Exeter Resource Corporation: La Cabeza Resource Expansion Drilling Underway-New Report Upgrades Project Resources.VANCOUVER, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography -- Exeter Resource Corporation (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension VENTURE:XRC XRC Exeter Resource Corporation (stock symbol) XRC XML-Based Resource System XRC Xport Robot Controller XRC X-Ray Crystallography XRC Exact Reals in C XRC Extended Remote Copying (IBM) )(FWB (Fixed Wireless Broadband) See fixed wireless. :EXB EXB Expansion Board EXB Exothermic Brazing ) announces that it has commenced an intensive program using three drill rigs to expand current gold resources at its La Cabeza gold project in Argentina. The drilling program has three objectives: firstly to target new sites of mineralization Mineralization The process by which the body uses minerals to build bone structure. Mentioned in: Rickets mineralization, n the bioprecipitation of an inorganic substance. at La Cabeza, including areas of higher-grade, near-surface mineralization that are not included in current estimates; secondly, to drill in-fill holes within the known resource to increase the confidence level of the deposit; thirdly, and importantly, to drill for new deposits under areas of extensive sand cover adjacent to known mineralization. Upgraded Resource Estimate Separately, Exeter has now received a new independent estimate of gold resources at La Cabeza. The report follows the company's recent announcement of an approximately 25% increase in the inferred resources at La Cabeza, to 890,000 ounces (see news release dated May 17, 2005), and concludes that a portion of those resources may be up-graded to the "indicated" category. The new independent report now estimates an "indicated resource" at La Cabeza of 390,000 ounces of gold (6.2 million tones at an average grade of 2.0 g/t gold) and an "inferred resource" of 500,000 ounces of gold (12.1 million tonnes at a grade of 1.3 g/t gold), at a cut-off cut-off Anesthesiology The point at which elongation of the carbon chain of the 1-alkanol family of anesthetics results in a precipitous drop in the anesthetic potential of these agents–eg, at > 12 carbons in length, there is little anesthetic activity, grade of 0.5 g/t. At a higher, 1.0 g/t gold cut-off grade, the "indicated resource" is 3.5 million tonnes at a grade of 3.0 g/t gold for 330,000 ounces, and the "inferred resource" is 4.8 million tonnes at 2.2 g/t gold for 340,000 ounces.
La Cabeza Indicated and Inferred Resources
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Indicated (0.5 grams/tonne gold cut-off)
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Zone Tonnes Grams/tonne Gold Ounces Gold
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Cuello 1,240,000 3.08 123,000
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Ojo 1,740,000 2.22 124,000
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Luna 1,870,000 1.57 94,000
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Mandibula 1,330,000 1.16 50,000
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Total 6,200,000 2.0 390,000
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Inferred (0.5 grams/tonne gold cut-off)
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Zone Tonnes Grams/tonne Gold Ounces Gold
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Cuello 2,400,000 1.67 129,000
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Ojo 1,530,000 0.93 46,000
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Luna 3,620,000 1.16 135,000
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Mandibula 3,970,000 1.03 131,000
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Cachete 350,000 3.08 35,000
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Labio East 100,000 4.44 14,000
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Labio South 70,000 2.45 6,000
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Labio West 80,000 1.67 4,000
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Total 12,100,000 1.3 500,000
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Indicated (1.0 grams/tonne gold cut-off)
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Zone Tonnes Grams/tonne Gold Ounces Gold
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Cuello 910,000 3.93 115,000
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Ojo 910,000 3.62 106,000
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Luna 1,120,000 2.15 77,000
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Mandibula 530,000 1.83 31,000
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Total 3,500,000 3.0 330,000
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Inferred (1.0 grams/tonne gold cut-off)
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Zone Tonnes Grams/tonne Gold Ounces Gold
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Cuello 1,260,000 2.53 102,000
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Ojo 380,000 1.67 20,000
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Luna 1,270,000 2.01 82,000
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Mandibula 1,260,000 1.76 71,000
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Cachete 330,000 3.39 36,000
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Labio East 90,000 4.96 14,000
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Labio South 70,000 2.45 6,000
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Labio West 90,000 2.04 6,000
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Total 4,800,000 2.2 340,000
