Sona Resources rallies on planned aggressive drilling activities this year

Sona Resources (CVE:SYS) announced Thursday it has begun a 4,500 metre underground drilling program at its Elizabeth Gold Deposit in the Lillooet Mining District of southern British Columbia.
The initial drilling will target the West Vein gold mineralization to test an area along strike and down dip from the vein. The company will also drill to confirm the Southwest Vein’s position along strike to the northeast of the known gold mineralization.
Already, assay results from the most southwesterly drill section on the Elizabeth project, have intersected 109.5 grams per tonne (g/t) gold over 1.1 metres at 30 metres below surface in hole E10-67; and 77.9 g/t gold over 2.2 metres at 70 metres below surface in hole E10-69.
The Vancouver, B.C.-based company also plans to commence 3,000 metres of diamond drilling at the site in July, as well as 5,000 metres at its formerly-producing Blackdome gold mine, 250 kilometres north of Vancouver.
The drilling program at Blackdome will test the southern extension of the Giant Vein, where a 2007 sampling returned values between 0.30 g/t and 9.32 g/t of gold.
"We'll be drilling aggressively at both properties to expand the known resources and increase our confidence in them," said president and CEO, John P. Thompson.
Sona, whose properties are scattered across Canada and the U.S., saw its stock on the TSX Venture Exchange jump 11.11% on Thursday afternoon, trading at $1.00 per share.