AURELIO REPORTS ADDITIONAL HIGH-GRADE ZINC INTERCEPTS
FROM SOUTH COURTLAND AREA OF
HILL COPPER-ZINC PROJECT
LITTLETON, COLORADO, December 20, 2007 News Release #07-25
Aurelio Resource
Corporation (OTCBB : AULO, Frankfurt : F3RA) is pleased to announce
further results from recent drilling in the South Courtland area of the
Company's wholly-owned Hill Copper-Zinc Project, located in the Turquoise
Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona.
These results continue to
validate the company’s South Courtland
discovery, which remains open at depth, as well as to the west along an
approximately 1-mile long strike length.. Table 1 shows results from four
new holes drilled into a zinc-rich area of the South
Courtland deposit. These are in addition to the South Courtland area drilling results reported since July
(see News Releases #07-12, 13, 18, 19 and 24).
Table 1
2007
Drilling Results, Hill Copper-Zinc Project (South Courtland Area)
|
Drill
Hole
|
From
|
To
|
Length
|
Zinc
|
Copper
|
Silver
|
|
BR07-20
|
325 ft
|
380 ft
|
55 ft
|
2.16%
|
0.12%
|
1.8
gm/MT*
|
|
|
515 ft
|
595 ft
|
80 ft
|
1.55%
|
0.09%
|
1.6
gm/MT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BR07-21
|
455 ft
|
560 ft
|
105 ft
|
0.81%
|
0.07%
|
1.7
gm/MT
|
|
Including:
|
455 ft
|
475 ft
|
20 ft
|
2.58%
|
0.05%
|
2.0
gm/MT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Also:
|
495 ft
|
560 ft
|
65 ft
|
0.51%
|
0.10%
|
2.0 gm/MT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BR07-22
|
420 ft
|
460 ft
|
40 ft
|
0.59%
|
0.18%
|
1.9 gm/MT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BR07-23
|
540 ft
|
600 ft
|
60 ft
|
0.73%
|
0.08%
|
2.6 gm/MT
|
*
grams per metric tonne (which equals parts per million)
The Company’s geologists are very encouraged by the continuity of
the zinc mineralization along strike in this set of drill results.
Hole BR07-23 bottomed in ore-grade material, with the final
five-foot interval grading 0.98% zinc and 3 grams of silver per metric ton; the
Company plans to re-drill and deepen this hole during 2008.
Review
Of Accomplishments During 2007 At Hill Copper-Zinc Project
Over the past year, the Company has
increased its land position in the Turquoise Mining District to more than 5,200
acres, consolidating a historic mining area with a long, documented history of
profitable copper, zinc, gold and silver production.
Aurelio also completed
nearly 20,000 feet of core and reverse circulation drilling, confirming prior
drilling in the MAN area, and discovering a new copper and zinc ore zone at South Courtland, where mineralization outcrops at or very
near the surface.
To date, more than 30 holes have been
completed at South Courtland; an in-house
resource estimate is being prepared for this mineralized area, which remains
open along strike and at depth.
The Company also reported an independent
resource estimate for the MAN area totaling 63,757,000 short tons at a
copper-equivalent grade of 0.56% copper.
Aurelio Resources located and successfully
acquired the historic drill core from Santa Fe Pacific Mining and Great Gray
Resources' exploration programs in the MAN area, as well as core from eight
holes drilled by Bear Creek Exploration in the Courtland and South
Courtland areas. Much of this drill core was only assayed
for copper; the Company continues to re-log, re-sample and re-assay this core
for gold, silver, lead and zinc, adding the results to the company's
exploration database. Aurelio anticipates that upon completion of this program,
that the MAN, South Courtland and Courtland
area resources will be significantly expanded.
About The Company
Aurelio Resource
Corporation is a mineral exploration and development company focused on
achieving mid-tier producer status. The Company's wholly-owned Hill
Copper-Zinc Project, contains a number of potentially low-cost, bulk-tonnage,
open-pit-mineable deposits close to surface containing significant amounts of
copper, zinc, silver and gold. The Company recently announced an
independent estimate of the mineralized material at the MAN Area of the Project
totaling 63.8 million tons at an average grade of 0.56% copper-equivalent.
Aurelio has also acquired the rights to explore, and an option to purchase, the
Gavilanes gold porphyry deposit in Durango,
Mexico.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Aurelio Resource Corporation
Contacts:
Stephen Doppler Diane
Dudley
President & CEO Investor
Relations
303-795-3030 303-945-7273
(direct)
800-803-1371 303-945-7270
(fax)
For additional
information, please visit our website (www.AurelioResource.com)
and/or send an email to DianeD@AurelioResource.com..
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found to be present when and if a project is actually developed.
Forward-looking statements in this news release include that our property
contains a number of potentially low-cost, bulk-tonnage, open-pit-mineable
deposits close to surface containing significant amounts of copper, zinc,
silver and gold.
It is important to
note that the Company's actual outcomes may differ materially from those
statements contained in this press release. Factors which may delay or prevent
these forward looking statements from being realized include misinterpretation
of data; that we may not be able to keep our qualified personnel; that funds
expected to be received may not be; that our estimates of mineral resources are
inaccurate; uncertainties involved in the interpretation of drilling results
and other tests and the estimation of resources; that we may not be
able to get equipment or labor as we need it; that we may not be able to raise
sufficient funds to complete our intended exploration, purchase, lease or
option payments; that our applications to drill may be denied; that weather,
logistical problems or hazards may prevent us from exploration; that analysis
of data cannot be done accurately and at depth; that results which we have
found in any particular location are not necessarily indicative of larger areas
of our property; and that despite encouraging data there may be no commercially
exploitable mineralization on our properties. Readers should refer to the risk
disclosures outlined in the Company's most recent Form 10-KSB and Form 10-QSB
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
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Investor Relations
Aurelio Resource
Corporation
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