Lateegra Options Clone Gold Property From Teuton and Minvita
June 18, 2003, Vancouver, BC: Teuton Resources
Corp. (“TUO”) (“Teuton”) and Minvita
Enterprises Ltd. (“MVE”) (“Minvita”)
announce that they have entered into an option agreement with Lateegra
Resources Corp. (LEG – TSX Venture) whereby Lateegra
may acquire a 50% interest in Teuton and Minvita’s jointly-owned
Clone gold property, situated in the Stewart Mining Camp of
northwestern British Columbia.
The Clone property is located 12
miles southwest of Stewart, British Columbia, within the highly
mineralized Stewart Complex of volcanic and sedimentary rocks.
Famous mines within this Complex include the currently producing
Eskay Creek Mine, one of the highest grade gold-silver mines
in North America, and the formerly producing Premier gold mine.
The Red Mountain Gold deposit of Seabridge Gold Inc., located
10 miles north of the Clone Property, is presently the subject
of a pre-feasibility study.
Historical Exploration
In 1995, Teuton-Minvita prospectors discovered a series of sub-parallel
shears on the Clone property, exposed over strike lengths up
to 1,600 feet. Subsequent trenching of the H-1 shear returned
values of 3.59 oz/ton gold across 18 feet. Additional trenching
of the S-2 shear returned values of 2.08 oz/ton gold across 14.8
feet. Drilling in 1995-97 tested all of the shears within the
1,000 foot long Main Zone. Many well-mineralized intercepts were
obtained from the 1995-97 program as indicated by the following
selected results:
| Drill
Hole |
Interval
(ft) |
Gold
(oz/ton) |
| 4 |
16.4 |
0.61 |
| 8 |
9.8 |
1.67 |
| 10 |
26.2 |
1.85 |
| 11 |
30.0 |
0.64 |
| 11 |
13.1 |
0.89 |
| 18 |
19.7 |
1.53 |
| 25 |
12.0 |
0.64 |
| 68 |
8.9 |
1.29 |
| 72 |
27.5 |
0.38 |
| 74 |
12.9 |
0.63 |
| 84 |
11.5 |
0.90 |
| 91 |
50.9 |
0.22 |
| 110 |
32.9 |
1.28 |
| 124 |
23.0 |
0.43 |
In 1998, a detailed structural study of the Main Zone area was
completed by SRK Consulting Engineers of Vancouver B.C.
at the request of Teuton Resources Corp. The study defined
a gentle, northerly plunging orientation to gold-bearing shoots
within the shears providing a better understanding of the structural
controls for the gold mineralization. The historical exploration
data may not be compliant with National Instrument 43-101.
Lateegra believes that by utilizing the information from the
structural study, there exists strong potential to find down
dip extensions of the gold-bearing shoots within the Main Zone.
Lateegra will also investigate untested mineralized zones on
the 4,200 acre Clone property by spending $200,000 during the
2003 exploration season to test this theory.
The Letter Agreement provides that, in order to earn its 50%
interest in the Clone property, Lateegra will make staged cash
payments totaling $130,000, issue 100,000 shares, and undertake
exploration expenditures of $1,500,000 over a four year period.
Option cash and share payments will be divided equally between
Teuton and Minvita.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
LATEEGRA RESOURCES CORP.
“ Dino Cremonese, P.Eng.”
Dino Cremonese, P.Eng.
President,
Teuton Resources Corp.
Minvita Enterprises Ltd.
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