Hughes Range 2012 Exploration Results
Vancouver BC – Klondike Gold Corp. (“the Company”) is pleased to announce the results of exploration conducted during the summer of 2012 on its Hughes Range Property. This property is one of thirteen properties in British Columbia held by the Company, and is located 20 km northeast of Cranbrook in southeastern B.C. Activity was focused mainly on a new exploration target, disseminated and fracture controlled copper mineralization in Fort Steele quartzites. As well, some prospecting and reconnaissance mapping were done on the sedex Kootenay King lead-zinc deposit on the east side of the property and on known gold and silver vein occurrences farther west. The road accessible Kootenay King deposit mined 13260 tonnes in 1952 and 1953 with recovery of 882,299 g silver, 881,383 Kg zinc, 710,866 Kg lead, and 985 Kg cadmium (BC Minfile 082GNW009).