Pretium Resources Inc.: Continued High-Grade Results from Valley of the Kings Drilling
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/26/12 -- Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX: PVG)(NYSE: PVG) ("Pretivm") is pleased to report initial results from the second phase of drilling at its high-grade gold Brucejack Project in northern British Columbia, where bonanza-grade gold continues to be intersected in the Valley of the Kings. (See Table 1 below for assays.)
Selected highlights from the Valley of the Kings include:
-- Hole SU-376 intersected 6,142 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.65
meters (179 ounces gold per ton over 2.1 feet); and
-- Hole SU-349 intersected 5,240 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.5
meters (161 ounces gold per ton over 1.6 feet).
The bonanza-grade intercept from hole SU-376 noted above was intersected approximately 78 meters down-hole in the central corridor of the Valley of the Kings, and is part of the same high-grade chute as the bonanza-grade intersection in hole SU-115 of 18,755 grams per tonne gold uncut over 0.6 meters. The bonanza-grade intercept from step-out hole SU-349 noted above was intersected approximately 5 meters from surface in the northwest area of Valley of the Kings.
Step-out hole SU-378, which includes an interval grading 93.1 grams per tonne gold over 1.5 meters within a longer interval grading 25.5 grams per tonne gold over 6.0 meters, has extended the Valley of the Kings 50 meters east. The Valley of the Kings has now been traced for 500 meters along trend and remains open to the east and at depth.
The second phase of drilling at Brucejack is focused on high-grade definition drilling of the shallow high-grade resources at the Valley of the Kings, as well as testing extensions of the Valley of the Kings and other high-grade zones.
Table 1: Selected Brucejack Project Drill Results, June 2012 (SU-349 to SU-
378)(1,3)
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Hole Collar Dip/ From To (met- Gold Silver
No. Coords. Azimuth (meters) (meters) ers) (g/t) (g/t) Capping(2)
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VALLEY OF THE KINGS
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SU-349 6258199N -50/180 5.4 5.9 0.5 5,240 2,810
426426E
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111.12 111.62 0.5 457.00 303.00
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313.05 313.55 0.5 93.20 85.00
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SU-350 6257801N -55/360 138.0 143.5 5.5 50.40 90.60 1 Gold
426300E sample cut
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138.0 143.5 5.5 85.74 90.64 uncut
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incl 139.05 139.55 0.5 889.00 853.00
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190.0 193.83 3.83 63.56 140.07
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incl 193.33 193.83 0.5 231.00 467.00
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229.12 229.62 0.5 418.00 334.00
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320.0 320.5 0.5 414.00 211.00
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390.21 390.71 0.5 509.00 153.00
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SU-352 6258030N -45/180 340.5 345 4.5 10.23 24.20
426600E
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363.1 365.12 2.02 7.58 56.35
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375.0 379.5 4.5 6.05 26.20
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SU-356 6258020N -50/360 185.36 190.0 4.64 4.07 44.66
426400E
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SU-357 6257810N -45/360 193.0 197.5 4.5 7.93 23.20
426400E
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429.48 429.98 0.5 314.00 208.00
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464.46 467.5 3.04 18.95 18.07
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SU-358 6257990N -50/180 38.5 40.0 1.5 72.90 48.50
426445E
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SU-359 6258229N -45/180 111 112.5 1.5 10.20 7.10
426600E
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345.72 369.5 23.78 25.65 24.37
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incl 345.72 346.22 0.5 434.0 298.00
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incl 368 369.5 1.5 250.00 118.00
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439.5 441.0 1.5 11.60 30.80
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SU-360 6258259N -50/180 36.5 38.0 1.5 9.80 24.80
426425E
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320.5 322.0 1.5 17.75 10.00
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427.5 429.0 1.5 34.00 11.40
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511.5 513.0 1.5 36.70 25.10
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SU-361 6258072N -50/360 288.0 289.5 1.5 8.55 24.40
426625E
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SU-364 6257827N -55/360 482.0 494.0 12.0 7.00 8.17
426375E
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incl 482.0 483.89 1.89 27.60 19.60
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incl 492.6 494.0 1.4 18.30 16.20
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SU-365 6257985N -45/180 122.33 123.1 0.77 43.40 34.00
426422E
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SU-369 6257990N -45/178 148.24 150.3 2.06 4.71 156.92
426387E
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162.5 164 1.5 9.91 4.50
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SU-371 6258015N -50/180 35.59 36.1 0.51 12.45 7.60
426422E
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SU-374 6257955N -50/358 164.0 165.48 1.48 15.45 10.30
426362E
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286.15 286.65 0.5 436.00 131.00
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SU-376 6258000N -50/178 77.68 80.0 2.32 150.60 265.40 1 Gold
426387E sample cut
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incl 77.68 78.33 0.65 6,142.2 881.00 uncut
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SU-378 6258090N -45/180 163.5 169.5 6.0 25.29 13.00
426730E
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incl 168.0 169.5 1.5 93.10 25.50
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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) 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.
To date, a total of 44,200 meters of drilling in 131 holes has been completed for both phase one and phase two of the 2012 Brucejack Exploration Program.
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.
(SEDAR filings: Pretium Resources Inc.)
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President and Chief Executive Officer
(604) 558-1784
Pretium Resources Inc.
Michelle Romero
Corporate Relations Director
(604) 558-1784
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