Manitou Gold Inc. announced its winter exploration plans for its 100% owned Kenwest and Goudreau properties. The Kenwest Property is located in Northwestern Ontario, approximately 50 km south of Dryden. Manitou completed an initial bulk sample at the Kenwest property in late November. Manitou announced initial results including assays of chip samples, which averaged 40.2 g/t gold over 13.6 linear meters. The ten tonnes of sampled material are being processed at SGS Lakefield laboratories and Manitou expects to be in a position to report the full results in early February. The company is currently mobilizing contractors for a winter exploration drilling program at Kenwest. At present, the plan is to drill 1,800 meters of core to test both the #1 and #2 shear zones. The #1 shear zone has seen the most historical exploration and development, including historic underground mining. The #2 shear zone is sub-parallel to the #1 and has seen lesser exploration. The #2 shear is host to the 53,700 g/t gold over 0.55 metre intersection. The true thickness of this intersection is estimated to be 0.45 metre. At the company's Goudreau property, the company will conduct the first modern exploration program ever undertaken on the property. Goudreau is located on the Goudreau-Localsh deformation zone, just north of Wawa, Ontario.