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The revised mineral resources Noun 1. mineral resources - natural resources in the form of minerals natural resource, natural resources - resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature estimates for the Cuello, Luna, Ojo, and Mandibula deposits were made by Hellman & Schofield, Sydney, Australia using Multiple Indicator Kriging ("MIK MIK More in Kitchen ") methodology applied to the Exeter database and geological models. The models, database, and supporting information were independently validated by Peter Allen of Australian Mine Design and Development ("AMDAD") of Brisbane, Australia. These revised resources were estimated using an additional 67 holes, totaling 4798 metres of drilling and 2050 metres of sawn channel sampling, conducted in 2004 and 2005. The Cachete prospect resource was re-calculated internally by Exeter utilising a manual polygonal pol·y·gon n. A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments. po·lyg  o·nal adj. cross sectional sec·tion·al adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a particular district. 2. Composed of or divided into component sections. n. method of estimation. Although new three-dimensional geological models were constructed for Cachete, it was deemed inappropriate to use MIK methods at this time, due to a lack of substantial drilling density. The previous resource estimates and assumptions for the Labio East, South and West prospects have been utilized, because the 2004 program did no work in these project areas. These estimates will be reviewed with the benefit of results of current drilling planned for these areas. The new resource estimates have been described in a 43-101 Technical Report compiled by Exeter management. The report was co-authored and prepared under the supervision of Peter Allen of AMDAD, a "qualified person" independent of the Company under NI 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators Canadian Securities Administrators(CSA) is a forum for the 13 securities regulators of Canada's provinces and territories to coordinate and harmonize regulation of the Canadian capital markets. and will be filed with the Canadian regulators within the next 30 days. AMDAD also carried out conceptual pit designs for Cuello, Luna, Ojo, and Mandibula which showed that, in addition to the indicated resource within pit perimeters, a significant proportion of the inferred resource remained within the potential open pits. La Cabeza Studies Engineering, metallurgical met·al·lur·gy n. 1. The science that deals with procedures used in extracting metals from their ores, purifying and alloying metals, and creating useful objects from metals. 2. and environmental studies relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the work program completed in April will be completed to normal pre-feasibility standards within a month, and relevant results will be reported as they come to hand. The optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. of pit designs for La Cabeza and a financial analysis of the project status will be completed once the results of the current drilling program are received. With further drilling, inferred mineralization and extensions to the existing mineralized min·er·al·ize v. min·er·al·ized, min·er·al·iz·ing, min·er·al·iz·es v.tr. 1. To convert to a mineral substance; petrify. 2. To transform a metal into a mineral by oxidation. 3. trends can be brought to account for an economic evaluation. In addition, by increasing the La Cabeza resource, there is potential for increasing the contemplated plant capacity substantially with subsequent economies of scale. After reviewing the costs and utility of issuing a NI 43-101 compliant pre-feasibility study at this time, the Company's technical team has determined not to do so. This decision is consistent with recent decisions made by other Canadian resource companies, because of the reporting limitations imposed by NI 43-101. Instead, following completion of the current drilling program, a decision will be made as to whether to move directly to a definitive 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. . Quality Control and Assurance The new resource estimates described in this news release include resources in the inferred category. NI 43-101 considers such resources to be too speculative geologically to have economic status and Exeter warns that no portion of these resources should be assumed to be upgradeable to the "indicated" or "measured" resource categories. Mr. Peter Allen, B.Sc., an independent "qualified person", and Matthew Williams Matthew William (born 31 December 1976 in Kota Kinahalu, Sabah, Malaysia) is a Malaysian cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He has played one first-class match and seven List A matches for Malaysia, including representing them at the 1998 , Exeter's Exploration Manager, also a "qualified person" within the definition of that term in NI 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators, have supervised the preparation of the technical information contained in this news release. About Exeter Exeter is a technically-advanced Canadian exploration company, focused on the discovery of epithermal gold/silver and 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/gold projects in Argentina and Chile. Exploration for new gold zones under extensive soil cover, and drill testing of new exploration targets outside those tabulated above, has recently commenced at La Cabeza. This exploration is expected to expand the existing resources. Engineering, metallurgical, hydrological hy·drol·o·gy n. The scientific study of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on the earth's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere. , environmental and economic evaluation work is continuing. In the prospective Patagonia region of Argentina, Exeter has a strategic partnership with Cerro Vanguardia S.A, an AngloGold Ashanti AngloGold Ashanti Limited is a global gold mining company with mines on four continents. It was formed in 2004 by the merger of AngloGold and the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation. AngloGold Ashanti Limited is now a global gold producer with 21 operations on four continents. subsidiary. The agreement provides Exeter with an option over 25 epithermal gold-silver properties. Exeter recently completed a second stage program on the Cerro Puntudo Project following encouraging results released in February. Results are awaited. At Rosarita, Intrepid Minerals has advised Exeter that it is surrendering its option to joint venture the property. In Patagonian Chile, Exeter has a strategic agreement with Rio Tinto Rio Tinto may refer to:
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