VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 17, 2009) - Adroit Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ADT)(FRANKFURT:A7V)(BERLIN:A7V) -
Red Vein Property Soil Results
Management is pleased to announce that the preliminary results have been received from two phases of soil geochemical surveys on Adroit Resources Inc.'s wholly owned, 3,392 Ha, Red Vein property, located 80 kilometres south of Timmins, Ontario.
Reconnaissance Mobile Metal Ions (MMI) soil sampling was carried out during the 2008 summer exploration season on two different areas of the Red Vein property. The survey areas are located approximately 10km south-east of the former Tyranite Gold Mine and 8 km south of the Sothman nickel deposit (see News Release of October 6, 2008).
The total surface area covered with soil sampling represents about 105 hectares. The tested parts of the property are underlain by a north-east striking, steeply north-west dipping, succession of Archean felsic to mafic meta-volcanics, with lesser meta-sedimentary rock and mafic to ultra-mafic intrusive. A total of 1,373 samples were taken at intervals of 12.5 m to 25 m with line spacings of 100m to 150m. Analysis for 7 base-metal elements was performed by SGS Minerals Laboratories in Toronto, Ontario. The response ratios, (the number times background for each geochemical element), for the base metal elements were then calculated. Interpretation of the MMI soil survey data indicates four distinct geochemical anomalies (A, B, C, D). Each of these anomalies, in turn, shows multiple, highly anomalous, response ratios. Additionally, anomaly A, C and D correspond to separate airborne electromagnetic anomalies (OGS survey, 1989).
- Anomaly A is 1 km long by 300 m wide and has a response ratio greater than 200 times the background for copper and over 50 times the background for nickel and zinc.
- Anomaly B is 250 m long by 150 m wide and has a response greater than 400 times the background for gold and over 175 times the background for copper and zinc.
- Anomaly C and D are both 200 m long by 100 m wide and have a response greater than 150 times the background for copper and over 75 times the background for zinc.
All of the four anomalies are covered by different thickness of overburden with no rock outcropping on surface. Adroit will aggressively explore the Red Vein property in 2009 with ground geophysical (induced polarization, "IP") surveys over the MMI anomalous areas and plans to drill test the possibly overlapping IP and MMI anomalies. The Company cautions that the strength of MMI geochemistry is not a reliable indicator of mineralization nor can it be used to determine grade.
Adroit's exploration efforts for Red Vein are focused on the VMS potential of the property. Random grab sampling of five historical Cu showings (trenches) aligned along a discontinuously outcropping quartz vein returned local copper highs of respectively 1.8, 2.5, 2.6, 4.7 and 10.4 % Cu.
