Copper-Gold Intercepts Continue to Expand WTM's La
Dura Discovery
New Copper- Gold Discovery Returns 12.30 Metres @
0.94% Copper,
2.07 g/t Gold and
65.12 g/t Silver
(Vancouver,
April 10, 2008) West
Timmins Mining Inc. (TSX: WTM) announced today that drill testing in the La Dura West area of its 100% owned Monta�a de Oro Project in Sonora, Mexico has intersected additional
zones of copper-gold-silver mineralization (see table below). These feature
an intercept of 12.30 metres grading 0.94% copper, 2.07 g/t gold and 65.12
g/t silver, which includes 1.55 metres grading 0.13 % copper, 8.43 g/t gold
and 50.10 g/t silver, located less than 100 metres south of the La Dura
West Polymetallic discovery.
The latest
results from the La Dura area are consistent with the Company's exploration
model which relates the La Dura East lead-zinc-silver, La Dura West Polymetallic
and proximal copper-gold-silver discoveries to a large, classically zoned
intrusive hosted copper-gold system.
"With the
peripheral lead-zinc-silver dominated elements of this system exhibiting a
strike length of at least 3000 metres and the grade/thickness of a number
of recent copper-gold intercepts all indications are that we are
progressing toward the centre of large copper-gold system," said Darin
Wagner, President and CEO of West Timmins Mining. "Based on the
available geological information the centre of this system lays to the west
of our drilling to date, across the placer gold-bearing Baboyahui
River."
A series of
recently completed drill holes, collared up to 600 metres west of previous
drilling, provide additional support for the current exploration model.
These holes exhibit westward increases in alteration intensity,
disseminated copper sulphide mineralization and in the thickness of the
mineralized intercepts. Assay results from these holes remain pending
and will be released as they become available to the Company.
An additional 20
holes are currently in the planning and permitting stages in the La Dura
area as WTM looks to outline the extent of the copper-gold and related
mineralized zones.
Drill results
have also been received from several new vein discoveries in the Don
Pancho-Violetta area, located six kilometres to the east of the La Dura
East discovery. Drill hole DP07-15 collared into a 1.50 metre wide
mineralized zone which returned 0.46 g/t gold and 26.50 g/t silver. Drill
hole DP07-16 returned gold values ranging from detection to 2.85 g/t from
an 8.80 metre wide vein-breccia zone. Both intercepts are interpreted to
represent 105-110% of true thickness.
Six additional
holes testing the nearby El Rodeo gold-silver system all intersected the El
Rodeo Zone with intercepts ranging from 0.29 to 2.25 metres in thickness
(100-110% of interpreted true thickness). The intercepts returned gold
values ranging from 0.15 to 2.25 g/t and silver values from 3.19 to 78.00
g/t. Three of the holes tested the El Rodeo Zone at vertical depths
of between 175 and 250 metres, each intersecting multiple narrow
breccia/vein zones.
WTM's 100% owned
Monta�a de Oro Project covers in excess of 600 square kilometres and is
located along the border between the states of Sonora, Sinaloa and
Chihuahua, Mexico. The
Monta�a de Oro Project is situated less than 50 kilometres from six new
mines or advanced exploration projects including Goldcorp's lowest cost
gold producer - the El Sauzal deposit, Coeur d'Alene Mines' Palmarejo-Trogan
silver-gold deposit and Pan American Silver's Alamo Dorado silver
mine.
Quality Control and Assurance
Geochemical results reported herein are from halved
drill core samples collected from the Company's Monta�a de Oro project.
Core sampling is conducted on site by trained personnel and sealed samples
are transported to ALS-Chemex's preparation facilities in Hermosillo,
Mexico by employees of consulting firm Minera Cascabel S.A. de C. V. on
behalf of West Timmins Mining. Samples were assayed for gold by standard
fire assay- ICP finish with a 30 gram charge. Samples additionally
underwent 34 element ICP-MS analysis. Silver, zinc, copper and lead values
in excess of 100 ppm, 1%, 1% and 1% respectively were re-analyzed by fire
assay. The remaining half of the drill core is stored in a secure facility
near the project site. For quality control purposes blanks and analytical
control standards were inserted into the sample sequence at regular
intervals. Mr. Darin Wagner (M.Sc., P.Geo), the Company's President, has
acted as non-independent qualified person for this news release. The
qualified person has visited the project site, examined the drill
intercepts reported, reviewed the available technical information for the
project, and has verified that there were no significant discrepancies with
respect to the quality control samples submitted for analysis along with
the drill core.
About West Timmins Mining Inc. - (www.westtimminsmining.com)
West Timmins currently has four active drill
projects, with over 40,000 metres of diamond drilling scheduled to be
completed on its exploration projects in the Sierra Madre Belt of Mexico
and in the Timmins Gold Camp of Northern Ontario in 2008. West Timmins is
focussed on the exploration and development of district-scale gold and
related base metal projects in the major gold camps of North America. West
Timmins Mining is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and trades on
the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol WTM.
On behalf of the Board of
West Timmins Mining
Inc.
"Darin W.
Wagner"
Darin W. Wagner, P. Geo.
President and Chief Executive Officer
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For further information please contact:
Darin W. Wagner, President & CEO or
Jordann Nettles, Manager, Investor Relations
West Timmins Mining Inc., Vancouver
Tel: (604) 685-8311 / Toll Free: (866) 685-8311
E-mail: info@westtimminsmining.com
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