The current program will evaluate potential extensions of the main mineralized trend and evaluate additional showings on the property prior to diamond drilling scheduled to commence during summer 2011.
In preparation for diamond drilling this summer, Astral has mobilized its exploration crew to the 100% owned Los Crestones project.
Los Crestones is an early stage gold-silver property located within the prolific Sierra Madre gold-silver belt in Western Mexico that has never been drill tested.
Historical workings on the property are limited to small adits and excavations on three prominent quartz veins or ‘crestons’ hosted by andesitic rocks proximal to monzonitic and granodioritic intrusive rocks.
The three named veins ‘Corona’, ‘Bohemia’ and ‘El Indio’ are oriented north-south and dip uniformly 60 to 75 degrees to the east.
The veins define a 400m wide corridor and scattered showing indicate that the trend may traverse the length of the property.
