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|  | |  Introduction
Located in the East Kootenays of British Columbia, approximately 40 kilometres south of the Elk Valley Coal Mine.
Status
Howell was optioned to MAX Resource Corp. in June 2008. MAX may earn up to 60% in Howell over a three year period by making cash payments totaling $120,000, issung 250,000 shares and by completing $1.25 million in exporation. Geology
The Howell Creek property is underlain by a thick sequence of Paleozoic limestones and sedimentary rocks and older Proterozoic sediments. Mid-Cretaceous intrusions occurring as sills, dykes, plugs and diatremes intrude these units. Gold mineralization occurs disseminated in limestone and with quartz stockworks in syenite intrusives and Proterozoic sediments. Prior drilling has included 1.23 g/t gold over 58 metres, 0.95 g/t gold over 39 metres, 0.65 g/t gold over 82 metres, and 0.57 g/t gold over 149 metres. A diamond drill hole from 2006, collared to the west of the surface expression of the important Palaeozoic limestone, penetrated a near surface fault and intersected 43 metres grading 0.42 g/t gold to the bottom of the hole at 66 metres. Hole HW-606 effectively expands the prospective area for the target model. The last sample in this hole graded 0.44 g/t gold indicating a need to drill deeper and test the target along strike. Exploration at Howell has included 6,197 metres of drilling in 49 holes. Several holes have also intersected significant "manto style" silver-lead-zinc intercepts in limestone. These include 15.3 g/t silver, 0.40% lead and 2.40% zinc over 7.5 metres and 51.5 g/t silver, 1.98% lead, 1.87% zinc, and 0.32 g/t gold over 7.6 metres. Hole HRC-15, with a 7.6 metre intercept grading 51.5 g/t Ag, 1.98% Pb, 1.87% Zn, and 0.32 g/t Au in dolomite, is located on the eastern edge of the drill grid. These intercepts represent Carbonate Replacement Deposit (CRD) style mineralization which has not been actively explored at Howell in past exploration efforts. MAX plans to conduct drilling at Howell during 2008 to continue expand the carbonate limestone hosted mineralization in the vicinity of HRC-25, H-02-1, H-02-3 and HW-606. In addition, MAX has plans to drill at least one new hole to the east of hole HRC-15 where CRD style mineralization has been identified. Access
The Howell property is accessed from Fernie via all-weather logging haul roads; secondary logging roads cut through the middle of the property. Reports
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