and Cariboo Rose Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:
Nine samples returned values in excess of the maximum geochemical detection limit of 10,000 ppm (1.0%) copper. An interval of 10.9 metres that was re-analyzed included 7 of these samples and returned 2.12% copper from 180.6 m to 191.5 m. This interval intersected a quartz vein rich in copper mineralization that sub parallels the drill hole.
Stated Tom Schroeter, President of Fjordland, "This style of mineralization has not been observed in previous drilling and indicates potential for the existence of higher grade zones where such veins may concentrate in a stockwork."
Two other narrower intervals of similar high-grade vein mineralization (1.34% Cu over 2.0m and 2.10% Cu over 1.2m) were encountered lower in the hole, further suggesting the potential for higher-grade zones. True widths cannot be determined at this stage.
A drill and crew have been mobilized to the site and it is anticipated the next phase of drilling will begin within a week. The joint venture has budgeted a 4,000 metre program that will continue to advance the delineation of the Southeast Zone with 100 metre step-outs. The Southeast Zone is a new copper-gold-molybdenum mineralized zone discovered in late 2007, and is rapidly becoming a significant new element in the advancement of the prolific Quesnel Terrane Copper Belt.
Detailed drilling has only tested an area 200 metres by 200 metres along a 1.5 km long IP geophysical anomaly. Two reconnaissance holes were drilled 275 metres south and 750 metres to the southwest of the detailed drill area and both were mineralized from the bedrock interface to the bottom of the hole. All seven vertical holes drilled to date in the Southeast Zone are mineralized top of bedrock to bottom of hole.
Initial analyses were performed by Acme Analytical Laboratories, a certified facility in Vancouver, BC, using multi-element ICP-ES, 2 Acid Digestion (1D) procedures, with gold and silver determined using fire assay procedures. Re-analyses were performed by ICP-ES, 4 Acid Digestion (7TD). External standards were inserted into the sample sequence at a ratio of one standard per twenty-five samples. Bruce Laird, P.Geo, of Mincord Exploration Consultants Ltd. is supervising the 2008 drilling program and sampling protocol. Tom Schroeter, P.Eng./P.Geo.,who is a qualified person within the context of National Instrument 43-101, has read and takes responsibility for this news release.
About Fjordland Exploration Inc.
Fjordland Exploration Inc. is a mineral exploration company focused on the discovery of gold, copper and molybdenum deposits in British Columbia and the Yukon. Fjordland holds a 60% interest in the 44,413-hectare Woodjam copper-gold-molybdenum property in south-central British Columbia and is operator of the project; Cariboo Rose Resources Ltd holds the remaining 40% interest. Fjordland also is a partner in a 50%-50% joint venture with Serengeti Resources Inc. (TSX-V: