12th Jun 2008 07:00
For immediate release 12 June 2008
Templar Minerals Limited
("Templar Minerals" or "the Company")
Exploration Update
Latest results confirm Soviet era exploration results
Templar Minerals (AIM -"TMP"), the gold and base-metal exploration and production company with operations in Fiji and the Republic of Georgia, is pleased to announce initial results from the Phase 1 HQ diamond drilling program on the Vaio target orebody. Vaio is one of 9 targeted orebodies defined during the Soviet era in Templar's 90% owned Adjara Project area, Republic of Georgia. Historic non-JORC compliant Russian resource estimates indicated a total mineral resource for the Adjaria Project of: Copper 74,800 tonnes, Lead 15,000 tonnes, Zinc 11,000 tonnes, Gold 0.652 tonnes and Silver 15.1 tonnes.
Of the four holes (1204 m total) drilled at Vaio target orebody, assay results of selective sampling of three holes (VAIO_001 to VAIO_003) have been returned from ALS Chemex.
Highlights
Vaio Phase 1 drilling intersects Au-Ag-Pb-Zn mineralization
Intersections include 2.25 m grading 8.00% Zn, 2.95% Pb, 4.96g/t Au & 20.67 g/t Ag
Confirms Soviet era exploration results
Soviet era adits rehabilitated and accessible at Vaio & Varazza
A Phase 1 diamond drill programme has now commenced on the Namonastrevi Central pyrite-chalcopyrite-tourmaline-carbonate breccia complex.
David Lenigas, Chairman of Templar, said:
""The results from the ongoing exploration drilling on Vaio continue to gives us confidence in the reliability of the Non-JORC compliant Russian resource estimates derived from work previously undertaken. We are already actively planning a Phase 2 drilling programme to enable us to produce a defined resource for the Vaio orebody. At the same time, work is underway across the rest of Templar's Adjara project in the Republic of Georgia."
Combined (B & C category) Soviet era resources defined for additional target orebodies
|
Cu (t) |
Pb (t) |
Zn (t) |
|
|
Varazza |
90410 |
9740 |
9400 |
|
Obolo Kanli Kaya |
13510 |
3040 |
2430 |
|
Tskalbokela |
43750 |
2610 |
1340 |
Vaio Drill Hole Collar Details
|
ID |
E* |
N* |
Elev |
EOH |
Dip |
Azimuth |
|
VAIO_001 |
748446 |
4610929 |
435 |
240.7 |
-45 |
175 |
|
VAIO_002 |
749018 |
4610827 |
551 |
424 |
-45 |
40 |
|
VAIO_003 |
749016.5 |
4610827 |
551 |
347.6 |
-85 |
45 |
* UTM WGS84 Zone 37N
Vaio Drill Hole Mineralized Intersections
|
HoleID |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Intersection (m) |
Au (ppm) |
Ag (ppm) |
Pb (%) |
Zn (%) |
|
VAIO_001 |
35.00 |
35.50 |
0.50 |
0.18 |
4.00 |
0.25 |
1.07 |
|
77.00 |
80.00 |
3.00 |
2.25 |
32.67 |
1.64 |
1.96 |
|
|
161.00 |
163.00 |
2.00 |
0.10 |
3.00 |
0.62 |
0.54 |
|
|
|
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|
VAIO_002 |
3.00 |
5.25 |
2.25 |
4.96 |
20.67 |
2.94 |
8.00 |
|
44.00 |
52.00 |
8.00 |
0.08 |
3.45 |
0.37 |
0.43 |
|
|
63.35 |
64.60 |
1.25 |
0.14 |
6.50 |
0.69 |
1.43 |
|
|
70.70 |
73.20 |
2.50 |
0.05 |
2.17 |
0.35 |
0.79 |
|
|
89.00 |
98.50 |
9.50 |
0.03 |
0.68 |
0.18 |
0.36 |
|
|
119.65 |
121.90 |
2.25 |
0.10 |
2.33 |
0.13 |
1.20 |
|
|
|
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|
VAIO_003 |
0.50 |
3.50 |
3.00 |
0.53 |
8.33 |
0.97 |
2.99 |
|
77.00 |
79.00 |
2.00 |
0.06 |
1.25 |
0.13 |
1.31 |
|
|
218.00 |
222.00 |
4.00 |
0.10 |
13.50 |
0.86 |
0.75 |
|
|
256.62 |
258.82 |
2.20 |
0.34 |
26.00 |
1.77 |
3.06 |
|
The information contained in this announcement has been reviewed by Keith Kenyon AUS IMM, Geochemical Consultant to Templar Minerals. He is the Qualified Person overseeing the geochemical exploration at the Adjaria Gold Project. Mr. Kenyon has 36 years experience in gold exploration and geochemistry and he is undertaking to act as a Qualified Person for the purposes of this announcement.
GLOSSARY
|
Geochemistry |
The study of the chemistry of geological materials |
|
Adit |
An adit is a type of horizontal or nearly horizontal excavation, generally developed for exploration or mining into the side of a mountain |
|
Au Ag Zn |
Gold Silver Zinc |
|
Base Metals |
A metal which oxidises when heated in air, e.g. lead, nickel, copper, tin, zinc, as opposed to noble metals such as gold and platinum. |
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g/t |
Grams per tonne |
|
HQ Core |
Core from a Diamond drill hole that is 63.5 mm in diameter |
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Polymetallic Mineral Deposit |
A mineral deposit consisting of polymetallic ore is the source of more than one metal suitable for recovery |
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