PRESS RELEASE
SYMBOL : DAR – TSX V
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARIANNE DISCOVERS A NEW GOLD SEDIMENTARY HORIZON BY
DRILLING, INTERSECTS VISIBLE GOLD (31.44 g/t Au ON 2.6 m) AND
CONFIRMS THE PRESENCE OF A GOLD CORRIDOR ON THE
OPINACA PROPERTY, JAMES BAY.
Chicoutimi, September 6, 2006. The management of Arianne Resources Inc. (DAR-V) is
pleased to announce that it intersected by drilling, a new gold zone in a sedimentary horizon on
its Opinaca property located South of the Opinaca reservoir. Drill hole OPI06-37 intersected a
pyritized mineralization disseminated in sedimentary rocks grading 3.5 g/t Au on 3.2 metres
(including 4.2 g/t on 2.6 metres) and another gold intersection grading 1.25 g/t Au on 5.9 metres.
Drill hole OPI06-38, located 100 metres East of OPI06-37, also intersected a mineralized
sedimentary zone that returned 1.5 g/t Au on 5.75 metres, including 1.97 g/t Au on 2.9 metres.
This type of mineralization is similar to the Roberto discovery on the Eleonore property
(Goldcorp).
This new gold zone discovered East of the Acotago fault is located on the contact of an iron
formation and remains open laterally and in depth. This new gold showing is also in contact with
a magnetic anomaly known on many kilometres.
« We are very encouraged with this new discovery. To have such results in sediments associated
with the Contact and Chino showings, located close to the sedimentary horizon, certainly
increases the gold potential of the Opinaca property. » stated Mr. Bernard Lapointe, Ph.D and
CEO of the Company.
Mineralization corridor : The initial phase of drilling from winter 2006 (see March 15, 2006
press release) implied the presence of an important gold corridor. The mineralization is mostly
found on the contact of basaltic volcanic rocks and sedimentary rocks. The sedimentary rocks
host gold-bearing quartz veins that concentrate and form significant mineralized zones (drill hole
OPI06-02 : 4.02 g/t Au on 3.6 metres, including 11.73 g/t Au on 1 metre and OPI06-16 : 4.73 g/t
Au on 3.1 m, including 11.11 g/t Au on 1.1 m).
The second phase of drilling was done mainly to investigate this corridor to the East.
Drill hole OPI06-34 located 400 metres east of drill holes OPI06-02 and OPI06-16 intersected a
mineralized zone showing many grains of visible gold distributed on a length of more than one
metre along the hole. This intersection returned 31.4 g/t Au on 2.6 m along the drill hole,
including 55.9 g/t Au on 1.45 m (see table below). This intersection shows that the mineralized
zones can reach important grades and widths. Note that this drill hole is located less than 100
metres from the Acotago fault.
Gold sediments : The investigation of the corridor continued towards the east and beyond the
Acotago fault. Drill hole OPI06-37, located 500 m east and 200 m north of drill hole OPI06-34,
intersected many metres of sedimentary rocks containing fine pyrite. Partial assays of these
sediments returned grades of 3.5 g/t Au on 3.2 m along the hole, including 4.2 g/t Au on 2.6 m.
Drill hole OPI06-38, located 100 m east, intersected on 5.75 metres along the hole, sediments
grading 1.5 g/t Au. This drill hole is the latest completed to date.
Encouraging outlook : The major gold showings discovered to date are almost all located in a
zone with a contact between volcanic rocks and sedimentary rocks. The new Aïeul showing,
discovered by Arianne during the summer prospecting campaign, showed grades up to 8.42 g/t
Au in chosen samples (and 37.43 g/t Au on an erratic block sub-in-place). This showing, located
more than 5 km from the Chino showing, combined with the 5,000 m of drilling done to date on
2 km of this gold corridor, suggest the presence of gold on at least 5 km (see maps, further
down).
The study of the aeromagnetic map shows that the contact between volcanic rocks and
sedimentary rocks could be more than 15 km long and remains open at the two extremities. The
Black Dog showing (8 g/t Au on 1.3 m in drilling : LH 88-01 : GM49584), owned by d’Arianne
and Vantex Resources (VTX-V) in a 50/50 proportion, is located more than 10 km north-east of
the Contact zone and contains gold mineralization that seems in continuity with this magnetic
contact.
Joint-Venture with SOQUEM : the recent signature of this agreement with SOQUEM on land
located west of our property will enable the continuation of the exploration and search of this
gold structure west of the Aïeul showing, next year. According to the agreement, Arianne has to
invest $250,000 over a period of 3 years to acquire a 50% ownership. Arianne will manage the
works.
Conclusion : The Opinaca property contains two distinct types of gold mineralization : vein-type
mineralization associated with quartz (like the Eau Claire deposit of Eastmain Resources) and
disseminated mineralization in sedimentary rocks (like Roberto of Goldcorp). These
mineralizations are contained within a corridor of at least 5 kilometres in length and only a small
part (2 km) of this corridor was partially explored by drilling and prospection. The drilling
campaign will therefore focus on this corridor with priorities on the lateral and in depth
extensions of the gold zones previously intersected. A Master’s study is currently underway with
the Université du Québec in Chicoutimi to identify the different types of mineralizations.
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Maps and tables : The Opinaca property (100% Arianne) covers an area of 5,755 ha. The
SOQUEM joint-venture covers an area of 3,358 ha and the partnership with Vantex Resources
(50/50) covers an area of 1,214 ha.
Location of the mining properties :
http://www.arianne-inc.com/fichiers/localisation.pdf
Aeromagnetic signature of the geological contact :
http://www.arianne-inc.com/fichiers/aeromagnetique.pdf
Positioning of the main gold showings :
http://www.arianne-inc.com/fichiers/positionnement.pdf
Highlights of drilling results (winter 2006) :
http://www.arianne-inc.com/fichiers/tableau_hiver.pdf
Highlights of drilling results (summer 2006) :
http://www.arianne-inc.com/fichiers/tableau_ete.pdf
The drilling campaign resumed a few days ago. The works are supervised by Mr. Daniel
Boulianne, geologist. The content of this press release was approved by Mr. Bernard Lapointe
PhD and Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101. The assays were performed at Laboratoire
Expert of Rouyn-Noranda.
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.
Source:
Mr. Bernard Lapointe, President
Tel : (418) 549-7316
bernard@arianne-inc.com
For info:
Norman Forrest
Vice-president Development
450-736-0453
n.forrest@videotron.ca
Dominic Sicotte
Echoes Financial Network Inc.
514-842-9551, ext. 101
866-633-9551
dsicotte@echoesfinancial.com
www.echoesfinancial.com
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