Timberline Files Underground Exploration Plan
COEUR D'ALENE, ID - Timberline Resources Corporation reported on the filing of the Underground Exploration Plan and the acquisition of additional property at its Butte Highlands Gold Project in southwestern Montana.
Timberline has rapidly advanced its Butte Highlands Gold Project toward development and production since first purchasing the property in 2007.
Timberline recently filed its Underground Exploration Plan with
* Driving a 6,700-foot decline, providing access for 10 to 15
underground drill stations and doubling as a production ramp.
* 60,000 feet of underground drilling to further define and
potentially expand known mineralized zones and to provide
material for metallurgical testing.
* Additional surface drilling to test the deposit's western
extension discovered last fall in Hole #08-03. (See
Timberline's press release dated October 21, 2008 for more
information.)
* A 10,000-ton bulk sample to provide material for pre-production
ore characterization.
* Additional water monitoring drill holes for further definition
of the hydrological character, verifying continuity with last
year's single test hole.
In support of the project, Timberline has recently acquired approximately 150 acres of private land adjacent to and just south of its main Butte Highlands property. The strategic parcel is expected to reduce development and mining costs by providing improved portal access and more optimal facilities locations and staging areas.
Timberline V-P of Exploration Paul Dircksen stated, ``While this stage of the development process is fairly quiet from a public announcement perspective, it is typically when exploration companies are most active. The combination of Timberline geologists, contributions from our drilling staff, permitting and oversight of Klepfer Mining Services, and the engineering and design input from the team at Small Mine Development have allowed the plan to come together according to the time frame we originally outlined. In addition to the Underground Exploration Plan, we have been advancing geologic modeling, geologic targeting for resource expansion, mine modeling, engineering design, property consolidation, and permitting. We are looking forward to an acceleration of activities this summer.''
Butte Highlands is located 15 miles south of
The company’s address is 101 E. Lakeside,