Aggressive exploration at Beiya and Habo

摘要

EENCOURAGING results from exploration in 2009 have prompted Asia Now Resources to" Begin an aggressive exploration program at its Beiya and Habo projects in Yunnan Province. A drilling program totalling 17,400 metres in two phases is under way at Beiya to focus on the northeast section of the 13km-long by 2km-wide gold zone that includes the adjacent Beiya Gold Mine. The operating mine is the largest open-pit gold mine in Yunnan and annual production capacity is being doubled to 200,000 ounces. Beiya is 60km by highway north of the city of Dali, which is a 35 minute flight from Yunnan's capital, Kunming. There are several daily flights, a railway and a paved highway between the two cities.