North Springs Resources Corp. announced that an expanded sampling program has commenced at the company's Imperial Gold Silver Property in Nevada. The additional data to be derived from the expanded program will be combined with recent and historic exploration results to prepare a detailed 3D model of the gold and silver bearing vein structures known to exist throughout the property. The phase one exploration plan for the Imperial Property outlines a $250,000 program that will include surface sampling, underground sampling, geochemical and environmental studies, and 3D mapping, followed by a multi-target reverse-circulation drilling program intended to test previously identified gold and silver mineralization. North Springs has previously financed $50,000 in exploration expenditures at the Imperial Property and anticipates funding the remaining $200,000 exploration budget within the next two weeks. The Imperial Property consists of 24 unpatented mineral claims covering approximately 480 acres and includes the historic workings of the high-grade Imperial Mine. Previous exploration has identified four high-priority target areas at the Imperial Property; Imperial Fault Target, Jasperoid Breccia Target, IP Target, and Resource Target. Results of recent surface and underground sampling indicate potentially two separate mineralizing events at the Imperial Property. In one area of the property, a higher temperature mineralizing event is believed to be associated with the veins sampled underground at the Imperial Mine site. This mineralization has a close association between gold/silver and base metals. In another area of the property, surface sampling indicates there was probably a separate lower temperature mineralizing event with gold associated with antimony. This lower temperature event shows several key characteristics of a 'Carlin-type' system which includes the presence of jasperoid and a thin-bedded calcareous host rock.