Afri-Can Reports Haib Copper Resources.MONTREAL -- Afri-Can Marine Minerals Corp. ("Afri-Can"), is pleased to announce the receipt of a technical report on the Haib copper deposit, for which, on May 25th, 2004, Afri-Can has announced its intent to acquire an option with regards to the acquisition of an undivided 70% interest from Deep-South Mining Company (PTY Pty Austral & S African Proprietary ) Ltd of Namibia. The Haib copper project contains a large porphyry Porphyry, Greek scholar Porphyry (pôr`fĭrē), c.232–c.304, Greek scholar and Neoplatonic philosopher. He studied rhetoric under Cassius Longinus and philosophy under Plotinus. copper-molybdenum deposit hosted within quartz-felspar porphyry dating back to the Archean age (approximately 2 billion years). The technical report confirms that the historic indicated resource in the high grade section of the deposit totals 292 million tonnes at 0.46% Cu, which is in excess of 2.9 billion pounds of copper in situ In place. When something is "in situ," it is in its original location. . Mr. Viv Stuart-Williams, M Sc, Pr. Sci. Nat, served as the Qualified Person (as defined in National Instrument 43-101) responsible for the preparation of the Haib Technical Report and third party opinion, as to compliance by Afri-Can with National Instrument 43-101 with respect to disclosure of resource estimates for the Haib copper deposit. The resource estimates quoted in this report are historic resources, that is to say they were prepared prior to the application of National Instrument 43-101 (2001). The resource estimates in this report were developed by Behre Dolbear (1996) and have been reviewed by the author. The resource estimates are in compliance with CIM (1) (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing) Integrating office/accounting functions with automated factory systems. Point of sale, billing, machine tool scheduling and supply ordering are part of CIM. standards, are in compliance with NI 43-101 and are endorsed by the author of the report. The historic mineral resource estimates are summarized in the following table :
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Behre Dolbear - Haib Indicated Resource Estimate
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Minimum Kriging Inverse Distance Nearest Neighbour
Block Squared
Grade M Grade M Grade M Grade
Tonnes % CU Tonnes % CU Tonnes % CU
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0.1 1353 0.23 1331 0.23 1184 0.25
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0.2 739 0.29 726 0.29 630 0.34
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0.3 244 0.37 262 0.38 292 0.46
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The Haib copper deposit is not bedded (although some ore control is apparent) and has a fairly uniform grade distribution. This means that the nearest neighbour model (which is essentially an arithmetic averaging technique) may be the most appropriate estimation technique. The Haib copper deposit is an EPL 1. EPL - Early PL/I. 2. EPL - Experimental Programming Language. 3. EPL - Eden Programming Language. U Washington. Based on Concurrent Euclid and used with the Eden distributed OS. Influenced Emerald and Distributed Smalltalk. covering 74,563 hectares and is located in the Karas region The Karas Region is the farthest south region of Namibia. The name assigned to the region reflects the prominence of the Karas Mountain Range in the southern part of the region. , 8 km from the Orange River in the south of Namibia. Since its discovery in 1948, extensive work has been carried out on the Haib deposit by Falconbridge of Africa (Pty) Ltd, King Resources of South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation, Revere Revere, city (1990 pop. 42,786), Suffolk co., E Mass., a residential suburb of Boston, on Massachusetts Bay; settled c.1630, set off from Chelsea and named for Paul Revere 1871, inc. as a city 1914. Resources SA Ltd, Rand Merchant Bank Ltd (of South Africa), Great Fitzroy Mines NL (GFM GFM Government-Furnished Material GfM Gesellschaft Für Musikforschung GFM Global Freight Management GFM Gruyere Fribourg Morat (Swiss / Fribourg Railways-Bus Organisation) GFM Global Force Management GFM Gram Formula Mass ) of Australia as well as a local prospector, Mr. George Swanson, and more recently by Mintek of South Africa. The last detailed evaluation of the Haib deposit was completed between 1995 and 1999 by the Namibian Copper Joint Venture Pty Ltd ("NCJV") managed by GFM. From 1972 to 1975, Rio Tinto drilled 120 holes totaling 45,903 meters and in 1975 a mineral resource estimate and feasibility study was completed. Behre Dolbear ("BDB BDB Berkeley Database BdB Bundesverband Deutscher Banken (association of German banks) BDB Badly Drawn Boy (musician) BDB Brown-Driver-Briggs (Hebrew lexicon) "), an international mining consultant retained by NCJV in 1996, compiled a block model to estimate a range of Indicated Resources. This earlier body of work provides the basis for the Resource Estimate. Pierre Leveille, President and Chief Executive Officer of Afri-Can, stated: "We are extremely pleased with the technical report which confirms that Haib is sizeable copper porphyry deposit in an good location and its value has been significantly enhanced by the current conditions and future outlook in the copper market. We are convinced that Haib is an excellent addition to our projects and will increase shareholder value and also benefit our Namibian stakeholders." Afri-Can will now complete its due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. and prepare its detailed exploration program. Shareholders will be kept advised of developments. The letter of intent between Afri-Can and Deep-South is still subject to the approval by Canadian regulatory authorities, which was pending the receipt of the technical report 43-101. The technical report 43-101 can be consulted at www.afri-can .com or at www.sedar.com Afri-Can is a Canadian company, actively involved in the acquisition, exploration and development of major mineral properties in Namibia. The Corporation's large and prospective license holdings, together with its growth strategy, place it as the partner of choice for Namibian Empowerment Groups. 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. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension ) does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements", as identified in Afri-Can's periodic filings with Canadian securities regulators that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Shares outstanding: 77,715,975 Afri-Can Marine Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AFA AFA In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Afghanistan Afghani. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) (FRANKFURT:AJF AJF Atlanta Jazz Festival AJF Allied Joint Force ) |
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