Goldcliff Resource Corporation: 3D-IP Locates Twelve Deep-Seated Anomalies at Tulameen
16 September 2011 - 11:08AM
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George W. Sanders, President of Goldcliff Resource Corporation (TSX
VENTURE: GCN) reports that the 3D-Induced Polarization survey
(3D-IP) conducted on the Whipsaw alkalic porphyry copper-gold
target area has successfully located twelve, deeply rooted
chargeability anomalies. The chargeability anomalies are
interpreted to be disseminated sulphide mineralization that extends
from surface to depths of 500 metres. The Bolas chargeability
anomaly is associated with surface chalcopyrite and pyrite sulphide
mineralization at the Eagle and Trojan Showings.
The Whipsaw chargeability anomalies are found on Goldcliff's 100
per cent owned Tulameen Copper property in the Copper Mountain
district near Princeton, BC, Canada. The Whipsaw target area is
located along the Copper Mountain south-west copper trend,
approximately seven kilometres southwest of the Copper Mountain ore
bodies.
The Whipsaw alkalic porphyry copper-gold target area is within
40 square kilometres of prospective Upper Triassic Nicola Group
geology that contains strong airborne geophysical anomalies,
moderate to strong copper-gold-pathfinder geochemical anomalies and
surface showings of chalcopyrite, malachite and pyrite
mineralization. The 3D-IP survey has located a total of twelve
chargeability anomalies at both depth and with surface expression
associated with disseminated sulphides. The chargeability anomalies
have deep-roots that extend to depths of 500 metres. The
chargeability strength in milliseconds (ms) ranges from weak
(greater than 5 to 10 ms), to moderate (11 to 20 ms), to strong (21
to 30 ms), to very strong (31 to greater than 50 ms). The sizes of
the twelve individual chargeability anomalies range from 0.2 to 1.0
square kilometres. The various chargeability anomalies range from
400 to 1000 metres in width and 500 to 2000 metres in length.
The Whipsaw target chargeability anomalies occur in the Upper
Triassic Nicola Group rocks that host the alkalic porphyry
copper-gold ore bodies in the district. Seven of the chargeability
anomalies occur within outcropping Nicola Group rocks, with one
occurring along the Upper Triassic Nicola Group-Tertiary Princeton
Group unconformity contact. Three chargeability anomalies occur in
Triassic Nicola Group rocks that are covered by Tertiary Princeton
Group rocks. Several surface copper sulphide showings that surround
the Whipsaw target area contain chalcopyrite, bornite, chalcocite
and pyrite mineralization within Upper Triassic Nicola Group
rocks.
The Upper Triassic Nicola Group is unconformably overlain by the
Tertiary Princeton Group. The interpretation is that high-grade
supergene copper mineralization may have developed over the primary
copper orebodies and the Princeton Group rocks may have preserved
the supergene copper mineralization from glacial erosion. In the
southwestern United States, high-grade supergene blankets are
common in the copper deposits. In British Columbia, orebodies with
preserved high-grade supergene copper blankets include Craigmont
(Placer), Afton (Teck), Kemess (Northgate) and Kwanika (Serengeti).
The orebodies that contain remnant supergene copper mineralization
with the orebodies include Ajax (Teck), Mount Polley (Imperial
Metals) and Copper Mountain (Copper Mountain). The preserved
orebodies were capped while the un-capped orebodies were affected
by glaciation that removed the supergene copper blanket.
Leonard W. Saleken, P.Geo. (geologist), and Edwin R. Rockel,
P.Geo. (geophysicist), are the qualified persons as defined by
National Instrument 43-101 who supervised the preparation and
verification of the technical information in this release.
GOLDCLIFF RESOURCE CORPORATION
George W. Sanders, President, Director
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(as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture
Exchange) accept responsibility for the adequacy or the accuracy of
this news release, gcnnews201105
Contacts: Goldcliff Resource Corporation George W. Sanders
President 250-764-8879 or Toll Free: 1-866-769-4802 604-261-8994
(FAX) sanders@goldcliff.com or info@goldcliff.com
www.goldcliff.com
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