Driven Capital Commences Drilling at White River
TSX Venture Exchange: DVV
VANCOUVER, June 18, 2012 /CNW/ - Driven Capital Corp. (TSXV: DVV) ("Driven" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that diamond drilling has commenced on its 7,002 hectare White River project in the Tintina Gold Belt, Yukon.
Management has planned an exploratory drill program consisting of approximately 1,500 metres in ten holes, using a heli-portable rig producing NTW sized core. Top Rank Diamond Drilling Ltd. commenced drilling on June 16. Core samples produced from the program will be delivered to ALS Minerals' Whitehorse Minerals Lab for analysis.
The design of this initial campaign is to test the HG and Cool Zones, two mineralized areas that were outlined in the property's western portion by prior prospecting, mapping, geochemical rock and soil sampling, and hand trenching.
In the HG Zone, trench TR-HG11-02 yielded a channel sample of 82.2 g/t gold across 1.0 metre; and a grab and an auger sample from the core portion of the same exposure returning 214 g/t gold and 129 g/t gold, respectively.
The Cool Zone yielded up to 18.9 g/t gold and 391 g/t silver from surface rock samples; trenches TR-MB11-03 and TR-CZ11-01 returned samples of up to 4.24 g/t gold and 595 g/t silver, respectively.
Driven can earn a 60% interest in and to White River subject to a 2% net smelter return; upon Driven fully exercising its option, a 60/40 joint venture between the Company and optionor Tarsis Resources Ltd. will be established in order to further explore and develop White River.
U. Peter Kurisoo, CPG, Chief Geologist and a Director of the Company, is the Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 who has approved the technical content of this news release.
Driven Capital Corp. is deploying its accomplished technical and management team toward the exploration of its portfolio of highly prospective precious metals projects in the Yukon and British Columbia.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of Driven Capital Corp.
"Toma Sojonky"
Toma Sojonky, President & CEO
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please contact Toma Sojonky, President & CEO, at (604) 569-0799, or visit www.DrivenCapital.ca
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