The Bongará project hosts the Florida Canyon zinc deposit where high-grade zinc mineralization has been intersected in drill holes over an area at least two-by-two kilometers in dimension. The deposit is open to expansion in all directions. A complete listing of all assay results for the first 19 drill holes of 2008 can be accessed at http://www.solitarioxr.com/art/2008BongaraDrillHoleResults.jpg. Additional project information can be found at http://www.solitarioxr.com/bongara.html. The five best of these reported drill holes are provided in the table below:
Drill Hole Number Intercept* (meters) Zinc % Lead % Zinc+Lead % Silver g/t V-44 28.3 15.24 0.80 16.04 28.3 Including 9.3 37.27 2.24 39.51 70.7 And 4.0 11.61 0.19 11.80 19.2 V-49 26.0 5.04 0.22 5.26 3.8 Including 10.0 9.49 0.12 9.61 4.6 V-58 7.3 6.13 0.12 6.25 1.5 And 9.7 3.66 0.37 4.03 2.8 V-165 19.0 12.82 0.81 13.63 29.4 V-166 4.7 18.40 0.28 18.68 5.8 And 4.0 7.81 0.25 8.05 1.8 * True widths cannot be accurately estimated at this time -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The 2008 drilling program focused upon two separate areas. Results included in this release are from a large area measuring 600 x 350 meters in the southern part of the known footprint of mineralization.
