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January 8, 2008
News release
ADDITIONAL IVANHOE CREEK PROPERTY
CLAIMS STAKED
Kent Exploration Inc (“the Company” or “Kent”),
reports that Senator Minerals Inc (“Senator”), as
operator of the Ivanhoe Creek project, has reported the staking of a total of
seven placer claims to cover a bentonite deposit of undetermined size on
behalf of Senator (50%) and Kent (50%).
Historical
work includes drilling to a depth of 75 feet (23 meters), with some holes
reported to have bottomed in “high quality” bentonite. At
least twenty pits and one trench approximately 250 ft by 8 feet wide and 20
feet deep (76 meters x 2.5 meters x 6 meters) were dug.
A
sample of the bentonite from this previous work was sent to Miles Industrial
Minerals Research of Denver, CO, for preliminary evaluation consisting of
X-ray diffraction analysis and American Petroleum Institute (API) testing.
X-ray
diffraction showed that the clay sample provided is 93% calcium bentonite
(montmorillonite clay). API 13A testing: The sample has been evaluated
for Section 9 Bentonite, Section 10 Untreated Bentonite, and Section 11 OCMA
Bentonite. After 24-hour hydration, a slurry using a 1.3% sodium
carbonate additive surpassed the minimum viscosity and other requirements for
API 13A Section 11 OCMA Bentonite. Also, it was observed that the
addition of polymers could possibly allow the criteria for API Section 9
Bentonite to be met.
The
conclusion of this preliminary evaluation was that, if the sample provided is
representative of the deposit, this bentonite has possible uses for
absorbents, animal feed, ceramics, fillers & extenders, foundry sand
binders, iron ore pelletizing, and sealants. Additional testing is now
underway to confirm these possible markets.
A
“Notice of Work” application for a proposed 5,000 foot drill
program with depths to 100 feet has been filed with and conditionally
approved by the BLM, subject only to payment of a reclamation bond.
Earliest start for this drill program would be spring 2008.
Technical content of this news
release has been reviewed and approved by Edward Harrington, PGeo, a
consultant to Senator and a qualified person per NI 43-101 requirements.
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Kent
Exploration Inc is a junior exploration company that has a 100% interest in a
mining lease option on a gold/silver/barite prospect in eastern Washington
state, is earning a 100% interest in the Rosebud property, a gold/silver
prospect in northern Arizona, and has earned a 50% interest in the Ivanhoe
Creek property, a Midas-style target in Nevada’s Carlin Trend.
This
News Release has been prepared on behalf of the Kent Exploration Inc Board of
Directors, which accepts full responsibility for its contents.
ON
BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"Graeme O'Neill"
Graeme O’Neill, President
For further information please
contact:
Graeme O’Neill, President
Telephone: 1 (604) 684-3394 Toll Free: 1 (866) 399-6539
Facsimile: 1 (888) 282-7763
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