AURELIO INTERCEPTS 300 FEET AVERAGING 1.30%
ZINC and 1.7 GR/MT SILVER IN SOUTH
COURTLAND AREA OF HILL COPPER-ZINC PROJECT
LITTLETON, COLORADO, December 5, 2007
News Release
#07-24
Aurelio Resource Corporation (OTCBB : AULO,
Frankfurt : F3RA) is pleased to announce further results from recent
drilling in the South Courtland area of the Company's wholly-owned Hill
Copper-Zinc Project, located in the Turquoise Mining District, Cochise County,
Arizona.
These results continue to validate the geologic
model developed by the Company’s geologists, as well as demonstrating the
continuity of copper-zinc-silver mineralization of the South
Courtland discovery. Presently, the South
Courtland trend is estimated to be at least a mile long and is
open to the west and at depth. Table 1 shows results from two new holes
drilled into a zinc-rich area of the South Courtland
deposit.
Table 1
Recent 2007 Drilling Results, Hill
Copper-Zinc Project (South Courtland Area)
|
Drill Hole
|
From
|
To
|
Length
|
Zinc
|
Copper
|
Silver
|
|
BR07-30
|
105 ft
|
405 ft
|
300 ft
|
1.30%
|
0.12%
|
1.7 gr/MT*
|
|
Including:
|
245 ft
|
405 ft
|
160 ft
|
1.88%
|
0.14%
|
1.8 gr/MT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BR07-31
|
75 ft
|
200 ft
|
125 ft
|
0.88%
|
0.32%
|
4.6 gr/MT
|
|
Including:
|
145 ft
|
200 ft
|
55 ft
|
1.83%
|
0.53%
|
3.6 gr/MT
|
* grams per metric ton (which equals parts per million)
BR07-30 successfully tested the projection to
depth of an earlier intercept encountered in drill hole BR07-04. BR07-31
was a step-out hole that tested an upward projection of a mineralized zone
intercepted in hole BR07-16.
Drill hole BR07-29 was drilled into a
copper-rich area within the South Courtland
deposit. These results are shown in Table 2.
Table 2
Recent 2007 Drilling Results, Hill
Copper-Zinc Project (South Courtland Area)
|
Drill Hole
|
From
|
To
|
Length
|
Copper
|
Zinc
|
Silver
|
|
BR07-29
|
395 ft
|
535 ft
|
140 ft
|
0.34%
|
0.03%
|
0.5 gr/MT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Also:
|
105 ft
|
215 ft
|
110 ft
|
0.42%
|
0.01%
|
1.0 gr/MT
|
|
Including:
|
115 ft
|
140 ft
|
25 ft
|
1.42%
|
0.21%
|
1.4 gr/MT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Also:
|
315 ft
|
335 ft
|
20 ft
|
0.52%
|
0.05%
|
0.7 gr/MT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BR07-29 bottomed in mineralized material, with
the final five-foot assay interval grading 0.58% copper; the Company plans to
re-drill and deepen this hole at a future date.
About The Company
Aurelio Resource Corporation is a
mineral exploration and development company focused on achieving mid-tier
producer status. The Company's wholly-owned Hill Copper-Zinc Project,
contains a number of potentially low-cost, bulk-tonnage, open-pit-mineable deposits
close to surface containing significant amounts of copper, zinc, silver and
gold. The Company recently announced an independent estimate of the
mineralized material at the MAN Area of the Project totaling 63.8 million tons
at an average grade of 0.56% copper-equivalent. Aurelio has also acquired the
rights to explore, and an option to purchase, the Gavilanes gold porphyry
deposit in Durango, Mexico.
On behalf
of the Board of Directors of Aurelio Resource Corporation
Contacts:
Stephen Doppler
Diane Dudley
President & CEO
Investor Relations
303-795-3030
303-945-7273 (direct)
800-803-1371
303-945-7270 (fax)
For additional information, please
visit our website (www.AurelioResource.com)
and/or send an email to DianeD@AurelioResource.com..
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interpretation of drilling results and information concerning mineral resource
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constitutes a prediction of what might be found to be present when and if a
project is actually developed. Forward-looking statements in this news release
include that our property contains a number of potentially low-cost,
bulk-tonnage, open-pit-mineable deposits close to surface containing
significant amounts of copper, zinc, silver and gold.
It is important to note that the Company's actual outcomes may differ
materially from those statements contained in this press release. Factors which
may delay or prevent these forward looking statements from being realized
include misinterpretation of data; that we may not be able to keep our
qualified personnel; that funds expected to be received may not be; that our
estimates of mineral resources are inaccurate; uncertainties involved in the
interpretation of drilling results and other tests and the estimation of
resources; that we may not be able to get equipment or labor as we need
it; that we may not be able to raise sufficient funds to complete our intended
exploration, purchase, lease or option payments; that our applications to drill
may be denied; that weather, logistical problems or hazards may prevent us from
exploration; that analysis of data cannot be done accurately and at depth; that
results which we have found in any particular location are not necessarily
indicative of larger areas of our property; and that despite encouraging data
there may be no commercially exploitable mineralization on our properties.
Readers should refer to the risk disclosures outlined in the Company's most
recent Form 10-KSB and F