Rochester Resources Ltd announced results its diamond drill program being carried out at the Mina Real Property, Nayarit State, Mexico. Highlights include; drill hole TC 02-10 which intersected 1.14 meters of 7.37 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 78 g/t silver.
Rochester Resources reported that previously announced diamond drilling program at its Mina Real property continues to return positive results. An additional seven diamond drill holes have been completed on the Florida NW Vein. The best intercepts include 3.55m with 2.72 g/t gold and 222.0g/t silver from 59.37m downhole in Hole FLNW10-10 and in Hole FLNW11-10 returned 2.11m with 1.70 g/t gold and 233.0 g/t silver from 65.35m.
Rochester Resources announced that operations at the Mina Real property in Mexico continue to show steady improvements. In early January 2009 the mill resumed operations and since then the Company has continued to see improvements in both mining and milling operations. A total of 6,814 tonnes was processed for the months January and February 2009. Production during this period was 560 ounces of gold and 17,289 ounces of silver. During the month of March, 4,105 tonnes were processed through the mill, an increase of 20 % over February, with head grades of 2.3 g/t gold and 299.4 g/t silver.