OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Oct. 8, 2009 (Marketwire) --
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/08/09 -- Everton Resources Inc. ("Everton" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: EVR) (FRANKFURT: ERV) and its partner Linear Gold Corp. (TSX: LRR) announce the results of the first phase of the drilling program recently completed on the Ampliacion Pueblo Viejo concession located in central Dominican Republic. The first phase of drilling took place between June 16 and September 9 with the completion of 16 diamond drill holes for a total of 1,947 meters over three different targets. Highlights of the drilling results are as follows:
- APV09-03: 0.25 g/t gold over 49.5 m (6.5 m - 56.0 m);
- APV09-11: 1.5 g/t gold over 1.5 m (36.0 to 37.0 m); 1.2% zinc over 12.4 m (30.6 m - 37.0 m)
- APV09-13: 1.6 g/t gold over 1.0 m (31.0 to 32.0 m); 1.38% copper over 0.4 m (140.80 to 141.20 m; 1.05% zinc over 9.0 m (23.0 m - 32.0 m);
- APV09-15: 1.7 g/t gold over 1.0 m (13.5 to 14.5 m); 0.43% copper over 5.55 m (23.95 m - 29.50 m); 1.43% zinc over 12.0 m (61.0 to 73.0 m), including 6.42% zinc over 1.20 m (70.0 to 71.2 m).
Several short intervals over 1% zinc and 0.4% copper are present in holes APV09-11, -13 and -15. The drill program was designed to target mainly geochemical and geophysical anomalies defined during the surface exploration program conducted between 2007 and 2009. The surface program included an extensive soil and rock geochemical program, an airborne EM and Magnetics geophysical survey and IP and EM ground geophysics. Detailed geological mapping over the entire concession with further detailed work over high priority areas of interest was also accomplished.
The results of this work defined several target zones classified as of high priority for further follow up with further drilling. These zones are denominated Arroyo Hondo, Arroyo Hondo North, Colorado-La Bonita and Miguel de Pena in the southern sector, North Monte Negro and Miniel at the central sector, and a newly defined area designated La Lechoza West in the northern portion of the concession. All of these areas contain anomalies in gold, silver or base metals (copper, zinc) in soils and rocks and several are coincident with geophysical anomalies.
In the south sector, holes APV09-01, -02, -03 and -04 intercepted a complex lithological sequence that includes foliated and brecciated volcanics, porphyritic dacite, carbonaceous black sediments and different facies of crystal tuffs as observed at the Pueblo Viejo Mine. The sulphide mineralization is disseminated and within stockwork zones and appears to be controlled in part by high angle feeder structures cutting through the stratigraphic sequence and the low angle thrust faults.
In the central area, holes APV-05, -06, -06A, -07 and -08 encountered an extensive intrusive body with associated sulphide mineralization in veining.
