Southern Arc commences phase two drilling of Sumbawa gold prospect

Canadian junior explorer Southern Arc Minerals Inc. announced on Friday the commencement of phase two drilling at its Lemonga Prospect located on Sumbawa Island.

This program will consist of 3,500 meters of diamond drilling designed to test continuity of high-grade gold-silver shoots in quartz veins intersected in an earlier scout drilling program (16 holes totaling 1,498.75 m). One drill rig is currently in operation and will be followed by a second rig, which will be used for shallower infill drill holes and peripheral exploratory scout holes.

The Lemonga Prospect is focused on a low-sulphidation epithermal quartz vein system over which surface mapping by Southern Arc and previous operators has confirmed hydrothermal argillic alteration within an area approximately 1 km East-West by 1.5 km North-South. Five quartz vein targets, named Amy, Betty, Cici, Dessy and Evi, have been identified within the alteration zone.

The best-exposed vein, the Amy Vein, has a mapped strike extent of at least 950 meters. Eight drill holes have been drilled along the strike of the Amy Vein; with high-grade shoots intersected in the southern portion over a 300+ m strike extent. (alex)