September 19, 2006
Goliath Resources Finalizes Acqusition of Canadian Mineral Properties
The Company is pleased to announce
it has now executed a definitive agreement whereby
it will acquire three mineral projects in Canada.
The consideration for the acquisition of these properties
will be the issuance of 14,000,000 Goliath shares
from treasury to the BellMin Group. Following the
acquisition Andrew Bell will join the board as Chairman.
Goliath's main focus will be working
with Phelps Dodge Canada on the Mazenod Lake project
which is located in the North West Territories; Phelps
Dodge owns the property 100%, and Goliath has a joint
venture agreement with Phelps Dodge whereby Goliath
will have an option to earn a 75% interest in this
project by the expenditure of CDN$500,000.00 of which
CDN$207,000.00 has been attributed to the 75% acquisition
of the Mazenod property.
Geophysics and IP at Mazenod Lake
have identified several areas of mineralization prospective
for large-scale gold and copper and possibly uranium.
Previous diamond drilling carried out by Moss Resources
in 1997 identified significant copper mineralization
within a defined area. Phelps Dodge subsequently
carried out more extensive diamond drilling (1,150
metres) in five holes in 2002. Three of these holes
outlined a one km long zone of copper bearing volcanic
and sedimentary rocks. Intersections include 3m at
2.2% copper, 12m at 1.5% copper and 17.6m at 1% copper.
Goliath will carry out stage two drilling in early
2007 and intend to explore the 4 major magnetic features
still unexplored in the near future.
The second project is the Flume
License in the Yukon. This property is also owned
by Phelps Dodge in which Goliath has the right to
earn 100%. Required expenditure is US $100,000.00
over the next twelve months. Following the earn-in,
Phelps Dodge will retain a royalty interest. Covering
8,990 hectares, Flume has evidence of vein and skarn-type
mineralization. Previous exploration between 1998
- 2000 included soil sampling, prospecting and trenching
carried out by Teck Cominco Ltd. and Phelps Dodge,
from which geochemical studies indicated the high
potential for gold mineralization. Large areas of
the property remain to be explored.
The final project is the Java property
in British Columbia. Java is a copper-molybdenum
porphyry prospect formerly held by Kennecott.
Andrew Bell will join the board
and as chairman of Goliath. Andrew Bell is a former
investment banker and fund manager with a background
in mining and oil analysis and in Asian markets.
He has MA and LLB degrees from Oxford and London
Universities. He is currently Chairman of three AIM-listed
companies, Regency Mines plc, Red Rock Resources
plc, and Greatland Gold plc, and is a director of
AIM-listed Ormonde Mining plc. He is President of
the private investment group BellMin Ltd.
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Contacts: Goliath Resources
Inc. Scott Rose (604) 688-2280