Drilling Returns 44.60% Zinc from West Timmins' La Dura West Zone, Monta�a de Oro Project, Mexico
(Vancouver, January 9, 2008) West Timmins Mining Inc. (TSX: WTM) announced today that final assay results from La Dura West drill hole LC07-15 have resulted in a 16% increase in the zinc grade of the massive sulphide zone (intial results released November 28, 2007; NR07-39). Final assay results are confirmed as 31.16 metres grading 7.00% zinc, 0.94% copper, 51.48 g/t silver and 0.80 g/t gold.
Individual zinc assays from the higher grade portions of this intercept range from 0.40 metres grading 29.87% zinc to 0.60 metres grading 44.60% zinc. The high-grade zinc zone, located at the top of the massive sulphide interval in hole LC07-15, now grades 15.72% zinc, 0.73% copper, 24.03 g/t silver and 0.15 g/t gold over 5.90 metres. The lower, precious metal rich zone now grades 6.32% zinc, 1.96% copper, 108.59 g/t silver and 1.34 g/t gold over 7.95 metres.�
La Dura West is one of a number of gold-silver and related base metal discoveries West Timmins has made on its 100% owned, 585 square kilometre Monta�a de Oro Project in Sonora, Mexico. To date the La Dura West Zone has been intersected for 140 metres along strike and down dip for approximately 100 metres to a maximum vertical depth of 75.43 metres. Drilling of the La Dura West Zone is continuing with assay results from an additional 8 holes pending. Recent surface exploration work has identified a potential extension to the La Dura West Zone which will be drill tested in early 2008.
The La Dura West Zone and the La Dura East Zone (located 1,450 metres to the east) are both interpreted to be distal expressions of a large mineralized system of porphyry copper affinity located within the south-central portion of the Monta�a de Oro Project area. Drilling has also intersected a number of zones of anomalous disseminated copper-gold-silver (+/- molybdenum) mineralization (see Table 2, below) in the footwall to the La Dura West Zone, including a 36.79 metre interval of anomalous gold-silver mineralization in hole LC07-10. These anomalous copper-gold-silver intercepts further support the Company's exploration model. �
The Company also reports drill results from 11 holes completed along the El Rodeo gold-silver zone in the south-eastern portion of the Monta�a de Oro project area. The reported results extend the El Rodeo mineralization to 1,000 metres along strike. Hole ER07-30, the deepest hole drilled to date along this structure at only 125 metres vertical, intersected a 19.00 metre wide breccia zone which returned three separate mineralized intervals. The potential broadening of the El Rodeo Zone at depths of greater than 100 to 150 metres is consistent with the behaviour of similar zones of structurally controlled epithermal gold-silver mineralization on the Palmarejo gold-silver project located immediately to the north of the Monta�a de Oro Project. An additional six holes have now been completed on the El Rodeo Zone, testing the 100 to 150 metre vertical level, with deeper testing planned for 2008. �
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. Zinc values in excess of 30% Zn are re-assayed by volumetric titration with EDTA after a four acid digestion - the common analytical technique for the analysis of zinc concentrates. The remaining half of the drill core is stored in a secure facility on the project site. For quality control purposes blank and analytical control standards were inserted into the sample sequence at regular intervals. Minor analytical discrepancies are reported for samples from the El Rodeo gold-silver zone which have now been resolved to the satisfaction of the Company and the qualified person. Mr. Darin Wagner (M.Sc., P.Geo.), the Company's President, has acted as qualified person for this news release. The qualified person has visited the project site, examined the drill core and sampling procedures and verified the quality control results from the project.
About West Timmins Mining Inc. - (www.westtimminsmining.com)
West Timmins currently has four active drill projects, which will complete a total of over 40,000 metres during 2008, on its exploration projects in the Sierra Madre Belt of Mexico and in the Timmins Gold Camp of Northern Ontario. 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.
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On behalf of the Board of West Timmins Mining Inc.
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For further information contact: 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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