Eagle Plains/Olympic Commence Drilling Program at Dragon Lake Gold Project, Yukon

Cranbrook, BC, July 6th, 2011: Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:EPL) and Olympic Resources Ltd. (OLA.P) announce that drilling activity has commenced on the 2,300 acre Dragon Lake project (the “Property”) located 85km northeast of Ross River, Yukon. Approximately 750m (2500’) of drilling is planned for three separate areas of the Property. The budget for 2011 work is $400,000 and is expected to take 2-3 weeks to complete.

As announced June 20th, Eagle Plains and Olympic recently executed a formal option agreement (subject to TSX-V approval) whereby Olympic has the exclusive right to earn a 60% interest in the Property. 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.

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.

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), Olympic Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: OLA.P), 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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