WTM INTERSECTS MULTIPLE GOLD-SILVER ZONES - LA VIOLETTA OPTION, MONTA�A DE ORO PROJECT
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Violetta drilling cuts 5.84 g/t gold, 138.27 g/t silver over 1.73 metres
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Palmar Norte discovery returns 11.05 g/t gold, 101.00 g/t silver
(Vancouver, August 25, 2008) West Timmins Mining Inc. (TSX: WTM) (the "Company") announced today that diamond drilling, completed earlier this year, in two areas of La Violetta Option, part of the Company's Monta�a de Oro Project in Sonora, Mexico, intersected high-grade gold-silver mineralization. WTM is currently earning an initial 51% interest in the La Violetta property package from MacMillan Gold Corp. (TSX-V:MMG) and holds an option to increase its interest to 70%.
Violetta-Don Pancho Vein System
Drilling testing (4 holes - 817 metres) of the La Violetta vein system returned 5.84 g/t gold and 138.27 g/t silver over 1.73 metres in hole LV08-03. This intercept is 300 metres northwest of, and along strike from, hole DP-07-06 which returned 35.60 g/t gold and 93.00 g/t silver over 1.45 metres on 100% WTM held ground (see NR07-30, Sept. 25, 2007; map below). The latest intercept confirms the continuity of the Violetta-Don Pancho vein system for a minimum of 460 metres along strike. Holes LV08-01 and 02, drilled from the same location but at shallower angles than hole LV08-03, intersected the up-dip section of the same vein in a zone of strong oxidation.
Palmar Norte Discovery
A single drill hole (143 metres) in the Palmar Norte area, 5.10 kilometres south of the La Violetta zone (see map below), intersected a new vein system which returned a high-grade intercept of 11.05 g/t gold and 101.00 g/t silver over 0.55 metres. Additional work is required to determine the orientation of this system.
El Palmar Gold-Silver Prospect
In the El Palmar prospect area surface mapping has identified a number of historic workings which follow an east west trending vein system for 700 metres along strike. Channel samples collected across the eastern segment of this vein system returned 1.40 metres grading 7.67 g/t gold and 7.10 g/t silver and 0.65 metres grading 6.58 g/t gold and 2.90 g/t silver. Both samples contain minimal base metal values.
Sampling 500 metres to the west, along the projection of the El Palmar vein system, returned 1.65 metres grading 1.58 g/t gold, 58.60 g/t silver, 0.17% copper, 1.23% lead and 2.01% zinc and 1.05 metres grading 0.28 g/t gold, 249 g/t silver, 0.37% copper, 8.90% lead and 4.33% zinc. Additional sampling and detailed mapping is planned for the El Palmar area.
Chino Gordo Gold Prospect
WTM also completed 3 holes in the Chino Gordo area of the La Violetta Option, testing multiple zones of silica-bearing gold mineralization observed on surface. Two additional holes drilled southeast of Chino Gordo, along the La Violetta Option boundary, tested copper-bearing skarn mineralization. Final results remaining pending for these holes.
WTM has further advised MacMillan Gold Corp. that it has met its exploration expenditure commitment to the first anniversary date of the La Violetta Option Agreement.
Drilling Update - La Dura Copper
On-going drilling at Monta�a de Oro continues to focus on expansion of the La Dura Copper. Final results from holes LC08-30 to -37 are anticipated to be available within the next 2-3 weeks. Drill testing is continuing through the rainy season with one rig. A second drill rig is expected to return to the project during the fourth quarter of 2008.
Quality Control and Assurance
Geochemical results reported herein are from halved drill core and surface channel samples. Sampling is conducted on site by trained personnel employed by consulting firm Minera Cascabel S.A. de C. V. on behalf of West Timmins Mining. Sealed samples are transported to ALS-Chemex's preparation facilities in Hermosillo, Mexico. Samples were assayed for gold by standard fire assay-ICP finish with a 30 gram charge. Samples additionally underwent 34 element ICP-MS analysis. Gold assays in excess of 3.0 g/t gold are automatically re-assayed by fire assay with a gravimetric finish to insure reproducibility and greater accuracy. 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 on the project site. For quality control purposes blank 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 some, but not all, of the drill intercepts reported 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):
WTM is focussed on the exploration and development of district-scale gold and related base metal projects in the major gold camps of North America. The Company recently announced the start of a 22,000 metre drill program targeting recently discovered high-grade gold mineralization on its Thunder Creek Property in Timmins. WTM also has five active exploration projects in Mexico, highlighted by the Monta�a de Oro Project in Sonora, Mexico where the Company is testing the La Dura Copper Porphyry discovery. 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.
"Darin W. Wagner"
Darin W. Wagner President and Chief Executive Officer
For further information contact: Darin W. Wagner, President & CEO West Timmins Mining Inc., Vancouver Tel: (604) 685-8311 / Toll Free: (866) 685-8311 E-mail: info@westtimminsmining.com
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