AXMIN Inc.-New Gold Zones Identified at Ndassima, Bambari Permits, Central African Republic: Intersections Include 3.1 g/t Au Over 30 m And 3.0 g/t Au Over 27 m.TORONTO -- AXMIN Inc. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension VENTURE:AXM AXM Astonishing X-Men (comic) AXM Authorized Cross Memory ) is pleased to announce a positive start to exploration on the Ndassima Project located 4 to 10 km southeast of the Passendro Gold Project in the Central African Republic Central African Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,800,000), 240,534 sq mi (622,983 sq km), central Africa. The landlocked nation is bordered by Chad (N), Sudan (E), Congo (Kinshasa) and Congo (Brazzaville) (S), and Cameroon (W). and within easy haulage distance of the likely plant site. Core and shallow reverse circulation ("RC") drilling of the first soil anomaly tested at the Ngetepe prospect, within the Ndassima Project area, has yielded intersections including 3.1 g/t Au over 30 metres and 3.0 g/t Au over 27 metres. In addition shallow reconnaissance rotary airblast ("RAB Rab (räb), Ital. Arbe, island (1991 pop. 9,205), 40 sq mi (104 sq km) off Croatia, in the Adriatic Sea. One of the Dalmatian islands, it is a popular seaside resort. Fishing and agriculture are the main occupations. ") drilling and wide-spaced trenching has demonstrated the presence of gold mineralised structures beneath several substantial soil anomalies (each greater than 1,500 metres strike length) at the Batis and Yagba prospects located about 5 km east of Ngetepe - assays from four core holes drilled to test one of these are awaited. Chief Executive Officer, Dr Jonathan Forster comments "This is an excellent start to exploration at Ndassima, bearing in mind that the Passendro Gold Project is close by and that any resources identified at Ndassima can be incorporated rapidly into the feasibility study The analysis of a problem to determine if it can be solved effectively. The operational (will it work?), economical (costs and benefits) and technical (can it be built?) aspects are part of the study. Results of the study determine whether the solution should be implemented. for Passendro. The gold in soil anomaly at Ndassima is of comparable size to that overlying overlying suffocation of piglets by the sow. The piglets may be weak from illness or malnutrition, the sow may be clumsy or ill, the pen may be inadequate in size or poorly designed so that piglets cannot escape. the Passendro deposits and the underlying geology is similar providing encouragement that significant resources may exist there. Follow-up exploration drilling is being accelerated to ensure that any such resources can be defined in time to be included within the Passendro feasibility study." Ngetepe The northwest trending gold mineralisation has so far been identified over a strike length of 160 metres, open to the northwest where the structure is overlain o·ver·lain v. Past participle of overlie. by a 120 metre wide drainage valley. The valley has historically been heavily worked for alluvial gold. Initial reconnaissance drilling using both RC and core has identified a number of parallel structures, with mineralisation strengthening towards the northwest. The mineralisation is hosted at the contact zone between cherty chert n. 1. A variety of silica that contains microcrystalline quartz. 2. A siliceous rock of chalcedonic or opaline silica occurring in limestone. [Origin unknown. banded ironstone ironstone a natural ore which may contain significant amounts of fluorine and cause fluorosis in cattle grazing pastures in the vicinity of a factory which calcines the ore. and sericitic schists.
