| TORONTO,
ONTARIO-- Kirk McKinnon, President and CEO of Vencan
Gold Corporation is pleased to announce that the
final report from the airborne geophysical survey
has been received from AeroQuest Limited.
CAYENNE-CHILI, CAYENNE EAST AIRBORNE SURVEY COMPLETED
The 1,345 line kilometer helicopter-borne AeroTEM
geophysical survey over the Cayenne-Chili and adjacent
Cayenne East Properties, located 100 km south-west
of Timmins was completed in May 2006. The Corporation
is encouraged with the number of new targets both
for gold and volcanogenic massive sulphides (VMS);
particularly those identified on previously unexplored
areas of the property.
AeroQuest's AeroTEM system is a helicopter-borne
magnetic and time-domain electromagnetic system
with a narrowly focused footprint. Along with high
resolution, the system provides highly diagnostic
information for detected anomalies.
The survey, flown at 80m line intervals, was successful
in highlighting shear hosted lode- gold exploration
targets and VMS exploration targets on the Properties,
including previously undefined east-west structures
through the Gagne Target (see
press release dated March 6, 2006), and conductors spatially associated
with the Jefferson Zn-Pb deposit and Burton Shaft
Zn-Pb-Au occurrences. Significant conductors detected
along and across strike of the Jefferson and Burton
mineralization, together with several others along
strike throughout the Properties have been prioritized
for ground follow-up during this field season.
Early field follow-up of an AeroTEM anomaly trend
located approximately 2,200m west of the Jefferson
deposit has been found in outcrop to be a sulphide
zone associated with visible zinc mineralization.
Roman Tykajlo, GeoVector Management's geophysicist
stated that the geophysical coverage has greatly
enhanced the targeting for VMS and gold deposits
at Cayenne-Chili and Cayenne East and will help
guide ongoing diamond drilling, geological mapping,
ground geophysics, prospecting and soil sampling.
MASSIVE SULPHIDES INTERSECTED IN A NUMBER OF HOLES
Vencan's drill program on the Cayenne East property
is progressing well with 10 of the 12 planned holes
in the vicinity of the Jefferson Showing now completed.
Masssive sulphides have been noted in a number
of the holes. A large area along strike of the
Jefferson Showing has been subjected to ground
geophysical surveys, geological mapping and soil
sampling. A number of the higher priority airborne
geophysical targets have been ground checked and
mineralized samples are being sent for assay.
The program is under the direct supervision of
Taiga Consultants. All sampled drill core is shipped
to Swastika Labs for assaying.
Roman Tykajlo (P.Geo) is the qualified person
for all the technical information contained in
this press release.
The statements made in this news release may contain
forward-looking statements that may involve a number
of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results
could differ materially from expectations and projections
set out herein.
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