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Tuesday, May 13,
2008
Latest Drilling Continues to Extend Newly Discovered Zone at Armstrong
Crosshair
Exploration & Mining Corp. (AMEX: CXZ)
(TSX: CXX) is pleased to announce that uranium mineralization has now been
intersected along a strike length of 300 metres (m) at Armstrong on the Company's
Central Mineral Belt (CMB) Uranium Project in Labrador.
With the successful completion of its 2008 winter drill program, Crosshair
has anchored the southern end of the 4.5 kilometre (km) long uranium
mineralized corridor, which includes the C Zone to the north, Area 1 in the
centre and now Armstrong to the south. All three areas remain open. Drilling
conducted subsequent to the impressive intersection reported previously from
drill hole ML-AR-26 (0.2% U3O8 over 9.5m) is highlighted by:
- 0.14% U3O8, 0.26% vanadium, 15.2 g/t silver
and 0.45% copper over 3.6 m (from 193.6 m to
197.2 m) in hole ML-AR-27,
- 0.10% U3O8 over 4.0 m (from 32.4 m to 36.4 m) in hole ML-AR-29, and
- 0.07% U3O8 over 3.1 m (from 37.1 m to 40.2 m), including
0.10% U3O8 over 1.6 m (from 37.1 m to 38.7
m) in hole ML-AR-30.
Copper and silver enrichment, as demonstrated by ML-AR-27 above, is also
noted elsewhere at Armstrong. For example, ML-AR-16 returned 12.5 m of 0.26%
copper and 9.3 g/t silver from 99.5 m to 112.0 m.
"In addition to uranium mineralization, it is exciting to see local
vanadium, copper and silver enrichment at Armstrong" says Paul Hosford,
President and COO. "We have quite a substantial vanadium resource at the
C Zone and to see it at Armstrong is very promising. The vanadium component
of our deposit will be further investigated this summer, as the demand for
the metal continues to increase."
Vanadium is primarily used as a hardener in steel alloys. As the demand for
steel continues to grow, so does the demand for vanadium. It has a current
market value of approximately US$15.00 per pound. The current C Zone vanadium
resource only represents the vanadium associated with uranium and does not
include significant zones of vanadium mineralization outside of the current C
Zone uranium resource.
Armstrong drill plan maps and complete assay highlights are posted on the
Company website at: http://www.crosshairexploration.com/s/Armstrong.asp.. Armstrong and the entire 4.5 km long corridor
fall outside of Labrador Inuit Lands and are not directly impacted by the
Nunatsiavut Government's recent decision to place a three year moratorium on
uranium mining within their self-governed Labrador Inuit Lands. This
moratorium was put in place in order to allow the Nunatsiavut Government time
to establish a lands administration system, develop an Environmental
Assessment Act and environmental protection legislation.
During its planned 2008 summer program, Crosshair's 'Northstar Division' will
focus on further defining the mineralized zones at Armstrong and Area 1, as
well as increasing the currently defined NI 43-101 uranium resource at the C
Zone, and confirming continuity between all three zones.
About Crosshair
Crosshair is a dominant player in the exploration for uranium in the Central
Mineral Belt of Labrador - Canada's most promising emerging uranium district.
The 720 square km CMB Uranium Project is host to potentially three types of
uranium mineralization - Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG - Olympic Dam),
structurally controlled/shear zone and unconformity types of mineralization. 92%
of Crosshair's property and all of the principal assets fall outside of
Labrador Inuit Lands. The assets are therefore not directly impacted by the
Nunatsiavut Government's recent decision to place a three year moratorium on
uranium mining within their self-governed Labrador Inuit Lands.
The Company's exploration work on the CMB Uranium Project is supervised by J.
Wayne Pickett, P.Geo., a member of the Professional Engineers and
Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Vice President Exploration of
the Company and a Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101. Mr. Pickett has
verified that the assay results presented above have been accurately
summarized from the official assay certificates provided to the Company. A
QA/QC program has been implemented consisting of standard, blank and
duplicate samples.
Split drill core samples are sent to Activation Laboratories in Ancaster, ON
for analyses. Uranium analysis is performed by the delayed neutron counting
(DNC) method, while multi-element analysis is performed using Inductively
Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). Samples that exceed the upper
limit for uranium are re-assayed using X-ray fluorescence (XRF).
For
more information on the Company and its properties, please visit the website
at www.crosshairexploration.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"Mark J. Morabito"
Chief Executive Officer
Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp. -- Vancouver
T: 604-681-8030
F: 604-681-8039
E: investor@crosshairexploration.com
www.crosshairexploration.com
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