Drilling Returns 3.94 Gpt Au Over 77.7 Metres At Long Canyon

 

VANCOUVER - Fronteer Development reported that drill results from Long Canyon's metallurgical program have returned oxide gold intercepts of up to 3.94 grams per tonne gold (0.115 ounces per ton) over 77.7 metres, including 25.01 g/t (0.730 oz/ton) over 4.4 metres in LCM30.

Other drill highlights include:

3.29 g/t (0.096 oz/ton) over 42.7 metres, including 11.63 g/t (0.340 oz/ton) over 7.4 metres in LCM33;

4.97 g/t (0.145 oz/ton) over 39.6 metres, including 16.76 g/t (0.489 oz/ton) over 6.3 metres in LCM22;

5.36 g/t (0.157 oz/ton) over 24.4 metres, including 19.90 g/t (0.581 oz/ton) over 5.3 metres in LCM29;

16.91 g/t (0.494 oz/ton) over 11.9 metres in LCM36.

These core holes were drilled as part of Long Canyon's ongoing metallurgical program and support results from initial reverse-circulation drilling. The infill holes were drilled along three fence lines in the southern part of the deposit to create cross-section composites for ongoing metallurgical testing.

Detailed metallurgical findings from core composites on three cross sections drilled in May 2009 are expected to be reported during Q1 2010. These metallurgical findings will provide a more detailed understanding of gold recoveries than what was previously provided by column-leach testing of bulk samples taken exclusively from road cuts. Initial test work reported gold recoveries averaging as high as 90.1%, suggesting mineralization is amenable to low-cost, conventional, heap-leach processing.

Approximately 30,000 metres of drilling was completed in 2009 at Long Canyon, with the majority dedicated to development-related activities to advance the project to feasibility stage.

Long Canyon, Sandman and Northumberland comprise Fronteer's future production platform based in Nevada. All three gold deposits have high-grade gold starting at- or near-surface, are potentially open-pit mineable and have encouraging production attributes. Fronteer aims to build regional production by advancing these projects sequentially over the near-term, and funding the company's growth with low-risk of dilution. In the near-term, Fronteer anticipates ongoing deposit growth to add significant gold ounces to its ledger and pending results from a variety of development activities to clearly define the economic strength of the company's projects.

The company’s address is Suite 1650, 1055 West Hastings, Vancouver, BC V6E 2E9, 604.632.4677, fax: 604.632.4678, email: [email protected].