AIM: EMED 8 November 2007
PORPHYRY GOLD SYSTEM CONFIRMED AT KRALOVA PROSPECT IN SLOVAKIA
EMED Mining Public Limited (“EMED Mining” or “the Company”) announces that extensive low-grade gold mineralisation was intersected in the initial two drillholes at the Kralova Prospect. These initial drilling results confirm Kralova as the second gold porphyry deposit discovered by the Company in Slovakia. EMED Mining considers it likely that further exploration will discover additional porphyry gold deposits as they typically occur in clusters.
Drillholes KVE1 and KVE2 were collared on the same drill pad and inclined at 60 degrees away from each other. KVE1 intersected 158m at 0.37g/t gold from surface and KVE2 averaged 0.42g/t gold over the entire 250m length of the hole. The long intercept in KVE2 includes 56m at 0.80g/t gold from 77m downhole.
Hole Number |
Total Depth (m) |
Azimuth |
Dip |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Downhole Intercept (m) |
Grade (g/t gold) |
KVE1 |
250 |
130o |
-60o |
0 |
158 |
158 |
0.37 |
including |
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0 |
55 |
55 |
0.60 |
including |
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|
124 |
156 |
33 |
0.45 |
KVE2 |
250 |
310o |
-60o |
0 |
250 |
250 |
0.42 |
including |
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|
|
77 |
132 |
56 |
0.80 |
KVE1 and KVE2 have tested only a small portion of the targeted large 1,000m by 500m soil anomaly.
The Kralova Prospect is located 20 km southwest of Biely Vrch, EMED Mining’s first porphyry gold discovery in Slovakia. Kralova’s mineralisation is very similar to Biely Vrch and is hosted in a quartz-vein stockwork in a potassic-altered andesite porphyry. Gold grade at Biely Vrch has been noted to generally increase with quartz-vein content and notably drillhole KVE3 (assays awaited) has a greater quartz-vein content than the first two drillholes.
Results from further drilling at Kralova will be released in due course. EMED Mining is also exploring several other nearby prospects in the Company’s large (1,107km2), 100%-owned licences which are known to have the appropriate geology and geochemistry to host porphyry gold mineralisation.
Commenting on the results, Managing Director Harry Anagnostaras-Adams said:
“As the second gold porphyry deposit we’ve discovered in Slovakia, these initial results from the Kralova Prospect are further encouragement for us to continue to seek porphyry deposits in the region. We have only just begun an extensive programme of exploration and development, and we are confident that our projects in Slovakia will unearth more.”
Further background information on porphyry gold deposits in Slovakia is available in EMED Mining’s announcements dated 9 July 2007, 21 August 2007 and 29 October 2007.
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Competent Person
References in this announcement to exploration results and potential have been approved for release by Mr Ron Cunneen, B.Sc. (Honours). Mr Cunneen is Head of Exploration for EMED Mining and has more than 20 years’ relevant experience in the field of activity concerned. He is a member of The Australian Institute of Geoscientists (“AIG”) and has consented to the inclusion of the material in the form and context in which it appears.
Sampling and Assaying Procedures
All drilling on the Kralova and Biely Vrch Prospects has been done with PQ (85.0mm diameter), HQ (63.5mm diameter) and NQ (47.6mm diameter) size core samples. Core recovery has averaged 95% throughout the mineralised zones. All core has been logged and separated into 1.0m lengths. PQ size core has been quartered, while HQ and NQ sized core have then been cut in half by a Diamond saw. The split core has then been sent for assay.
Sample preparation has been done by ALS – Chemex in Romania and assayed for gold by 30gm fire assay (method Au-AA25). Both standards and blanks have been used in the sample batches sent by EMED to ALS – Chemex in line with EMED company quality control procedures.
Laboratory sample preparation, assaying procedures and chain of custody are appropriately controlled. The Company maintains an archive of half-core samples and a photographic record of all cores for future reference.
Notes to Editors: About EMED Mining Public Limited
EMED Mining was admitted to trading on AIM in May 2005 following a placing of its shares. In the two years since then the share price has increased from 8p to the current 16p and market capitalisation has increased from approximately �4 million to approximately �38 million. The Company is based in Cyprus and has a strong commitment to responsible development of metal production operations in Europe, with an initial focus on copper and gold.
The Company’s rapid growth reflects the experience of its specialist team and the clarity of its strategy.
The Group’s region of interest are the tectonic belts spanning across Europe and over to the Middle East. The strategy is to evaluate exploration and development opportunities in several jurisdictions throughout this quality mineral belt and to promote sustainable development practices through implementation of European Union and other leading-edge international standards. The Company has, from the outset, strictly implemented its Environmental & Community Policy which includes:
� Integrating environmental management into our business, planning and reporting processes.
� Promoting a strong environmental ethic throughout the company and the community.
� Complying with, as a minimum, all applicable local and European Union laws and regulations.
� Communicating with community stakeholders in a responsible and transparent manner.
In the framework of our community relations policy, we will co-host with the Faculty of Environment of the Technical University of Zvolen and the local municipalities an international conference on Responsible Mining and Environmental Protection. The conference will take place in Detva (Central Slovakia) on 12 November 2007.
EMED Mining has now established a strong position in the following selected zones:
� Exploration areas in Slovakia are centred on a cluster of volcanic centres. Low-detection geochemical methods are being applied to these areas for the first time together with open pit bulk mining concepts. The principal targeted mineralisation style is low-grade, bulk-mineable porphyry gold. The company has announced a gold discovery at Biely Vrch in Slovakia.
� The mines at Rio Tinto in Spain are probably amongst the best known in the world. They are, with the possible exception of those in Cyprus, the oldest capable o f still being worked. EMED Mining’s goal is to restart copper production at its projects in both of these well-endowed, historical mining districts. Both Spain and Cyprus are progressive members of the European Union and EMED Mining has been made to feel welcome in both host countries. The styles of mineral deposits and production techniques are similar in both mining districts. A goal of the Company is complete the acquisition of an initial 51% interest in and to restart production at Proyecto de Rio Tinto (“PRT”) in 2008 and commence producing significant cash flows and profits. This remains subject to satisfaction of conditions precedent, the principal one of which is regulatory consent to the restart.
� EMED Mining’s main prospects in Georgia are gold prospects within the Upper Racha Licence, the country’s largest minerals licence with many untested prospects. The Company has confirmed Russian Resources of 1.0 million ounces gold at the Zopkhito Prospect and discovered high grade mineralisation at surface at other prospects (detailed in 2006 Annual Report).
� Exploration areas in Turkey were vended into 34%-owned KEFI Minerals Plc which was admitted to AIM in December 2006. KEFI Minerals owns carefully selected licence areas in Turkey, as well as an extensive proprietary database of regional and specific exploration data providing a pipeline of further projects to evaluate. The KEFI Minerals team has mobilized into the field to explore the company’s tenements and to expand the portfolio of licenses as opportunities warrant. See www.kefi-minerals.com.
For further information on the Company’s activities, visit www.emed-mining.com or www.emed.tv.