Eagle Plains/Olympic Execute Option Agreement on Dragon Lake Gold Project, Yukon Territory
Cranbrook, BC, June 27th, 2011: Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:EPL) and Olympic Resources Ltd. (OLA.P) have executed a formal option agreement whereby Olympic will have the exclusive right to earn a 60% interest in the 2,300 acre Dragon Lake project located 85km northeast of Ross River, Yukon. To exercise the option, Olympic must complete $3,000,000 in exploration expenditures, issue 1,000,000 common shares and make cash payments of $500,000 to Eagle Plains over 4 years. Soil geochemical sampling, limited trenching and drilling has been completed by Eagle Plains since 1996 and has indicated that significant gold mineralization is present within property boundaries. Drilling of the property is expected to commence within three weeks.
Property Geology and Mineralization
Mineralization on the property is associated with an elongate Tombstone Suite intrusive which has intruded sedimentary rocks of the Hyland Group. Contact metamorphism related to intrusion of the pluton has resulted in a distinct alteration halo which hosts known mineralization. Work carried out by Eagle Plains in 2010 on the Main Zone included continuous chip trench sampling which returned 4.9 g/t gold over 6.0m, including 6.7 g/t over 4.0m (T-11) and 6.0m grading 2.8 g/t (T-02). A grab sample of material from a 1.2m wide quartz vein returned 19.8 g/t gold. Exploration pits dug in 2010 by Eagle Plains in areas of anomalous soil samples from past programs returned 2.85 g/t gold and 2.25 g/t gold, respectively.
Property History
The property was first staked in 1966 by Kennco Exploration, which completed geological and geophysical survey work. Canamax and Welcome north carried out additional surface work in 1983 and 1988, respectively. Eagle Plains staked the property in 1996 and have completed 7 separate exploration programs in the ensuing years. In 2010, Eagle Plains completed rock and soil geochemical sampling and an airborne geophysical survey.
Update on Kalum Property Option
Eagle Plains has recently received notice that Windstorm Resources Inc. (TSX-V:WSR) has terminated its option on the Kalum gold property located near Terrace, in west-central British Columbia.
About Eagle Plains Resources
Eagle Plains continues to conduct research, acquire and explore metal projects throughout western Canada. In addition to holding mining royalties on various projects, Eagle Plains controls over 35 gold, base-metal and uranium projects several with third parties including Aben Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:ABN), Providence Capital Corp. (TSX-V:PV), Waterloo Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:WAT.P), Blackrock Resources Ltd. (a private B.C. company); Heemskirk Canada Ltd., Drexel Resources Ltd. (TSX-V), Rosedale Resources Ltd (a private B.C. company), Slater Mining Corp (TSX-V:SLM), Touchdown Capital Inc. (TSX-V: TDW), Bluefire Minerals Corp (a private BC company), Active Growth Capital (TSX-V:ACK) and Giyani Gold Corp. (TSX-V:WDG). In recent years, Eagle Plains has completed option agreements with Teck Limited (TSX:TCK.B), Alexco Resource Corp. (TSX-V:AXR), Billiton Metals, Rio Algom Exploration, NovaGold Resources, Kennecott Exploration and numerous other junior exploration companies, resulting in over 53,600m (163,370’) of drilling and over $28.3 million in exploration spending on its projects since 1998.
Expenditures during 2011 are expected to be approximately $8,000,000 to be funded by Eagle Plains and third party partners. This exploration work will result in approximately 9400m diamond drilling and extensive ground-based exploration work facilitating the advancement of more than 15 projects at various stages of development.
Signed,
“Tim J. Termuende”
President and CEO
For further information on EPL, please contact Mike Labach at 1 866 HUNT ORE (486 8673)
Email: mgl@eagleplains.com or visit our website at http://www.eagleplains.com
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