General Metals Announces Results of Core Assays at the Independence Gold and Silver Project, Announces New Website Address
Company CEO Dan Forbush noted "These results are important because they serve to reaffirm the extent and consistency of the resource we have at the Wilson-Independence project. The work by Jeff and AAL is another key step in establishing the feasibility of this project. We are pleased to see the correlation between the core assays and the assays from the reverse circulation drilling done previously."
Mr. Rassuchine indicated: The northern most core hole GM-T54-11 twinned RC drill hole GM-54 in the Hill Zone. The gold intercepts in the core hole closely matched the RC drill hole, each with a 75 and 80 foot gold intercept of .015 opt from 130 feet to 205 feet in the core hole with 80 feet of .028 opt from 130 feet to 210 feet in the RC hole. The difference in the overall gold grades is a well mineralized structure assayed 10 feet at .094 opt in the RC drill hole and the same exact zone assayed .031 opt gold over 10 feet in the core hole. This erratic nature of higher gold grades was accounted for by limiting its influence in the resource calculations.
The second core hole GM-T19-11 twinned RC drill hole GM-19. GM-19 is located several hundred feet southeast of the old Wilson inclined shaft where there is a considerable amount of mining. The top of the gold resource was intercepted at the same depth in both drill holes at 195 feet. The core assayed from 195 feet to 255 feet; 60 feet at .029 opt gold. The RC drill hole assayed 195 feet to 220 feet; 25 feet at .034 opt gold. At 220 feet the RC drill hole encountered old mine workings where a considerable tonnage of gold-silver ore was removed. The core hole did not encounter these mine workings. Thus it is likely the RC drill hole steepens considerably and the core and the RC hole are no longer twinned. The RC drill hole was in and out of mine workings from 220 to 250 feet with a number of zones of no sample recovery.
The third core hole (GM-T31-11) twinned RC drill hole GM-31. GM-31 is located at the very south end of the Independence property; an area with very erratic, spotty gold-silver mineralization. RC drill hole GM-31 stood out as an odd hole with a nice gold intercept of 105 feet grading .042 opt gold. Surrounding drill holes did not support this gold grade and it was interpreted RC drill hole GM-31 caught a narrow mineralized cross fault. The twinned core hole supports this conclusion. The best gold intercept in the core hole was 65 feet of .010 opt gold from 210 to 265 feet. This .010 opt gold grade is very similar to nearby RC drill holes.
On another matter Mr. Forbush announced that the Company had moved its website to www.nevada-goldmine.com a number of months ago. To alleviate disruption to our shareholders and other interested parties, we had the previous website name pointed to this website. The previous website name is no longer usable to the Company. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. The Company continues to work towards getting the new website listed in all public domains.
About General Metals Corporation
General Metals Corp. (OTCQB: GNMT); www.nevada-goldmine.com, is an aggressive junior mining exploration and development company, based in Reno, Nevada. The company is actively pursuing the re-opening of its Independence gold and silver mining project strategically located in the prolific Battle Mountain Mining District of Nevada.
Qualified Person and NI 43-101 Disclosure
Information respecting resource estimates is based on an independent technical report entitled "Technical Report of the Independence Gold and Silver Project, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada USA" dated June 27, 2011 and prepared for General Metals by James Ashton, P.E. and Sam G. Nunnemaker, R.P.Geo in accordance with the form requirements of National Instrument 43-101. A copy of the report is available on the General Metals website.
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