FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
SUMMER DRILLING PROGRAM COMPLETE,
NORTH ABITIBI PROJECT, ONTARIO
Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. (TOE:TSX-V) is pleased to announce that its summer diamond drilling program has been completed at the North Abitibi property located 150 km north of Kirkland Lake, Ontario in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, one of Canada?s most prolific metal-producing regions. The program consisted of seven diamond drill holes totalling 1,066 meters of drilling. The Company has the option to earn an initial 70% interest in the 7,080 acre property from Vista Gold Corp., Rockhaven Resources Ltd. and North American Exploration.
The holes were located at very wide-spaced targets within the property and were designed to test newly identified mineralized trends with the potential to host undiscovered gold deposits. The program was successful in identifying zones of strong alteration and related metal enrichment, some up to 60 m thick in drill core intersections. Anomalous gold (greater than 100 ppb/0.1 grams per tonne) was detected in 5 of the 7 holes representing 29 of the 310 samples taken for assaying although intersections containing over 1.0 gram of gold per tonne (1000 ppb) were only returned from one of the holes. Significant intervals of strongly anomalous copper and zinc (greater than 500 ppm) were also intersected in 2 and 3 of the 7 holes, respectively. Gold assaying was conducted by Swastika Laboratories of Swastika, Ontario using a fire assay/atomic absorption method on 30 gram samples. Base metals assaying was also conducted by Swastika Laboratories using atomic absorption method on 30 gram samples. Samples were prepared for assay by Swastika from sawn, BTW-size drill core taken from continuous intervals of drill core, generally of 1.0 meter in length but ranging from 0.5 to 4.0 meters in length.
The property is covered by overburden and drill hole targeting was reliant on results from a program of geochemical and geophysical surveying conducted earlier in the season. During these programs approximately 1000 peat and mineral soil samples were collected and 17 line kilometres of induced polarization (I.P.) surveying were completed. The programs have added significantly to the geological understanding of the property, the ability to identify new areas of gold mineralization and the Company?s belief in the prospectivity of the area.
Management is pleased with the results of this program. Gold, although low in tenor, was intersected in new areas, therefore extending the exploration potential of the property. Final assay results are currently being compiled and interpreted to assist with plans for further work on the property.
Drilling is currently underway at the Company?s Red Lake Extension (RLX) project at Red Lake, Ontario. The program involves conducting preliminary investigations of a number of new target areas identified through airborne geophysical surveying and extensive geochemical sampling conducted earlier in the year. Results of the RLX drilling will be released as they become available.
For further information please contact:
Tri Origin Exploration Ltd.
Dr. Robert Valliant, President
or
Rudy Duschek C.A, CFA, Executive V-P Corporate Development and CFO
Tel: (905) 294-9942.
Web page - www.triorigin.com
E-mail: invest@triorigin.com
Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. is publicly listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol TOE. Tri Origin has leveraged exposure to mineral discoveries in Australia through its 48% equity interest in its affiliate, Tri Origin Minerals Ltd.; a publicly traded company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under the symbol TRO.