Coral Completes Spring Drilling at Robertson
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/31/12 -- Coral Gold Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: CLH)(OTCBB: CLHRF)(FRANKFURT: GV8)(BERLIN: GV8) ("Coral" or "The Company") is pleased to announce that the final hole, CC 12-13 of the spring drilling program at it Robertson Property in Crescent Valley, Nevada, USA is currently being drilled and will be completed by weeks end.
As stated in the April 16, 2012 news release, Coral has been permitted to drill on the Porphyry gold zone. The program consisted of diamond core holes that twin original RC holes and provide core for leach tests at McClelland Laboratories Inc. ("McClelland Labs") in Reno, Nevada. They are part of the Phase 1 drill program as proposed in the January 2012 Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") (See January 18th news release) and are designed to determine if Amax Gold Inc.'s ("Amax") historic drilling data can be used with certainty to upgrade the level of confidence in resources contained in the oxidized zones. The phase 1 drill program represents Coral's first step towards pre-feasibility as defined by the PEA.
Coral would like to drill a further 27 core holes as recommended by the PEA in 2012 however the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") has deferred authorizing any additional disturbance until the current Amendment to the Plan of Operations ("APO") and the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") review are complete.
With regard to the APO progress, the cultural survey by Kautz and Co. was completed and submitted to the BLM in late April. Currently SRK Consulting, Coral's independent environmental consulting firm has completed the botanical surveys at Robertson. Wildlife surveys will start the first week in June and the bat survey is scheduled to begin in mid-June. The final plant and animal report should be completed in August.
The drill program is under supervision of Robert McCusker, a consulting geologist who is a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101.
Core is bagged at our core bagging facility in Crescent Valley and collected by ALS Minerals ("ALS"). It is crushed at Elko, Nevada and a sample is split out for assay by ALS; the reject or remaining material is shipped to McClelland Labs in Reno for metallurgical test work. To date the first 6 holes have been delivered to ALS. We expect to have all holes into the labs by June 15.
Coral, incorporated in 1981 continues to explore and develop the Robertson property located along the Battle Mountain Cortez Gold trend in North Central Nevada. Through independent exploration and previous joint venture partnerships with Amax, and Placer Dome, Coral has established an NI-43-101 inferred gold resource of 3.4 million ounces (2008). Coral is working to increase the level of confidence in the resource by following the recommendations laid out in the Preliminary Economic Assessment report published in February 2012.
For more information on the Robertson Property and Coral's other Nevada projects, visit the company's website at www.coralgold.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
David Wolfin, President & Chief Executive Officer
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Contacts:
Coral Gold Resources Ltd.
David Wolfin
President & Chief Executive Officer
604.682.3701
604.682.3600 (FAX)
info@coralgold.com
www.coralgold.com