Harvest Gold Corporation (HVG – TSX.V)
February 21,
2007 (the “Company”) is pleased to report that it has received the first
assay
results from 1,872 meters drilled over 12 holes on the Rocky Ridge gold
property
in the Lac du Bonnet Mining District in Manitoba, and that the 2006
drilling
program is now complete. Initial assay results demonstrate favorable
intercepts
at depths of less than 350 feet and help the Company test the extent of
known
gold zones and wall rock mineralization.
The 2006 drill program was designed to test 3 zones of mineralization
identified
in historical assessment file reports for the property, the “A” zone,
“East”
zone and the “B” zone. The “A” zone was tested for a strike of 200m with
8 holes
(RR-06-01 to 07 plus 12), The East zone, located 500m east of the “A”
zone was
tested over a 150m strike by three holes (RR-06-08 to 10) and the “B”
zone,
located 450 west of the “A” zone was tested by a single hole (RR-06-11).
The early results from holes drilled on the “A” zone identify anomalous
gold
over variable widths and associated with disseminated and fracture
controlled
pyrite, hosted in granodiorite.
Results from holes RR-06-01, RR-06-02, RR-06-03, RR-06-05 and RR-06-06
have been
received and the highest anomalies are as follows.
Drill Hole Grid Location Az Dip From To Interval Grade
Drill Hole |
Grid Location |
Az |
Dip |
From |
To |
Interval |
Grade |
RR-06-01 |
0+50 N / 0+00 E |
150 |
-50 |
5.13m |
5.60m |
0.47m |
4.22 g/t Au |
RR-06-01 |
|
|
|
78.75m |
79.50m |
0.75m |
1.30 g/t Au |
RR-06-02 |
0+50N/ 0+00 E |
150 |
-70 |
|
|
|
nil |
RR-06-03 |
0+50N/ 0+50 W |
150 |
-50 |
|
|
|
nil |
RR-06-05 |
0+50N/ 0+50 E |
150 |
-50 |
78.0m |
79.0m |
1.00m |
1.54 g/t Au |
RR-06-05 |
|
|
|
82.0m |
93.0m |
11.0m |
0.50 g/t Au |
RR-06-06 |
0+50N/ 0+50E |
150 |
-70 |
102m |
103m |
1.0m |
1.37 g/t Au |
All samples were shipped to TSL Laboratories
in
Saskatoon Saskatchewan where they were prepped and assayed. As
preparation for
assaying samples were crushed in oscillating jaw crushers to 70% passing
10 mesh
(1.70mm). Samples are riffle split; a 250g sub sample is pulverized, the
remaining is stored as reject. Samples were assayed by Atomic Absorption
Spectrometry and samples over 1000 ppb analyzed by Fire
Assay/Gravimetric
method.
The drilling program was carried out under the supervision of Dr. George
Gale,
Vice President Exploration of Harvest Gold Corp, a “Qualified Person” as
defined
by National Instrument 43-101. The initial assay results and contents of
this
press release have been reviewed by Grandview’s President and CEO Paul
Sarjeant,
B.Sc.,P.Geo., also a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
The remaining drill results will be released upon receipt and analysis
of the
data, all of which will be used to refine geological, geophysical and
geochemical exploration programs moving forward.
The Rocky Ridge gold property is located 170 km by all-weather-access
road from
Manitoba’s capital city of Winnipeg, and covers an 11.2 square km area
over a
seven km strike length of the East Peterson Creek Deformation Zone
(“EPCDZ”).
Gold mineralization was first discovered on the property in 1993.
Initial
prospecting and sampling returned gold values up to 140.6 g/tonne gold
(4.1
oz/ton) from grab samples and two consecutive 1 meter chip samples that
assayed
53.1 g/tonne and 53.1 g/tonne respectively (1.55 oz/ton and 1.56
oz/ton). The
exploration program continued with magnetic-VLF geophysical surveying
and
mapping, and concluded with a moderate drill program involving 615.49
feet over
four holes testing the “A” showing. Two diamond drill hole intercepts
into one
deformation zone reported 0.7m of 11 g/tonne gold (2.3 feet of 0.325
oz/ton) and
1.2 m of 8.91 g/tonne (4 feet of 0.26 oz/ton) gold in archived
assessment file
reports. Geological mapping has identified 3 distinct northeast and
southeast
trending gold bearing structures that intersect at the “A” showing. The
structures vary from 25 to 100 meters in width and are intensely sheared
and
silicified. All historic data was gathered from a 1997 assessment report
titled
“A Summary Report on the Rock Ridge Property, Cat Lake – Bernic Lake
Area, Lac
Du Bonnet Mining Division, Manitoba on behalf of Cordal Resources Ltd by
R.A.
Bernatchez, P.Eng, October 5th, 1997”. All of this work was completed
prior to
implementation of National Instrument 43-101 reporting standards and has
not
been verified by a qualified person and should not be relied upon.
During a visit to the Rock Ridge property in 2006, Dr. George Gale, Vice
President Exploration of Harvest Gold Corp, and former head of the
Mineral
Deposits Section at the Manitoba Geological Survey (1977-2005)
recognized some
previously unrecognized and potentially key attributes for understanding
gold
mineralization on the property. These features include structural
controls
mentioned in earlier reports and an association between the higher grade
mineralization and large areas of hematite altered intrusion. The
hematite
altered intrusion presents the possibility of a previously unrecognized
large
tonnage gold system (porphyry-type) though further field work is
required before
confirming this potential.
Grandview hopes to explore and develop the Rocky Ridge gold property
sufficiently to demonstrate a large tonnage gold system of sufficient
caliber to
attract a mid to senior resource company. It is widely understood that
Manitoba
and Ontario, while divided by provincial boundary, share gold belts of
common
geology, rock types and crustal faults.
The property is being explored jointly under an option agreement with
Harvest
Gold Corporation (HVG-TSX.V). Under the terms of the agreement,
Grandview has an
option to earn an undivided 70 per-cent interest in the Rocky Ridge
property by
incurring $600,000 (CAD) in resource exploration and development
expenditures,
$85,000 (CAD) in payments, and issuing 225,000 Grandview shares, over a
two-year
period.
For further information contact Rick Mark, CEO & Chairman of Harvest
Gold Corp.
at 604-986-2020 or visit the Company's website at
www.harvestgoldcorp.com
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rick Mark
CEO &Chairman
February 21, 2007
For more information about Harvest Gold Corporation, please review the
company’s
web site www.Harvestgoldcorp.com
or speak with a Company representative at
1-866-816-0118 or 604-986-2020
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