Hellix Ventures Inc. announced that the company has filed a Notice of Work Application to the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources for its upcoming drill program on the Athabasca gold property near Nelson, B.C. The surface drill program is designed to intersect the western down-dip extension of the vein system as evidenced by the results of the sampling program. This will evaluate the potential for continued gold-bearing veins in that direction. It is anticipated that a review and decision on the application will be forthcoming near the beginning of the field season. Hellix also plans to open up the main #2 portal of the historic Athabasca underground (a permit application is underway), and continue with shorter-spaced soil sampling at anomalous gold locations discovered during the sampling program last season.