Vancouver, BC -- Corex Gold Corp. (the “Company”) (TSXV: CGE) is pleased to announce that Goldcorp Inc. ("Goldcorp") (NYSE:GG- TSX:G) has commenced a follow-up phase diamond drill program on the Company's Zuloaga property, Zacatecas State, Mexico.
To see a map of the property Please click the following link http://www.corexgold.com/i/pdf/ZuloagaLocation.pdf
Goldcorp has mobilized a core rig from Major Drilling, and has commenced a follow-up phase exploration drill program on Corex’s Zuloaga concession, 13 km west of Melchor Ocampo. The drill program is a 2000 m core hole program designed to follow-up on the Tres Ejidos area.
The test target is an arsenic-zinc-antimony geochemical anomaly between Los Cerritos and Sierra de Ninguna. The 2012 core drilling program will test hydrothermally altered Caracol Formation and a steeply south-dipping fault zone buried beneath 20 to 100 meters of postmineral lacustrine and fluvial sedimentary units.
Under the terms of the original Earn-In Agreement between the Company and a subsidiary of Goldcorp, Goldcorp can Earn-In a 70% interest in the Zuloaga Property by spending US$4,000,000 on exploration over a 5-year period and paying Corex US$150,000 over an 18 mo. period. Goldcorp shall have the option to increase its interest from 70% to 80% upon paying 100% of the expenditures associated with placing the Property or any part thereof, into commercial production based on a mine development project approved for all or part of the property, with 20% of such expenditures to be repayable to Goldcorp from related project cash-flows, or arranging the proportionate share of a debt financing.
About Corex Gold Corp Corex Gold Corp is a Canadian resource company focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious/base metal deposits, including its 100% owned flagship property, the Santana Project, which is in Sonora State, Mexico. In addition, Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G - NYSE:GG) has implemented an on-going exploration program on Corex’s 100% owned Zuloaga property in Zacatecas State, Mexico.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“Craig D. Schneider” President & CEO
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Craig Schneider, President & CEO
Tel: 604.683.2505
Fax: 604.683-2506
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.corexgold.com
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