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Great Quest Defines Gold Soil Anomaly on Dabia Ouest Concession
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April 21, 2010
Great Quest Defines Gold Soil Anomaly on
Dabia Ouest Concession
VANCOUVER, BC -- Willis W.
Osborne, President of Great Quest Metals Ltd.
(TSXV: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM), is pleased to report results of an exploration
program, consisting of soil and rock sampling and geological mapping,
conducted on the Dabia Ouest gold concession early this year.
The Dabia
Ouest concession, in western Mali, is only 11.6 kilometres south of the
Kenieba concession which was recently sold by Great Quest to Avion Gold
Corporation for 4.35 million dollars in cash and Avion shares.
The soil sample grid consists of 11 eastwest lines, 500 metres apart, with
samples taken every 50 metres along the lines.
A total of 1,221 samples
were taken from the 27.5 sq km grid which is located in the northeast corner
of the concession.
All but four samples were taken from alluvium or from stream-deposited
material.
Below are lengths along four consecutive lines of samples
anomalous in gold:
Line
Length of Anomalous
Samples (m)
Average Value
Parts per Billion Gold (ppb)
Third line from north
1,650
52 *
Fourth line from north
1,000
38
Fifth line from north
1,100
34
Sixth line from north
1,700
35 *
* three samples above 200 ppb were not included in calculation
* one sample of 1,163 ppb was not included in calculation
The alluvium anomalous in gold occurs along a length of the southwesterly
flowing Columbo River.
The silt, sand and gravel constituting the alluvium
are derived through erosion from river banks along the full extent of the
Columbo River upstream from the anomalous area.
As a result, the eroded
material from the gold zone has been diluted by all of the sediment from
upstream.
Because of the low gradient of the river, the source of the gold
is expected to be very close to, if not partly coincident with, the
anomalous area.
Great Quest management is very encouraged by these results.
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The next step in exploration over the anomalous alluvium is to find the
source of the gold, first through pitting and geophysics, then if necessary,
drill testing.
Much of the rest of the area soil sampled shows scattered
samples anomalous in gold with no particular pattern.
The western part of the concession consists of scattered hills with outcrops
surrounded by areas of alluvium where two major goldfields or areas of pits,
which were dug by local miners for the recovery of gold, occur.
One extends
for 4,860 metres along the Columbo River where it turns west.
The second
extends along the Bilaliko River for 4,450 metres where it flows to the
northwest.
One sample from an outcrop of a felsic dyke along the Bilaliko
River was crushed and panned.
Fine gold was found.
An assay of the
tailings from the pan gave 1,065 parts per billion gold.
The next program
will consist of pitting, trenching and rock and soil sampling to further
isolate the gold mineralization in the area in preparation for drilling.
Samples were processed by ALS Chemex in Bamako, Mali.
The samples were
crushed, split and pulverized.
Thirty grams from each sample were tested
for gold by fire assay-AA.
Carl G.
Verley (P.Geol), the Qualified Person
pursuant to NI 43-101, has reviewed the contents of this news release.
The preliminary program on the newly acquired 24 sq km Sanoukou gold
concession, south of and adjacent of the Kenieba gold concession, will start
next week.
Following the program on the Sanoukou concession and subject to
the receipt of permits, Great Quest will start a drill program on the Tin
Hina phosphate concession in eastern Mali.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF GREAT QUEST METALS LTD.
Willis W.
Osborne
Willis W.
Osborne
President
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