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Formation
Metals Extends Cobalt Deposit Strike by 14%
Formation Metals Inc. announced today that its 100%
owned subsidiary, Formation Capital Corporation, U.S., (the
"Company") has reported final assay results from its 2010 mine
plan optimization drill program on its 100% owned Idaho Cobalt Project,
located in Lemhi County, Idaho. These assays have confirmed economic ore
grade mineralization an additional 390 feet along strike to the south and
200 feet down dip, representing a 14% increase in the known strike
extension of the Ram deposit to 3,200 feet. These results are expected to
increase the reserve / resource base and mine life of the project. A
total of 5,727.5 feet were drilled in six holes in a previously untested
area along the southern extension of the Ram deposit.
This program also reported the highest grade gold intercepts ever
recorded from drilling on the Ram Deposit, with DDH-R10-05 returning 5.4
feet grading 1.267% cobalt, 3.57% copper and 0.289 oz/ton gold (9.0 grams
per tonne). The high gold assays returned from
this interval appear to be the result of a shear zone intersecting
biotitic and siliceous ore of the main mineralized horizon. Gold revenues
were not considered in the economic model of the Company's original
Feasibility Study. The Ram Deposit remains open along strike to the north
and south and down dip.
Results from the drill program are providing data for mine plan
optimization studies. The purpose of these studies are to demonstrate the
viability of optimizing ore production as early in mine life as possible
to maximize revenues while minimizing mining costs, that would result in
an overall positive impact on the economics of the cobalt project. In
addition, the drill program has provided additional samples for initial
in-house Rare Earth Element ("REE") metallurgical test work.
Final results from the drill holes are tabulated below.
Table1: Ram 2010 final drill results:
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*Previously released
Metallurgical test work is required to determine the economic viability
of extracting and separating the rare earths elements from the cobalt
mineralized horizons to be mined from the deposit. Although the REE
concentrations are generally low grade, the Company is pursuing the
possibility of potential future REE production from these horizons as
they would be considered by-product production with provisions for
mining, milling and concentrating already included in the existing
approved mine plan.
Mr. George King, B.Sc., P.Geo., is the Qualified Person working directly on the
project and has reviewed the contents of this release. Cut drill core
samples were sent to ALS Chemex Labs Ltd in North
Vancouver, B.C. for assaying. The Company will announce further
interpretive results of the program when available.
The 100% owned Idaho Cobalt Project is a unique, fully environmentally
permitted primary cobalt deposit that will be capable of producing high
purity cobalt metal. Cobalt is used in a wide variety of environmental
and high-tech applications that include the re-chargeable battery and
aerospace sectors.
Formation Metals Inc. is dedicated to the principles of environmentally
sound mining and refining practices, and believes that environmental
stewardship and mining can co-exist. Formation trades on the Toronto
Stock Exchange under the symbol FCO.
FORMATION METALS INC.
"Mari-Ann Green"
Mari-Ann Green,
C.E.O.
E.R. (Rick) Honsinger,
P.Geo., V.P. Corporate Communications
Formation Metals Inc., 1730 -- 999 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC,
V6C 2W2
Tel: 604-682-6229 - Email: inform@formationmetals.com -- Web:
formationmetals.com
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include risks and uncertainties such as technological, legislative,
corporate, commodity price and marketplace changes.
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