Western Pacific Begins Second Phase Soil Program
VANCOUVER, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Western Pacific Resources Corp. (TSXV: WRP) is pleased to announce the commencement of a second phase soil geochemistry program at the Company's Mineral Gulch project in southern Idaho. Approximately 1,300 samples will be taken on a 50 meter by 50 meter grid covering a previously unsampled area south and west of Anomaly I and the C&D Pit area.
The grid will cover an area 2,450 meters by 1,250 meters targeting the southward continuation of structures recently mapped in the C&D Pit, the eight >1 ppm Au rock samples taken southwest of the C&D Pit, and to follow-up on Noranda's >100 ppb Au-in-soil anomaly located in the I Anomaly (see rock chip and soil map on Western's website at www.westernpacificresources.com).
The soil grid will also cover the area 1,900 meters south of the C&D Pit where recent sampling by the Company's geologists returned gold values up to 1.37 ppm.
"This grid will help evaluate the southern continuation of controlling structures we see in the C&D Pit and the north/south controlling structures we see in the E Pit," says Curt Everson, Exploration Manager. "In addition, it will potentially give us targets to drill in an area where no historic drilling has taken place and where we're seeing >1 ppm gold on the surface."
Qualified Person
Curt Everson, MSc, PGeo, is Western Pacific's Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101, and has prepared or supervised the preparation of the disclosure of any scientific and technical information contained in this news release.
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Warwick Smith, Chief Executive Officer
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SOURCE Western Pacific Resources Corp.
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