"By entering into this new option agreement with Noront; UC has consolidated the Eastern Block of claims into one contiguous property, and by doing so has created a means to maintain mineral title across the entire intermediate to felsic volcanic assemblage (that abuts the series of ultramafic intrusions containing the chromite/PGM sills), which volcanics are thus far alone in the Sachigo Greenstone "Ring of Fire" to have been proven to host potentially economic VMS-style deposits."

Can we interpete this sentence to mean that we are talking about the 2 claim blocks that separate the west section of the west claim block from the east section of the west claim block?

I know that sounds confusing but if you look at the map you will see that the 2 sections are not contiguous (until now).

With this agreement the 2 sections are now contiguous. I don't know the exact rules but Jim's explanation that they can now maintain mineral title over the entire block seems to make sense.

Until now they were in fact 2 distinct claim blocks in spite of the fact that they met in one very small spot. Now they are one.

When I first read the release I was assuming these were the claims that NOT was drilling on in the spring and have not yet fully reported on. Upon examination I believe it is 2 claims to the sw of where they are ciurrently drilling.

SN