Northair Commences Drilling
at La Cigarra Silver Project, Mexico
International Northair Mines Ltd. (TSXV: INM)
(the "Company" or "Northair") is pleased to announce
that a Phase II diamond drill program has commenced at the La Cigarra silver project, located in north central Mexico.
The program will total approximately 1,500 metres
in a minimum of 6 drill holes and is designed to target the Las Carolinas and San
Gregorio zones. This Phase II drill program will focus on step out and
deeper drilling to follow up the highly successful Phase I reverse circulation
drill program completed by the Company earlier in the year.
"I am very pleased that we have commenced this second phase of
drilling at La Cigarra," said Fred Hewett,
President & CEO of Northair.
"In conjunction with the current soil survey, we hope that results will
lead to a significantly expanded follow up drill program."
To view a plan of the Phase II drilling, click on the following link:
www.internationalnorthair.com/i/imagegallery/lacigarra/2010-12-03_La_Cigarra_Soil_Sample_and_Drilling_Area.jpg.
To view a cross section pertaining to drilling at the San Gregorio Zone,
click on the following link:
www.internationalnorthair.com/i/imagegallery/lacigarra/2010-12-03_Press_Release.jpg
La Cigarra Phase I Drill Results
The Phase I drill program was successful in testing three known
mineralized targets on the property and intercepted significant widths of
altered and mineralized sediments and volcanics.
Drill highlights include 32 metres of 132.4 g/t
silver in Hole CRC-10-06 and 21.3 metres of
101.6 g/t silver in Hole CRC-10-11 at the San Gregorio Zone, 10.7 metres of 172.5 g/t silver in Hole CRC-10-01 at the Las
Carolinas Zone and a near surface intercept of 7.3 metres of 68 g/t silver in Hole CRC-10-13 at the La Boracha Zone. All intercepts returned anomalous and
locally significant zinc with lead and copper.
The Company also conducted assaying for gold on certain select holes
from the program. Highlights from the San Gregorio Zone include 19.8 metres of 0.305 g/t gold including 1.5 metres
of 1.18 g/t gold in Hole CRC-10-11, 15.2 metres
of 0.087 g/t of gold in Hole CRC-10-05 and 32 metres
of 0.068 g/t gold including 6.1 of 0.142 g/t gold in Hole CRC-10-06.
Highlights from the La Carolinas Zone include: 12.2 metres
of 0.116 g/t gold including 6.1 metres of
0.132 g/t gold in Hole CRC-10-02.
Project Summary
The La Cigarra Project is located in State of
Chihuahua along the eastern fringes of the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.
Local topography is gentle with good road access to the major city of Parral, located 26 kilometres to
the south east. The La Cigarra Project hosts a
silver-rich, epithermal mineral system that is controlled by a northwest
striking fault system that has localized silver (lead, zinc, copper and gold)
mineralization hosted in sediments and related to rhyolite
dikes and flows. Grupo Northair
de Mexico, S.A. de C.A., a subsidiary of Northair,
can acquire a 100% property ownership by making payments over a 5 year period
totaling US$445,000 with no royalties.
This news release has been prepared in accordance with Canadian
regulatory requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101 and reviewed by
Fred Hewett the Company's President and CEO, and a Qualified Person under NI
43-101.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,
INTERNATIONAL NORTHAIR MINES
LTD.
"Fred G. Hewett"
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Fred G. Hewett, P.Eng.
President & CEO
For further information please contact Fred Hewett,
President or Chris Curran, Investor Relations
at 604-687-7545 or 1-888-338-2200
Website: www.northair.com/international/ Email: info@northair.com
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