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Exploration and Development
The Company's mission is to explore and develop mineral properties in areas of South America deemed by the Company to have relatively high potential for mining success and relatively low political risk. The initial thrust of the Company's exploration activities is in Guyana, where it holds properties in the north-central region of the country as well as in the northwest. The key project is the Million Mountain project in north-central Guyana.

The Million Mountain property consists of 21 permits covering some 21,768 acres in the Mazaruni Mining District No. 3, Guyana, and South America.

MILLION MOUNTAIN PROPERTY MAP (1.46 Mb PDF)

The Million Mountain Property has previously been drilled by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission ("GGMC"), Golden Star and Heritage Mines Limited. The GGMC drilled diamond core holes, Golden Star drilled 162 short, hand auger holes and Heritage drilled 109 mechanized 4” auger holes. The Heritage holes extended up to 30 meters but the drill operated more efficiently at 20 meters or less and most holes were stopped by about 18 meters (60 feet). Results included:

Drill Hole # From (metres) To (metres) Interval (metres) Assay
(Au g/t)
3-98 Collar 13.41 13.41 11.38
28-98 Collar 15.85 15.85 8.26
  Including 3.66 15.85 12.19 10.41
35-98 Collar 12.19 12.19 8.37
  Including 2.44 12.19 9.75 10.12
36-98 Collar 12.19 12.19 10.28
  Including 6.10 12.19 6.1 19.27

In March 2005, the Company conducted a 340-meter trenching program at its Million Mountain Property, located within the Lower Puruni regional block of its property holdings in Guyana. The trenches were located on the floor of the pit from which a bulk sample had been mined by a former operator for pilot plant testing. The purpose of the trenching program was to make initial confirmation of the former operator's reported historic auger drill results. The trenches were excavated in the undisturbed pit floor utilizing a Caterpillar hydraulic excavator to an average depth of 3 meters by 1.25 meters in width. Results of this program are listed in Shear Zone Trench Results.

Shear Zone Trench Results (72.5 Kb PDF)
Million Mountain Trench Detail Map (255 Kb PDF)
Technical Report (3.98 Mb PDF)

Sacre-Coeur has a large land package and is one of a handful of junior exploration companies with active projects in Guyana. Others are Guyana Goldfields Inc. (GUY-T) and StrataGold Corp (SGV-T). In addition, major Newmont Overseas Exploration Limited, a subsidiary of US based Newmont Mining Corporation, has recently established a strong presence in Guyana.

In addition to the Million Mountain block of properties, the qualifying property, which is the most advanced project in the Company portfolio, the Company holds 818.8 square miles of mineral concessions, which it believes, are prospective for primary gold, alluvial gold, and alluvial diamonds.

  • Lower Puruni regional block - 355.5 sq mi (includes Million Mountain at 34 sq mi)
  • Oko regional block – 50.8 sq mi
  • Northwest regional block – 355.7 sq mi
  • Kartuni regional block – 56.6 sq mi

Diamond and gold properties:

  • Potaro – Kuribrong regional block – 14.1 sq mi
  • Kurupung regional block – 6.6 sq mi
  • Mahdia – Issano regional block – 13.6 sq mi

Many of these properties already have partial geological databases in digital format, including base maps, mineral occurrence maps and geochemistry data. This data has been developed principally by the GGMC and various NGO sponsored reconnaissance missions. With few exceptions, exploration has been limited to reconnaissance level geologic work and prospecting by local artisanal miners.

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Investor relations contacts
Lee Dunston, Corporate Communications – Canada
Phone: (604) 899-0100
Fax: (604) 899-0200
Email: lee@scminerals.com

 

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