Drilling at Berta Project Mineralized Intervals
TORONTO, ON - Nuinsco Resources Limited reported that the first drill hole, SD-08-09, of its 2008 exploration program at the Berta copper-gold project in north-eastern Turkey, intersected over 459 metres of continuous copper-gold mineralization starting from only four metres below surface.
This significant result follows up on drilling in 2007 that returned over 700 metres grading 0.28% copper and 0.07 g/t gold (hole SD-07-08 see news release dated 25 April 2007), further highlighting the enormous potential of the essentially unexplored Berta Project.
"The first hole drilled this year (SD-08-09) and hole SD-07-08 drilled in 2007 were collared about 350 metres apart, andthe combined results demonstrate the presence of a substantial volume of strongly mineralized rock within an essentially unexplored domain reputed to be the largest copper anomaly within the Turkish Pontides mineralized belt," said Paul Jones, President. "While it is still early days and there is much more work to do, the relative abundance of copper, zinc and lead mineralization, the distribution of alteration and the rock types encountered in earlier short drill holes all suggest that previous drilling has tested the upper, outer edges of a large porphyry system."
The first hole in this year's program, SD-08-09, returned 179.9 metres grading 0.31% copper and 0.31g/t gold within a longer interval of 459 metres grading 0.17% copper and 0.17g/t gold. Hole SD-07-08, drilled in 2007, returned a 710.9 metre interval grading 0.28% copper and 0.07g/t gold. Of particular note is the presence of mineralization at surface in both drill holes, while results from the 2008 diamond drill hole provide substantially higher gold values than those from the hole drilled in 2007.
Also of importance is DDH-06-07, also drilled in 2007, which was collared three kilometres to the south of the 2008 hole SD-08-09. This hole intersected a long interval of anomalous copper geochemistry with significantly elevated molybdenum values, peaking at 0.72% molybdenum over 1.25 metres, between approximately 600 metres and 813 metres down-hole, indicating a potentially enormous mineralized system.
The Berta Property is located approximately 50 kilometres south of the Black Sea in northeastern Turkey, within the prolifically mineralized Tethyan-Eurasian Metalogenic Belt which hosts numerous ore deposits in several countries including Iran's Sarcheshmeh Mine, one of the world's largest copper mines at 1.2 billion tonnes grading about 1% copper. The Berta porphyry is reputed to be the largest copper anomaly in the Turkish Pontides, covering 15 square kilometres and at least 1,000 metres of vertical elevation.
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