HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rock Energy Resources, Inc. (OTCQB: RCKE) announced today that in line with prior expectations, first sales of gold have commenced from its Red Arrow mine located in Mancos Colorado. The delivered product had a purity of .9 and is being further refined by the purchaser. In addition to gold, quantities of platinum and palladium were also processed and delivered.
Sales will ramp up steadily over the next six months as the Company’s 200 ton per day capacity mill is geared up. Yields of gold continue to exceed one ounce per ton in addition to smaller quantities of platinum and palladium. Several hundred pounds of concentrates are now being processed. Based on results to date and the excellent functionality of the mill, the Company anticipates achieving a positive cash flow from its operations within the next six months and achieve continued growth in revenues and cash flows through at least 2014.
The Company also announced that core-hole drilling will begin the week of May 15, 2012. Five holes are currently planned to high-grade reserves in the existing mine operations. Additional locations are being picked for deeper core drilling to 10,000 feet to validate what are believed to be potentially significant deposits at that depth.
Commenting on the commencement of sales and other activities at the mine, Rocky Emery, Chairman and CEO stated, “Our Company is a Production Stage company with hundreds of pounds of concentrates available to process now. We now have cash flows that will be ramping up over the next several quarters beginning this month and are forecasted to continue to do so through 2014. We are also equally excited about our substantial exploration potential that has been identified by our proprietary aero-magnetic survey at horizons well below our current operations. As cash flow increases we will be concurrently validating those reserve potentials.
Mr. Emery continued, “This is an exciting time for Rock, and we will be discussing our Company’s strategies and outlook at three upcoming investor conferences over the next thirty days. We believe it is important to keep our shareholders fully and responsibly informed on our very rapidly unfolding developments on both the production and exploration sides of our business.”
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Contacts
Rock Energy Resources, Inc.
Rocky V Emery, 713-400-3013
C: 832-691-7991
Chairman & CEO
Managing Member American Patriot Gold
www.americanpatriotgold.com
Remery@americanpatriotgold.com