Copper
Copper
Copper
PGE
PGE
PGE
Copper
Copper
Copper
PGE
PGE
Hole
ID
DDH 0 4 - 4 4
Incl.
From
5.0
7.0
25.3
19.00
9.15
27.00
DDH 0 4 - 4 8
35.0
77.0
87.0
115.0
162.0
39.00
81.00
105.00
130.00
166.75
DDH04-49
13.0
17.00
DDH 0 4 - 5 2
11.7
35.0
79.0
31.00
39.00
83.00
DDH 0 4 - 5 3
DDH 0 4 - 5 4
DDH04-56
16.0
10.0
13.0
20.00
44 .OO
25.00
DDH04-58
Incl .
3.0
21.5
42.2
26.80
23.50
46.00
DDH 0 4 - 5 9 7 8 . 9 5
1x1.
88.0
106.0
94.00
90.00
110.00
(m)
Hole
ID
DDH 0 4 - 4 4
Incl.
DDH 0 4 - 4 8
DDH 0 4 - 4 9
DDH 0 4 - 5 2
DDH 0 4 - 5 3
DDH 0 4 - 5 4
DDH 0 4 - 5 6
DDH 0 4 - 5 8
Incl.
DDH 0 4 - 5 9
Incl.
No significant mineralization was intersected in DDH 04-42, DDH 04-43, DDH 04-46,
DDH 04-47, DDH 04-50. DDH 04-51, DDH 04-55 and DDH 04-57. Results are pending
on DDH 04-45 True widths and controls for the Pt-Pd mineralization have not been
determined at present stage.
This press release has been reviewed and approved by Chris Baldys, PEng, a qualified
person consistent with NI 43-101
L a Grande (Iron Range) 082FSE021
Stockwatch News Item
Eagle Plains Resources Ltd (C-EPL) - News Release
Eagle Plains begins drill program at lron Range
2004/11117 11 55
Eagle Plains Resources Ltd has begun a three-hole diamond drilling program on the lron
Range project in B.C. to delineate mineralization occurring within the lron Range fault
zone Also, its Bohan drill program has been completed
Mr. Tim Termuende reports
EAGLE PLAINS COMMENCES DIAMOND DRILLING ON IRON RANGE
PROJECT
Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. has commenced a three-hole, 3,000-foot diamond drilling
program on the lron Range project located in the Goat River area 15 kilometres (km)
northeast of Creston, B C. The property consists of 175 units (10.8 15 acres) owned 100
per cent by Eagle Plains and holds no underlying royalties or encumbrances The
property is well situated with respect to inkastructure, with a high-pressure gas pipeline,
high-voltage hydroelectric line, railway and major highway located within property
boundaries.
The Iron Range deposits were originally staked in 1897 and were covered by Crown
grants held by Cominco Ltd. and the Canadian Pacilic Railway Past work on the Iron
Range deposit by Cominco focused on the considerable iron oxide resource with
trenching and very shallow (20-metre-depth) diamond drilling along the lron Range
Mountain ridge. Eagle Plains Resources staked the current claims immediately aner the
Crown grants reverted in 2000.
Mineralization on the Iron Range property occurs within the Iron Range fault zone and
varies from massive lenses of hematite and magnetite to hematite-magnetite breccia
bodies within a strongly albitized alteration halo. The Iron Range fault system represents
a major structural feature that is markedly different from other structures in the area in
terms of deformation and alteration. The lron Range deposits are directly linked to this
structure which has a strike length of at least 90 kilometres The mineralized zone on the
Iron Range property is exposed over an approximate four-kilometre strike length and is
up to 150 metres wide. Structural, mineralization and alteration relationships indicate that
the property has potential for both Olympic Dam-type Cu-Au-U-REE (copper-golduranium-rare earth e l q e n t ) deposits and Sullivan-type sedimentary-exhalativedeposits.
The Olympic Dam deposit in Australia is known as the world's largest multimineral ore
deposit, while the nearby Sullivan deposit was a world-class silver-lead-zinc (Ag-PbZn)
deposit which saw continuous production for over 100 years, closing in December, 2001
Eagle Plains Resources retained Lucas Marshall, PhD, in 2002 to undertake a compilation
study on the lron Range area and to oversee fieldwork that year Results of his work
conclude that the Iron Range geochemistry compares favourably with that of other
Olympic Dam-type deposits. In addition, geochemical sampling in an area of the property
known to contain the Sullivan time horizon returned highly anomalous lead and zinc
values over 1.5 kilometres, providing the impetus for additional staking during 2003 and
2004.
Two thousand four exploration activities consisted ofgeological mapping and
geochemical surveys over areas of interest recently delineated by a 690-line-kilometre