The program activities are expected to take about two months, inclusive of line cutting, soil sampling, geological mapping, channel sampling of the quartz veins and saprolite trenching.

The company said it will purchase data from a previously flown airborne geophysical survey and anticipates delineating drill targets by late spring 2011.

Otish Energy is a resource exploration company focused on the exploration and development of gold in Guyana, and gold, rare earth elements and uranium in Quebec, Canada.