Tianshan Goldfields (ASX: TGF) is focused on developing its 90% interest in the Gold Mountain Project in north western China. China is now the fourth largest gold producer in the world.
The Gold Mountain Project consists of exploration licences covering 632 square kilometres and hosts advanced gold deposits and exploration targets with the potential for both large tonnage disseminated gold deposits and narrower higher grade opportunities. The Company currently has a total Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource estimated at 95 million tonnes at 0.9g/t Au for 2.8 million ounces of gold (at 0.5g/t Au lower cut-off grade).
Tianshan Goldfields has significant gold hits at Gold Mountain
Tianshan Goldfields (ASX:TGF) has announced final results from the program of near-resource drilling undertaken during 2008 at the Company’s 90%-owned 2.6moz Gold Mountain Project in northwest China.
The program returned "encouraging drill intercepts at depth on the southern margins of the Yelmand and Balake deposits."
The results included significant broad intercepts of gold mineralisation including 72 metres at 1.75g/t gold (including 58 metres at 2.08g/t gold) at Yelmand and 48 metres at 2.08g/t gold at Balake.
The results have reinforced the potential for extensions to the existing resource base at Gold Mountain. The Gold Mountain Project currently comprises Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resources totalling 94.8 million tonnes at 0.9g/t gold for 2.64 million ounces.
In November 2008, Anglo Pacific Group (ASX:AGP; LSE:APF) increased its shareholding in Tianshan Goldfields (ASX:TGF) from 7.9% to 10.1%.
Tianshan Goldfields had a healthy cash balance of $A17.3m as at 30 September 2008.








