Work to test the primary gold grades of the system was initiated. A rhyolite dome complex with a four square kilometre argillic alteration zone was identified in the Sigsig concession block. Soil sampling defined a 700 by 800 metre gold in soil anomaly within the alteration zone. Further sampling and mapping are in progress to better define potential gold zones. A felsic porphyry stock with pyrite-rich argillic alteration was identified in the northern part of the Nelson concession block and soil sampling defined a 1.2 kilometre by 600 metre gold anomaly.
Initial results indicate that primary gold grades tend to be low.
Sampling in the south of the Nelson concession block delineated two areas with anomalous copper and gold values associated with argillically altered felsic porphyry intrusions. More detailed testing is in progress. Mapping and rock-chip sampling indicated that the potentially mineralized zone in the anticlinal structure, as identified by anomalous gold values in trenches, is approximately five kilometres long by 500 metres wide. A soil sampling program to delineate areas for further trenching is in progress. Surface exposure is limited by colluvium and a 750 metre diamond drill program is planned to test the zones.