(EMAILWIRE.COM, October 22, 2009 ) VANCOUVER – Amador Gold Corp. (TSX-V:AGX) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that a grab sample taken 15 meters from the RHB zone has returned an assay of 183.5g/t gold. The RHB zone, which previously returned grab samples as high as 75.0 g/t gold, was discovered in August, 2009 (see news release dated August 6, 2009).
An audio interview providing an overview of this release and the Horwood property has been prepared with Peter Caldbick, the Company's PGeo. for the Horwood Project, and is available via the following link (link will go live at approximately 9:30am EST, October 22, 2009):
"The extremely high grades of gold from surface samples along with existing geophysical targets will guide the Company's upcoming drill program, scheduled for early November. Drilling will attempt to identify gold mineralization and controlling structures at depth." comments Company President, Richard Hughes.
Recent stripping and trenching programs have exposed a series of narrow, parallel quartz veins hosted within granodiorite part of the Horwood Peninsula Pluton (HPP) proximal to a granodiorite mafic metavolcanic contact. High-grade showings have been discovered along this contact as well as within the granodiorite.
The quartz veins are described as shallow northwest dipping quartz veins with pyrite and carbonate alteration up to 0.5 meters in width and trending 060 degrees. Previous RHB grab samples returned grades of 75.0 g/t Au, 60.68 g/t Au, 57.1 g/t Au, 48.3 g/t Au and 43.3 g/t Au.
Amador's exploration team is currently compiling geological and geophysical data on the Horwood project to select additional drill targets.
The Horwood Project is located approximately 60 km southwest of recent gold discoveries made by Lakeshore Gold Corp. and West Timmins Mining Inc.
To view a map of the Horwood property please click on the following link or cut and paste the link into your web browser:
Peter Caldbick, P.Geo., and Charles Hartley, P.Geo. are the qualified people for the purposes of National Instrument 43-Â101 for the Company's Horwood Project. The Horwood project is supervised by Charles Hartley.
About Amador Gold
Amador has assembled a portfolio of more than 20 properties of exceptional merit in established mining camps and emerging mineral districts of Canada. These projects include the Loveland gold-copper-nickel project which recently completed its spring drill program and the Horwood gold project.
For information on active projects and to see Smartstox interviews with Company president, Richard Hughes, please visit the Company's website at www.amadorgoldcorp.com.
Contact Information
Corporate Inquiries: Kevin Hull or Alan Campbell, Investor Relations
Phone: (604) 685-2222
Email: info@amadorgold.com
Website: www.amadorgoldcorp.com
The statements made in this Press Release may contain forward-looking statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results could differ materially from the Company's expectations and projections.
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