Anatolia completes 2009 sulfide drilling on a high note
TORONTO, Feb. 25 /CNW/ - Anatolia Minerals Development Limited ("Anatolia" or the "Company") (TSX:ANO) announces final results from the 2009 sulfide exploration program at the Çöpler Gold Project that was concluded in January of this year. A map is posted to Anatolia's website (www.anatoliaminerals.com). The 2009 drilling program totaled 12,109 meters. This is the fourth and final release of results for this program, with previous announcements made November 17, December 7, 2009 and February 10, 2010.
Sulfide and oxide gold intercepts given below were generally beyond the planned oxide pit or outside the current pit design limits, and are expected to add tonnes to the resource. True widths in the Main Zone are not determinable at this time based on the available data. A summary of the results is given below:
Inter- Drill Depth From To cept Au Ag Hole (Meters) Location (Meters) (Meters) (Meters) (gpt) (gpt) Notes CDD-220 170.3 N. of 73.00 87.00 14.00 2.29 5.0 Sulfide Main CDD-221 204.0 Main 56.00 68.70 12.70 2.19 11.5 Sulfide 93.00 103.70 10.70 2.47 2.7 Sulfide CDD-222 206.2 Main 0.00 6.50 6.50 2.60 2.6 Oxide 47.30 56.50 9.20 2.54 5.8 Sulfide (less than) CDD-223 171.0 Main 33.50 58.90 25.40 4.15 1.0 Sulfide (less than) Including 33.50 42.00 8.50 8.97 1.0 Sulfide CDD-227 197.1 Main 12.00 20.70 8.70 4.08 5.2 Oxide 20.70 32.70 12.00 5.36 6.3 Sulfide CDD-228 207.0 Main 84.00 105.00 21.00 11.28 10.6 Sulfide Including 90.00 100.00 10.00 20.17 19.2 Sulfide (less than) 190.00 207.00 17.00 2.05 1.0 Sulfide (less than) CDD-230 162.0 Main 155.00 162.00 7.00 3.33 1.0 Sulfide CDD-231 111.0 Main 78.10 85.40 7.30 7.29 5.7 Sulfide W. of CDD-232 103.0 Main 2.00 33.00 28.50 1.07 1.2 Oxide CDD-234 140.0 Main 33.00 56.60 23.60 1.79 6.8 Sulfide Including 42.00 53.60 11.60 2.37 9.9 Sulfide
Unreported holes CDD-219, CDD-224, CDD-225, CDD-226, CDD-229 and CDD-233/CDD-233A had no significant results. Anatolia will update the Çöpler resource estimate and evaluate the potential for a follow-up drilling program.
Edward Dowling, President and CEO of Anatolia stated, "The 2009 sulfide exploration program has been successful in discovering the two highest-grade intercepts ever in the Manganese Mine Zone; delineating known and discovering new geological structures controlling the gold mineralization; identifying new areas of oxide and sulfide mineralization; and identifying the potential of future resource growth. Many multi-meter intercepts have gold grades ranging from 2 to over 10 grams per tonne and have economic potential for refractory gold recovery. The 2009 drilling will be used to update the global resource and concurrent engineering work is underway driving to a sulfide feasibility study later this year."
About Anatolia
Anatolia, recognized as a leader in exploration and development in Turkey, is developing the Çöpler Gold Project. Çöpler is 95% owned by Anatolia and 5% by Çalik Mining (see News Release, August 13, 2009). Initial plans are to produce approximately 1.3 million ounces of gold at a cash cost of about US$260 per ounce. The first gold pour at Çöpler is expected in 2010 with full production to average about 175,000 ounces of gold per year after ramp up. Additional production expansion of the oxide and sulfide gold resource is expected at Çöpler by taking advantage of the inherent large resource through on-going technical activities. In addition, Anatolia holds a significant pipeline of prospective gold and base metal projects.
Anatolia currently has 138.1 million common shares issued and outstanding, 156.4 million fully diluted. For more information please contact Edward Dowling, President and CEO, or Douglas Tobler, CFO at (303) 292-1299 or visit www.anatoliaminerals.com. Anatolia's common shares are listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "ANO."
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The technical information set forth in this press release and the contents of this press release have been reviewed and prepared under the supervision of Firuz Alizade, Vice President of Exploration with Anatolia Minerals Development Limited, and verified by Georgi I. Magaranov, a qualified person pursuant to National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administration. Drill composites were calculated using a cut-off of 0.30 gpt. Drill intersections are reported as drilled thicknesses. Reverse circulation cuttings were sampled on 1.0 meter intervals and core was sampled at geologically selected intervals. Drill samples were performed by ALS-Chemex in Vancouver, BC, Canada, for gold by Fire Assay of a 30 gram (1 assay ton) charge with an AA finish, or if over 5.0 gpt were re-assayed and completed with a gravimetric finish. For these samples, the gravimetric data were utilized in calculating gold intersections. Quality Assurance/Quality Control included the insertion and continual monitoring of numerous standards and blanks into the sample stream, and the collection of duplicate samples at regular intervals within each batch. Selected holes are also analyzed for a 34-element geochemical suite by ICP-MS.
For further information: Edward Dowling, President and CEO, or Douglas Tobler, CFO at (303) 292-1299 or visit www.anatoliaminerals.com
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