North American Gem Inc. completed drilling on the Saffle Tract and Dalton Tract, both in West Virginia. Coal was intersected on Hole 1 of the Dalton Tract at 65 feet 2 inches to a bottom depth of 68 feet 8 inches giving a coal thickness of 3 feet 6 inches. Coal was intersected on Hole 2 of the Dalton Tract at a depth of 10 feet 6 inches to a bottom depth of 13 feet giving a coal thickness of 2 feet 6 inches. Further coal was intersected at a depth of 143 feet 3 inches to a depth of 146 feet 6 inches for a thickness 3 feet 3 inches. On the Saffle Tract coal was intersected at a depth of 41 feet 5 inches to a bottom depth of 44 feet 5 inches giving a seam thickness of 3 feet.
Announced North American Gem will be mobilizing drill rigs to its 37 acre potential surface mining prospect, the Saffle tract, and its 130 acre potential surface mining prospect, the Dalton tract.