EL 23677 Second annual report 30 July 2004 to 29 July 2005

Abstract

During the year all additional exploration was confined to the Ford Grid arsenic/gold anomaly. Additional infill auger soil sampling, surface rock sampling, some deep auger drilling and approximately 100m of trenching was done. Results continue to be encouraging and RC drilling is recommended for next year. Sampling on surface and in drill holes and trenches continues to indicate the presence of a large significant arsenic anomaly with a consistent gold association. Recent literature (Williams, P.A.) reports that gold in the presence of arsenates is more mobile than usual and may accumulate in the supergene zone at depth. The arsenic minerals known to exist at the Ford Grid would be forming arsenates in the soil profile.