| Tue Jun 15, 2010 Stikine - Nonda 100# (Mesh) Sand Exceeds Frac Sand Specs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vancouver, British Columbia: Stikine Gold Corporation (TSX.V: SKY) ("Stikine" or the "Company") has received new test results for its frac sand processed from Nonda quartz-pure arenite rocks. The Nonda - Ghost Ridge property is located 150 km west of the Horn River Basin ("HRB") shale gas field in northeast British Columbia. As previously announced, Nonda +40-70 sand samples have demonstrated continuous quality improvements with incremental lab process refinements. New test results show the Company has also perfected the lab-scale processing of +70-140 ("100 Mesh") sand. Processed sand testing by Stim-Lab (a Core Laboratories Company specializing in proppant testing) has been focused on crush resistance and a recent sample of +70-140 sand produced only 2.7% fines at 5,000psi (ISO 13503-2/API RP19c, Section 11 "Proppant Crush Test"), well below the suggested maximum of 6%. Stim-Lab is now commencing an extended conductive-permeability test on the +70-140 Nonda sample; on June 1, 2010 the Company reported exceptional conductivity results for Nonda +40-70 sand. These tests provide a benchmark for downhole conductivity at various stress levels. The +70-140 Nonda sand also produced the following test results;
Preparations are underway for larger samples to be obtained from the Nonda project and to deliver these samples to a pilot plant-scale test in the summer of 2010. This work will help to define operating parameters, yield and capital/operating costs for the project. Scott Broughton, P.Eng. is the qualified person as defined by national instrument 43-101 responsible for the preparation of this news release. STIKINE GOLD CORPORATION "Scott Broughton" Scott Broughton, P.Eng. - President and CEO For further information contact: Investor Relations Tel: (604) 684-1900 Fax: (604) 684-2902 Email: info@stikinegold.com Web: www.stikinegold.com The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. | |||||||||||||||||||