Pretium Resources Inc.: Valley of the Kings Drilling Continues to Confirm Continuity
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/15/12 -- Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX: PVG)(NYSE: PVG) ("Pretivm") is pleased to report that drill results from its high-grade gold Brucejack Project in northern British Columbia continue to confirm the projection and continuity of high-grade mineralization in the Valley of the Kings. (See Table 1 below for assays).
Selected highlights from the Valley of the Kings include:
-- Hole SU-316 intersected 1,855 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.54
meters (54 ounces gold per ton over 1.8 feet);
-- Hole SU-325 intersected 1,590 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.59
meters (46 ounces gold per ton over 1.9 feet).
The high-grade intercept (previously unreported) from hole SU-316 was intersected 566 meters down-hole in an area of projected Inferred mineral resources, and approximately 264 meters down-hole from the previously reported SU-316 intercept of 9,110 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.5 meters (see news release dated April 30, 2012). All assays for hole SU-316 have now been reported.
The high-grade intercept from hole SU-325, which occurred in a longer interval grading 169.1 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 9.13 meters, was collared in the eastern area of the Valley of the Kings in the vicinity of holes SU-230 and SU-237 from the 2011 drill program. Step-out holes SU-312 and SU-321 were drilled on the eastern margin of the Valley of the Kings, and confirm the high-grade mineralization is open down plunge to the east.
Hole SU-322 intersected 64.3 grams of gold per tonne over 5.7 meters, 30 meters up dip from the bonanza-grade intercept in hole SU-115 grading 18,755 grams of gold per tonne over 0.6 meters, confirming the projection of high-grade gold along trend.
Hole SU-314, which was drilled as a test of the extension of the R8 Zone in the West Zone, encountered 27.2 grams of gold per tonne over 20.57 meters, demonstrating the potential to add to West Zone mineralization at depth.
Table 1: Selected Brucejack Project Drill Results, May 2012 (SU-311 to SU-325)(1,4)
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Hole Collar Dip/ From To Interval Gold Silver Capp-
No. Coords. Azimuth (meters) (meters) (meters) (g/t) (g/t) ing(2)
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VALLEY OF THE KINGS
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SU-311 6257885N -45/360
426575E 389.5 392.5 3.0 10.68 244.0
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403.0 406.0 3.0 11.83 13.40
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SU-312 6257849N -65/360
426683E 320.5 342.5 22.0 15.46 39.65
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incl 339.5 342.5 3.0 96.72 50.75
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SU-313 6258045N -55/180
426680E 217.12 217.63 0.51 189.5 62.60
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307.5 309 1.5 11.60 733.0
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SU-315 6257885N -65/360
426575E 260.5 262.0 1.5 727.0 411.0
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316.0 329.5 13.5 39.29 35.52
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incl 325.0 326.5 1.5 311.0 247.0
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SU-316 6257930N -75/30 2 Gold
samples
(3) 426473E 302.62 326.75 24.13 29.71 119.66 cut
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or 302.62 326.75 24.13 225.85 119.66 Uncut
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incl 302.62 303.12 0.5 9,110 4,030 Uncut
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incl 325.95 326.75 0.8 1,035 781 Uncut
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430.28 446.62 16.34 11.35 11.00
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incl 430.28 430.86 0.58 141.0 85.00
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522.34 522.94 0.6 53.00 17.30
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566.21 566.75 0.54 1,855 586.0 Uncut
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SU-317 6258105N -50/180
426475E 211.5 221 9.5 35.55 22.34
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incl 218.0 221.0 3.0 93.20 45.10
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SU-318 6257857N -70/270
(3) 426500E 29.5 36.75 7.25 3.06 45.14
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1 Gold
sample
61.41 71.0 9.59 42.38 68.58 cut
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61.41 71.0 9.59 114.64 68.58 Uncut
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incl 61.41 62.11 0.7 1,490 856 Uncut
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261.0 262.5 1.5 47.8 67.0
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297.5 299.0 1.5 21.7 9.8
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SU-319 6258090N -45/180
426612E 174.08 177.4 3.32 25.52 28.61
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incl 176.75 177.4 0.65 120.00 60.4
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SU-320 6257900N -45/0
(3) 426550E 9.56 20.82 11.26 14.88 32.87
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incl 9.56 10.06 0.5 305.0 239.0
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134 135.5 1.5 29.60 8.8
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422.5 424.0 1.5 97.7 42.2
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SU-321 6258100N -45/180
426705E 161.5 169.0 7.5 12.28 10.94
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incl 161.5 163.0 1.5 52.1 25.0
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399.47 405.5 6.03 7.52 22.81
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SU-322 6257975N -45/180
426450E 25.88 31.55 5.67 64.31 67.60
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incl 25.88 27.58 1.7 37.56 31.22
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incl 30.97 31.55 0.58 514.0 528.0
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SU-324 6258165N -50/180
426475E 264.0 268.5 4.5 10.33 9.97
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SU-325 6258090N -55/180
426612 15.36 16.53 1.17 31.40 757.0
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2 Gold
samples
215.5 224.63 9.13 96.56 93.11 cut
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215.5 224.63 9.13 169.1 93.11 Uncut
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incl 217.94 218.2 0.26 574.0 232.0 Uncut
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incl 224.04 224.63 0.59 1,590 744.0 Uncut
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286.0 290.5 4.5 14.84 11.30
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395.15 395.65 0.5 124.5 62.00
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WEST ZONE
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SU-314 6258863N -75/135
426677E 289.5 310.07 20.57 27.18 398.71
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incl 299.0 302.0 3.0 85.45 854.50
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incl 306.5 309.0 2.5 104.12 1,049.20
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(1) True thickness to be determined.
(2) Unless otherwise indicated as uncut, all gold assays over 500 g/t were
cut to 500 g/t.
(3) Previously reported: Hole SU-316 intervals 302.62 to 326.75; Hole SU-
318 intervals 29.5 to 62.11 and Hole SU-320 intervals 9.56 to 135.5.
(4) All samples were submitted for preparation and analysis by ALS Chemex
at its facilities in Terrace, B.C. All samples were analyzed using
multi-digestion with ICP finish. Samples over 100 ppm silver were
reanalyzed using four acid digestion with an ore grade AA finish.
Samples over 1,000 ppm silver were fire assayed with a gravimetric
finish. Samples with over 10 ppm gold were fire assayed with a
gravimetric finish. One in 10 samples was blank, one in 20 was a
standard sample, and differing one in 20 samples was a field duplicate
one-quarter split core assayed at ALS Chemex in Vancouver, B.C.
Assay results for completed drilling will be reported as they are received over the course of the 2012 drilling season.
Kenneth C. McNaughton, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., Chief Exploration Officer, Pretium Resources Inc. is the Qualified Person (QP) responsible for the Brucejack Project exploration program.
About Pretivm
Pretivm is creating value through gold at its advanced-staged exploration projects Brucejack and Snowfield, located in northern British Columbia. Pretivm is advancing the high-grade, underground gold opportunity at Brucejack, which hosts a significant undeveloped high-grade gold resource.
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