reports that the option agreement whereby Choice Gold
("Choice")(CSNX: CHF) could earn an interest in the
Sugarloaf Peak Project ("Sugarloaf" or the "Project") is
being terminated and Riverside will retain 100% interest in
the project. Riverside is pleased with the exploration
progress that Choice undertook and will now have full
control of the project. Sugarloaf has over 70 drill holes,
deep IP, aeromagnetics, and extensive copper, gold, and
other metal rock geochemistry which delineates a near
surface large low-grade gold system that could be related
laterally or overtop of a porphyry Copper system. With
additional drill holes there is now future potential to
calculate an open pit gold resource based on the work
recently completed.
Riverside's President and CEO, John-Mark Staude, stated,
"With our strong cash position of over $9,000,000 in the
bank and our partners in BC and Mexico funding over 90% of
our work programs, we, as Riverside, are pleased to be
pushing ahead on developing projects, drilling up
resources, collaborating with major and junior company
partners to make and delineate metallic ore discoveries."
The advancement of Sugarloaf through field exploration,
expansion of tenement, property-wide aeromagnetics, deep
IP, Titan, core and reverse circulation drilling now shows
a much larger volume of potential mineralization in the
main gold area as well as other targets that warrant
drilling. Riverside and Choice appreciated working together
and the current market conditions limited the alternatives
for how Choice Gold could move forward. Riverside and
Choice have agreed that, since less than half of the
required earn-in with payments and exploration expenditures
has been completed, returning the project and cancelling
the option is the most workable solution.
Riverside will now look to partner with an exploration and
development gold company to advance the Sugarloaf Peak
Project, which generated approximately $3,000,000 in cash
and exploration expenditures during the agreement with
Choice Gold. As a part of the cancellation, Riverside has
agreed to cancel the shares it was previously granted
subject to certain conditions.
The results from drill testing and surface exploration
combined with geophysics show four highly prospective areas
for the next stages of exploration and, in the Central Main
Zone, for potential resource definition. Choice is in the
process of providing Riverside with all of the data from
the past year's work.
About Riverside Resources:
Riverside is a well-funded prospect generation team of
focused, proactive gold discoverers with the breadth of
knowledge to dig much deeper. The Company currently has
approximately $9,000,000 in the treasury and 35,000,000
shares issued. The Company's model of growth through
partnerships and exploration looks to use the prospect
generation business approach to own resources, while
partners share in de-risking projects on route to
discovery. Additional property information about Sugarloaf
and other assets that are available for partnership can be
found on Riverside Resources Inc. website at www.rivres.com.
ON BEHALF OF RIVERSIDE RESOURCES INC.
"John-Mark Staude"
Dr. John-Mark Staude, President & CEO
For additional information contact:
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