Eagle Plains Completes Drilling on Tintina Gold Belt Targets, Central Yukon
September 28, 1999
Cranbrook, B.C.:Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (EPL:ASE) (the "Company") has completed diamond drilling programs and received analytical results for its' 100% owned Dragon Lake and Hit properties located in the Yukon portion of the Tintina Gold Belt.
Eagle Plains Announces the Execution of a Formal Option Agreement with Billiton Exploration Canada Limited
August 26, 1999
Cranbrook, B.C.:Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (EPL:ASE) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the execution of a formal Option Agreement with Billiton Exploration Canada Limited respecting the Company's North Findlay Property, the completion of a private placement with Billiton Metals Canada Inc. for gross proceeds of $450,000, and the completion of a first closing of a concurrent Unit private placement for gross proceeds of $281,000, all as initially announced May 20, 1999.
Eagle Plains Commences "Hit" Property Drilling Program
August 23, 1999
Cranbrook, B.C.:Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (EPL:ASE) announces that it has commenced the second phase of a two-phase exploration program on its' 100% owned Hit property located in east-central Yukon, 210 km northeast of Ross River. The 1999 Phase 1 program consisted of trenching and geologic mapping. Results were encouraging, and warrant follow-up by diamond drilling. The phase-two drill program will consist of 1000 feet (300m) in two to four holes, and is expected to take 7 to 10 days to complete.
Eagle Plains Commences Dragon Lake Drilling Program
August 16, 1999
Cranbrook, B.C.:Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (EPL:ASE) announces that it has commenced the second phase of a two-phase exploration program on its' 100% owned Dragon Lake property located in south-central Yukon, 85 km northeast of Ross River. The 1999 Phase 1 program consisted of trenching, geologic mapping and a magnetometer survey on the property. Results were encouraging, and warrant follow-up by diamond drilling. The phase-two drill program will consist of 1000 feet (300m) in two to four holes, and is expected to take 10 days to complete.
Eagle Plains Commences North Findlay Program
July 28, 1999
Cranbrook, B.C.:Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (EPL:ASE) announces that it has commenced a two-phase exploration program on its' 100% owned North Findlay property located 40 kilometres north of Cominco's Sullivan base metal mine at Kimberley, B. C. Phase 1 objectives are to carry out property-wide geological mapping in conjunction with soil-geochemical sampling. Phase 2 work will consist of a 5-7 hole, 6000' (1800m) diamond drilling program, and is expected to commence in late August.
Kennecott Program Underway on Eagle Plains' Greenland Creek Property
July 22, 1999
Cranbrook, B.C.: Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc. has notified Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (EPL:ASE) that it has commenced a first-phase, $200,000 exploration program on Eagle Plains' 100% owned Greenland Creek property located 30 kilometres north of Cominco's Sullivan base metal mine at Kimberley, B. C.
CanAustra to Drill Eagle Plains' Rusty Springs Property
June 28, 1999
Cranbrook, B.C.: Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (EPL:ASE) Crews have been mobilized to an area north of Dawson City, Yukon to commence a $250,000 diamond drilling project on the Rusty Springs base-metal property, owned 100% by Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (EPL:ASE). CanAustra Resources Ltd. (CTA:ASE) has an option to earn a 60% interest in the 541 unit (27,000 acre) property by completing $2,000,000 in exploration expenditures, and making $70,000 in cash payments to Eagle Plains over 4 years.
Eagle Plains Acquires Zinc Reserves
June 22, 1999
22 June, 1999 Cranbrook BC., The company has completed staking on two significant base-metal properties in the Northwest Territories and Southeastern British Columbia areas of Western Canada. The properties have been named Gayna River and Coyote Creek, respectively.
Eagle Plains Forms Strategic Alliance With Billiton Plc
May 20, 1999
Cranbrook, B.C.: Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (EPL:ASE) announces that it has entered into an agreement with London-based Billiton Plc through its wholly owned subsidiary Billiton Exploration Canada Limited, covering claims in the Findlay Creek area located 45 km north of the Sullivan Mine in southeastern B.C., Canada. This area is considered highly prospective for the discovery of new zinc sedex deposits located within the Proterozoic Aldridge Formation. The Sullivan deposit, owned by Cominco Ltd.
Eagle Plains/Miner River Complete Amalgamation
May 13, 1999
Calgary Alberta: The board of directors of Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (EPL:ASE) and Miner River Resources Ltd. (MRG:ASE) announce that the respective shareholders of Eagle Plains and Miner River have unanimously approved the previously announced amalgamation of the two companies under the name "Eagle Plains Resources Ltd.". It is anticipated that the effective date of the amalgamation will be May 12th, 1999.