The Natalka deposit ranks third in world gold deposits behind Indonesia's Grasberg deposit and Uzbekistan's Muruntau deposit. Both Natalka and Muruntau have been classified as Sedimentary Hosted Vein Deposits (SHV's) and have many similarities to Skygold's Spanish Mountain project in central British Columbia. Skygold personnel are touring the Natalka deposit to gain knowledge about SHV deposits in general and to tap into the exploration success that Polyus Gold has had in exploring for these types of deposits.
Scott Weekes, VP Exploration for Skygold, states: "We are extremely lucky to have this opportunity to tour one of the world's giant gold deposits. The recognition of Spanish Mountain as an SHV style deposit has significantly changed the scope of our exploration program and being able to tour the Natalka deposit should help put our program in perspective. The Polyus Group have been extremely successful in their exploration at Natalka and anything we can learn about the deposit or their exploration techniques will benefit the Spanish Mountain program."
About the Spanish Mountain property
The Spanish Mountain property is host to a large size gold mineralizing system which has only been partially tested with diamond drilling. Previous work has outlined a mineralized zone extending approximately 1.2 kilometres by 0.8 kilometres which remains open in all directions. This year's program will test an area approximately five times the size of the Main Zone. This area has similar geochemical and geophysical characteristics to known gold mineralization on the property.
The Spanish Mountain project is a joint venture between Skygold Ventures Ltd. and Wildrose Resources Ltd. in which Skygold has a 70% participating interest and Wildrose has a 30% participating interest.
On Behalf of the Board,
SKYGOLD VENTURES LTD.
Doug Fulcher, President
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