OROCO ANNOUNCES 425 METER STEPOUT TO
MINERALIZED ZONE
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-(Marketwire � September 9, 2008) - Oroco
Resource Corp (OCO � TSX-V) is pleased to announce the results from a
surface trenching program on the Cerro Prieto
property, located in Sonora State, Mexico.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Trench cut 425
meters north of current drilling exposes
mineralized zone of comparable thickness and grade to that observed in
holes drilled in Phase One drill program
- 163.4 g/t Ag, 0.327 g/t Au, 0.34% Pb
and 0.30% Zn over true thickness of 13.5 meters
within a 36.3
meter section averaging 79.7 g/t Ag, 0.401 g/t
Au, 0.32% Pb and 0.47% Zn
The trench cut what is believed to be an extention
of the Cerro Prieto mineralized zone 425 meters north of
the current 6,000
meter Phase One diamond drill program. The 425 meter strike
length between the most northerly drill section of that program and the
trench is virtually unexplored with the exception of a few small historical
pits that partially exposed minor veining and alteration.
The trench exposes veining and brecciated
veining comparable to that seen in drill core from the mineralized zone in
the area of current drilling to the south. The assays for the full length
of the sampled trench averages 0.401 g/t Au, 79.7 g/t Ag, 0.32% Pb and 0.47% Zn over a true thickness of 36.3 meters. Within
that section, a higher grade silver zone assayed 163.4 g/t Ag, 0.327 g/t
Au, 0.34% Pb and 0.30% Zn over a true thickness
of 13.5 meters.
Also within the trench, a separate section of higher grade lead and zinc
averages 0.57 g/t Au, 25.2 g/t Ag, 0.57% Pb and
1.30% Zn over a true thickness of 6.0 meters. Mineralization
is open on either end of the trench and a program of detailed trenching,
mapping and sampling has begun both to the north and south of the trench.
The company is pleased to note the consistency of the true thickness
and average grade of the trench with that of the Phase One drill hole
intersections for which assays have been previously reported.. The trench is located on section 1075 N, 425 meters north of
the northern most drill section and 925 meters north of
the southern-most drill section of the current drill program. For a plan
view map showing the location of the drill hole sections and the trench,
and a longitudinal section showing the drill hole intercepts, please refer
to Oroco�s website at http://www.orocoresourcecorp.com/Cerro-Prieto-Project.html
The Cerro Prieto polymetallic
project is located in Sonora State,
Mexico and
consists of three mineral concessions totaling 2,508 hectares. Oroco holds a 100% interest in these concessions. In
April of this year a Phase 1 drill program commenced and at the completion
of the this program (6,000
meters in approximately 25 holes) the mineralized
zone will have been drill tested vertically at 100 meter centers along a strike length of at least 600 meters to a
depth of 400 meters
allowing the calculation of an initial estimation of resources.
Qualified Person
Kenneth R. Thorsen, B.Sc., P. Geo., is a
director of the company and is a 'qualified person' for the purposes of
National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Properties
of the Canadian Securities Administrators and has verified the data (including
sampling, analytical and test data) and prepared or supervised the
preparation of the information contained in this news release.
Quality Assurance & Control
The Company has implemented a quality assurance and control (QA/QC)
program to ensure sampling and analysis of all exploration work is
conducted in accordance with the best possible practices. Split
core is transported to the ALS Chemex laboratory
in Hermosillo
where it is crushed and pulverized, with pulps sent to the ALS Chemex laboratory in Vancouver, B.C. for assaying. The other
half of the core is retained for future assay verification. The QA/QC
policy includes the chain of custody monitoring, insertion of blanks,
standards and duplicates in the initial samples submitted. The laboratory
provides an additional internal control program.
�Stephen Leahy�
President
For further information, please contact:
Oroco Resource Corp. Tel: 604-688-6200 or visit �www.orocoresourcecorp.com�
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adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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