The following table contains drill results to date:
Hole No. Total East North Azimuth Decl- From To Inter- Grade
Depth Co-ord Co-ord (deg) in. (m) (m) val (g/t
(m) (deg) (m) Au)
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Fence
L2240N
PRC 1590 40.0 1380 2240 57 -50 10.0 15.0 5.0 2.3
PRC 1591 45.0 1420 2240 57 -50 5.0 8.0 3.0 2.5
PRC 1592 45.0 1460 2240 57 -50 15.0 45.0 30.0 3.1
(a) (a)
PDC 185 100.6 1460 2240 57 -65 28.6 55.6 27.0 3.0
Fence
L2280N
PRC 1603 40.0 1505 2280 57 -50 35.0 40.0 5.0 5.1
PRC 1595 40.0 1460 2280 57 -50 35.0 40.0 5.0 1.6
(a) (a)
PRC 1594 38.0 1420 2280 57 -50 6.0 10.0 4.0 1.1
and 20.0 26.0 6.0 1.0
PDC 186 100.6 1455 2280 57 -65 17.0 21.5 4.5 1.0
and 60.0 64.5 4.5 1.0
Fence
L2320N
PRC 1599 40.0 1460 2320 57 -50 10.0 16.0 6.0 1.9
PDC 187 94.8 1520 2320 57 -65 75.0 91.5 16.5 1.2
Fence
L2400N
PRC 1609 40.0 1460 2400 57 -50 28.0 31.0 3.0 1.8
grade calculations are based on a 1.0 g/t Au lower cut off;
(a) drilling ended in mineralisation
Yagba-Batis The Yagba and Batis prospects currently cover at least five substantial west-northwest trending gold in soil anomalies (30 ppb Au threshold with more intense eyes of greater than 100 ppb Au) of 1,500-2,500 metres length, that are underlain un·der·lain v. Past participle of underlie. by an intercalated in·ter·ca·lat·ed adj. Inserted between two others; interposed. in·ter ca·late sequence of banded ironstones, chlorite-sericite schists, amphibolites
and quartz-biotite schists (greywackes).Reconnaissance shallow vertical RAB drilling to depths of about 20 metres, sited where the rugged terrain allows, confirms the presence of multiple gold mineralised structures with broad low grade haloes. Results from this semi quantitative, composite sampling method include 57 g/t Au over 5 metres and 2.5 g/t Au over 5 metres. Hand excavated trenching is in progress to provide initial information on geology and, where appropriate, the gold mineralisation in order to better define the targets for drilling. Four reconnaissance core holes have been completed adjacent to a previously reported trench at Yagba containing 4.2 g/t Au over 24 metres with results awaited. A trench on a separate structure approximately 1,300 metres to the southeast has already returned 2.3 g/t Au over 4 metres. High resolution aeromagnetics aer·o·mag·net·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) The science of magnetic characteristics associated with atmospheric conditions. aer has recently been completed over the entire Passendro and Ndassima project areas in order to better define the structures that control the gold mineralisation. This understanding, combined with a detailed structural geological program at Passendro, will be used to focus initial efforts at the 14 other gold anomalous areas along the 90 km greenstone belt that have been located to date. It is intended that this will allow more rapid and precisely targeted follow up exploration using angled RC and core drilling. Analytical work is being carried out at the independent OMAC OMAC Open Modular Architecture Control(ler) OMAC One-Key CBC Mac OMAC One Man Army Corps OMAC Observational Metahuman Activity Construct OMAC Ocala Municipal Arts Commission (Florida) Laboratories Ltd. in Ireland. The samples are subject to a full sample preparation followed by a 50 gram fire assay with an AA finish. Blanks (5%), pulp duplicates (5%) and a suite of Geostats standard reference material are being used to monitor sample preparation and laboratory performance during first pass analysis. Further QA/QC QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control work is carried out on a quarterly basis. This comprises check assaying 20% of all greater than 500 ppb samples using prepped coarse reject samples at OMAC and a second laboratory. Check assay batches are also routinely monitored using 5% blanks, standards and pulp duplicates. This press release has been reviewed by in-house qualified person Dr. Jonathan Forster, Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) is a major UK engineering institution whose activities encompass the whole materials cycle, from exploration and extraction, through characterisation, processing, forming, finishing and application, to product recycling and in the United Kingdom. AXMIN is a mineral exploration company with a strong focus on gold in highly prospective properties across central and west Africa. For more information regarding AXMIN visit our website at www.axmininc.com. Please note: A map is available on CCNMatthews' website at the following link: http://www.ccnmatthews.com/docs/axmin0301.pdf The TSX Venture Exchange TSX Venture Exchange Originally called the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX), this was a result of the merger of the Vancouver and Alberta stock exchanges. The goal of TSX Venture Exchange is to provide venture companies with effective access to capital while protecting investors. has not reviewed and does not accept resp onsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release. Axmin Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AXM) |
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