The Argentinian division is fully licenced and legally
registered in Argentina. Local headquarters is situated in Salta
city in the province of Salta. Operations supervisor is Mr Al
McGregor who may be contacted at al_macgregor@shaw.ca
or the above EMail address in Argentina. Mr. Al MacGregor has been involved in mining exploration for 35 years and is well versed in all aspects of diamond drilling business. Working as senior technician for Cominco for 14 years before joining Falcon in 1987. His duties involve road construction, prospecting and supervising major drill projects. Falcon Argentina is very experienced in high altitude operations from 1000 meters to 5000 meters elevation. Through our associates we are able to supply camps, heavy equipment, catering services and vehicle rentals.
Guillermina Diez
Office Manager |
Notable Clients include:-
Mansfield Minera S.A.
Cardero Resources.
Alexander Gold.
Antares Minerals Inc.
Orocobre S.A.
Salta Exploraciones S.A. |
Maria Eugenia Claros
Accountant |
Falcon provided drilling services to Viceroy
Resource Corporation on the Gualcamayo project. Drilling
operations are at an elevation of 1500 to 2000 metres and use NQ
and HQ down hole tools drilling to a typical depth of 300 metres.
It is hoped that the F1000 drill rig will soon be in operation
using BTW sized tools. Water supplies for the drill rigs are
pumped in via a pipeline approximately 10 kms long.
The project was located in the San Juan province, Guandacol
district, Argentina and hosts both gold/base metal skarn and
epithermal gold mineralization in brecciated limestones, marble
and dacite porphyries. The 914 hectare project could have been operated on
a year round basis. It was joint ventured from Mincorp
Exploraciones S.A. in mid 1997. Viceroy had the right to earn a
60% interest in the property through its 100% ownership in Minas
Argentinas S.A. by spending US$5.0 million. In
addition to the 2630 hectares covered by the joint venture
Viceroy also controls an additional 45,000 hectares surrounding
the project.
Geological mapping, sampling and a 2600 metre diamond drilling
program confirmed the presence of widespread mineralization,
extending the zone for at least 1 kilomtere along strike, up to
200 metres down-dip and defining a vertical extent of up to 300
metrres. Significant intercepts are summarized in table 1
Table 1 -
Summary of Significant Diamond Drill Intercepts.
| Drill Hole # |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Interval (m) |
Grade (gpt) |
| QD-01 |
10.0 |
146.0 |
136.0 |
0.939 |
| QD-02 |
12.0 |
74.0 |
62.0 |
2.72 |
| QD-03 |
16.4 |
33.2 |
16.8 |
0.889 |
| QD-05 |
1.9 |
132 |
130.1 |
1.12 |
| QD-06 |
3.6 |
218.0 |
214.4 |
0.634 |
| QD-07 |
3.0 |
148.0 |
145.0 |
0.638 |
| QD-08 |
0 |
143.0 |
143.0 |
0.634 |
| QD-09 |
260.0 |
282.0 |
22.0 |
1.08 |
| QD-10 |
0.3 |
47.5 |
47.2 |
1.32 |
| QD-12 |
4.0 |
60.0 |
56.0 |
2.19 |
| QD-14 |
82.0 |
86.0 |
4.0 |
1.46 |
Information on this
project was kindly provided by Viceroy Resource Corporation who
may be contacted at :- Suite 2200, 1066 West Hastings St.,
Vancouver, B.C. V6E-3X2, Canada, telephone 604 688 9780, fax 604
682 3941. The
information contained in this web page is for the purposes of
illustrating the types of drilling operations undertaken by
Falcon Drilling and is not to be used in any way to assess the
viability of the property or for investment purposes.
