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Drilling continued with one rig at the Lake Gamble area to explore the 600-metre-wide gap between the Lake Gamble discovery and the Astoria mine.  Five holes totalling 3,629.6 meters were drilled.  The first drill section, on Section 8400E, was drilled from a site that is only accessible when the ground is frozen.  Five holes were completed on this section (holes 10-GA-508, 509, 521 and 522, and 523).  These holes targeted both the Piché and footwall zones with the objective of testing continuity of gold mineralization between the Lake Gamble area and the Astoria mine. 

The footwall zone in this section is strongly silicified, brecciated and veined with abundant brown tourmaline and arsenopyrite, as seen in holes 10-GA-509, 521 and 522, while the Piché Group is thin and weakly altered.  Assay results are shown below.

Drill Hole1 From (m) To (m) Core Length
(m)		 Approx. True
Width (m)		 Au g/t Host Rock
Unit
508 921.0 922.0 1.0 0.7 1.56 FWZ2
509 570.0 573.0 3.0 2.1 2.21 FWZ

1: all holes have prefix 10-GA-
2: FWZ = footwall zone

Assay results from hole 506A drilled in late 2009 and 2010 drill holes 522 & 523 are shown in the following table.

Drill Hole1 From (m) To (m) Core Length (m) Approx. True
Width (m)		 Au g/t FA Host Rock Unit
506A2 589.0 592.5 3.5 2.5 5.55 FWZ3
incl. 590.0 591.0 1.0 0.7 18.35
522 471.0 473.0 2.0 1.4 8.39 FWZ
incl. 471.0 472.0 1.0 0.7 16.20
523 528.55 533.00 4.45 3.1 1.35 Piché Group
incl. 531.0 532.0 1.0 0.7 3.31
and 542.5 545.5 3.0 2.1 5.76 FWZ
incl. 544.0 545.5 1.5 1.0 10.25

1: prefix 10-GA- for 522 & 523, prefix 09-GA- for 506A
2: previously reported
3: FWZ = footwall zone

Gold mineralization in the Lake Gamble area is hosted by two zones, the Piché Group and the footwall zone. The footwall zone, equivalent to the Aw zone at Astoria, is strongly altered and mineralized in the gap between Lake Gamble and Astoria.  Gold contents in most of the 2010 holes are low grade, but the exploration parameters identified during the late 2010 data re-interpretation indicate that the zone should be explored further.

An encouraging aspect of the Lake Gamble target is that thick zones of silicification, the strongest type of alteration associated with the gold mineralization and one of the newly-defined exploration parameters, occur in the Piché Group. The relative sequence of alteration from the least altered komatiite rocks is: 1) talc-chlorite (±calcite) schist followed by, 2) “green carbonate” rocks (carbonatized komatiites with fuchsite, a chrome mica) which is the lower level of alteration related to gold deposition (gold grades generally  < 3g/t), which is superimposed by the most intense alteration that is, 3) silicification and quartz veining, frequently accompanied by brecciation.  Higher levels of gold at Lake Gamble occur in these silicified zones with minor arsenopyrite, carbonates of calcium, iron and magnesium, and brown tourmaline.

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