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Article: Republic Gold (ASX:RAU) Amayapampa 1,800 Metres Drilling Program and Surface Sampling Programme Commenced
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- September 25, 2008
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The Board of Republic Gold Limited (ASX:RAU) announces that the Company has commenced a 1,800 metre diamond drilling programme and surface sampling programme at the Amayapampa Gold Project in Bolivia.
The programme has been extended over what was initially envisaged. The aim of the drilling programme is to check a number of high grade channel samples in the orebody and to extend the mineralisation to depth where a small number of drillholes and one channel sample indicate that the mineralisation has good potential for extensions at depth (see diagram below). Ten drillholes are planned, with the longest hole being 230 metres.
The surface sampling programme will use trench sampling, mapping ...