Harvest Gold Corp., HVG.V, acquired the Garcia Flats following the results of a regional geochemical survey undertaken by the property vendor. The survey, which he designed and completed in 2005, had the specific objective of identifying a new district size gold target on the south Carlin Trend in Elko County, Nevada. Three flooded reverse circulation holes were drilled on the property in 2007 for a total footage of 5,385 feet. A completely buried hydrothermal system was found as evidenced by carbonate alteration, clay alteration, minor hydrothermal sulfide, and minor quartz veinlets in Ecocene volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks, and limestone. A high of 80 ppb Au was intersected in GFR-3. A dozen other anomalous Au intercepts, ranging from 10 ppb to 39 ppb Au, were encountered among all three holes. Additionally, drilling intercepted a 220 ft thick zone of anomalous As averaging 65 ppm and containing a 5 ft interval of 629 ppm As. The 5 ft intercept of 629 ppm As is accompanied by 16.35 ppm Mo, 1.66 ppm Tl, and 1.56 ppm Sb. Barium is strongly enriched in several 35-40+ ft zones in all three holes. The highest Ba value reported is >10,000 ppm Ba. Based on stratigraphic relationships and interpretation of gravity data, prospective Paleozoic carbonate host rocks are interpreted to be present at reasonable depths. 

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Mines at Carlin-type deposits and location of Garcia Flats target area on geologic base map.

 

The Garcia Flats property comprises 15 unpatented lode claims in two blocks covering approximately 20 square km in a highly prospective covered pediment. This pediment covers an area large enough to host a buried district similar in size to many world class Carlin type districts such as at the Cortez area.

The project was acquired following results of a regional targeting program designed to identify large, highly-prospective gold targets in north-central Nevada. In 2004, a geochemical survey was initiated by the property vendor at Garcia Flats. The results of this early survey confirmed the presence of gold in soils and helped to define this new district size gold target on the south Carlin Trend in Elko County, Nevada. Subsequently, much more detailed soil surveys were completed and three large areas of gold in soils have been defined.

The initial targeting of the Garcia Flats area focused on finding covered areas in north-central Nevada capable of hosting world class Carlin type deposits. Because the focus of this program was on concealed deposits, much of the geology was projected from nearby ranges. These projections were aided by the compilation of public-domain gravity and magnetic data. A wide variety of rocks ranging from Ordovician through Eocene are present in the surrounding mountain ranges including favorable Devonian and Mississippian carbonate host rocks. These rocks are projected beneath alluvium and Tertiary volcanic rocks on the property.

A buried northwest-trending horst is interpreted within a complex structural framework beneath soil geochemical anomalies in gold and pathfinder elements such as arsenic, antimony, barium, and thallium, and other elements. This buried ridge is truncated by an interpreted north-trending structural zone beneath the Eastern anomaly where numerous northwest and north-trending structural intersections are interpreted. Similar structural intersections are interpreted beneath the Central anomaly.

The Pinon Range is host to several gold deposits with underground and open pit mines at the Rain, Tess, Saddle, and Emigrant deposits at the north end of the range totaling more than 1.9 million ounces of gold at or near the Webb/Devils Gate contact. Gold resources occur to the south of Rain at several deposits including Trout Creek, Pony Creek, and others. To the southeast at the Bald Mountain mine, more than 5.7 million ounces of gold have been identified.

Garcia Flats occurs where the north-trending zone of gold deposits in the Pinon range intersects a major northwest-trending structural zone that controls many of the deposits at Bald Mountain. A northwest-trending horst similar in size and morphology to the Rain horst is interpreted in the subsurface at Garcia Flats and the northwest-trending faults associated with this feature are parallel to the Rain fault, one of the main ore controls at Rain.

Favorable host rocks occur to the north, west, and east of Garcia Flats and the Webb/Devils gate contact may be relatively shallow beneath the claim block. Continuing south from Garcia Flats, the Archimedes mine and South Eureka deposit also sit on the north-trending zone of gold deposits that extends from South Eureka to the Rain district.

Activities Contemplated for the Future
The Company is seeking a joint venture partner for the project.

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