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Assays have notbeen delivered for the bottom portion of that first hole or the sevenadditional holes from the 2,600 meter program. Historic drilling at theSouth Zone included a number of strong intercepts, including 8.62 g Au/Tand 0.45 Cu over 11.7m. Subsequent drilling at South Zone in 2008encountered VMS-style mineralization, for which assays have not yet beenreturned. Most of the analytical resultsfrom 2008 drilling and surface geochemistry have been put on hold at thelab pending the restructuring of Intuitive Exploration Inc. (NTE), theprivate company operating the exploration program, which costapproximately $2.2 million in 2008.The Todd Creek Property is located in Skeena Mining Division in theEastern Volcanic Belt of the Stewart Gold Camp of British Columbia. Thereremain numerous other gold, copper, and VMS targets to be delineated whenresults from 2008 are complete.