Galileo Exploration Ltd. announced this week that they are leasing a total of 2,534 acres of mining claims in the Atlantic City and South Pass areas.
Based in Vancouver, B.C. they are an oil and gas exploration company. With this leasing, they have obtained the right to, among other things, sample, drill and evaluate these claims for a period of five years.
The mining claims are in the South Pass Greenstone Belt which is broken into two main areas, the Atlantic City-South Pass trend on the northwest and the Lewiston trend in the southeast, according to their press release. This area includes historical mines, the Wolf (Ruby Claims) and Helen G (Mill, Helen G and Star Lode Claims).
Read their complete press release by clicking here.