Midlands Minerals Corporation Announces Initial Geological Mapping Results on the Itilima Gold and Diamond Project, Tanzania.TORONTO -- Midlands Minerals Corporation (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension VENTURE:MEX MEX Mexico MEX Microsoft Exchange MEX Materials Exchange (Recycling Council of British Columbia) MEX Military Exchange MEX Mobile Exploration System MEX Mesopelagic Export Flux MEX Mesopelagic Export Mooring ) is pleased to announce results from the initial geological mapping program on the Itilima Project in Tanzania. Prospecting License (PL) 1406 and PL 2043 form the Itilima gold and diamond Properties in Tanzania. Gold exploration targets were identified as the next phase of exploration, and soil geochemistry geochemistry, study of the chemical changes on the earth. More specifically, it is the study of the absolute and relative abundances of chemical elements in the minerals, soils, ores, rocks, water, and atmosphere of the earth and the distribution and movement of sampling was undertaken with 400m lines and sampling at 80m intervals on the entire 1406/99 Prospecting License. Field verification mapping was done by a Qualified Person, Marc Boisvert, P.Eng, in November and December of 2004. The mapping was done walking main drainages where erosion exposed bedrock. The results give a better understanding of the property geology and gold 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. . Observations confirm that gold mineralization at the Itilima zone is associated with high grade quartz-bearing veins with adjacent carbonate alteration and disseminated pyrite pyrite (pī`rīt) or iron pyrites (pīrī`tēz, pə–, pī`rīts), pale brass-yellow mineral, the bisulfide of iron, FeS2. . Quartz veins and veinlets are hosted by brittle felsic fel·sic adj. Containing a group of light-colored silicate minerals that occur in igneous rocks. [fel(dspar) + s(ilica) + -ic. volcanic rocks rocks which have been produced from the discharges of volcanic matter, as the various kinds of basalt, trachyte, scoria, obsidian, etc., whether compact, scoriaceous, or vitreous. See also: Volcanic intercalated in·ter·ca·lat·ed adj. Inserted between two others; interposed. in·ter  ca·late with ductile ductile /duc·tile/ (duk´til) susceptible of being drawn out without breaking. duc·tile adj. Easily molded or shaped. ductile susceptible of being drawn out without breaking. meta sediments, creating a high competency COMPETENCY, evidence. The legal fitness or ability of a witness to be heard on the trial of a cause. This term is also applied to written or other evidence which may be legally given on such trial, as, depositions, letters, account-books, and the like. 2. contrast favorable to developing fractures in more competent rocks. The geology observed in the previous RC drilling program and current field verification mapping indicate gold mineralization of the Itilima zone is hosted by brittle felsic volcanic rocks 180 meters thick, interpreted to extend over a strike length of 2.8 kilometers. The felsic package hosting gold bearing fractures is forming the short limb oriented 020 of a dextral dextral /dex·tral/ (-stril) pertaining to the right side. dex·tral adj. 1. Of, facing, or located on the right side; right. 2. Right-handed. "z"shape vertical asymmetric A difference between two opposing modes. It typically refers to a speed disparity. For example, in asymmetric operations, it takes longer to compress and encrypt data than to decompress and decrypt it. Contrast with symmetric. See asymmetric compression and public key cryptography. kink fold. High gold grade values are distributed along two interpreted structures parallel to felsic lithologic li·thol·o·gy n. 1. The gross physical character of a rock or rock formation. 2. The microscopic study, description, and classification of rock. contacts.
Gold-bearing West structure locations and average grades.
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UTM mE UTM mN Sampled by Sample # g/t Au
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558,625 9,586, 207 Anglo 1997 180195 greater
than 20.1
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558,204 9,585,933 Government Shaft 1 23.3
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558,204 9,585,933 WGM 2003 347200 41.63
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558,198 9,585,920 WGM 2003 347303 27.5
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558,197 9,585,921 WGM 2003 347303 27.5
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558,178 9,585,890 Government Shaft 2
(5 samples) 41.08
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558,180 9,585,884 Artisanal work Shaft 30 No assays
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558,153 9,585,842 Anglo 1997 180171 3.23
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558,197 9,585,821 Anglo 1997 180176 4.3
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558,142 9,585,790 Midlands 2004 ITRC-2 Dyke out
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558,146 9,585,128 Anglo 1997 180186 greater
than 20.1
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Gold-bearing East structure locations and average grades.
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558,667 9,586,559 Artisanal Work Shaft 19 No Assays
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558,664 9,586,555 Artisanal Work Shaft 20 No Assays
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558,661 9,586,550 Artisanal Work Shaft 21 No Assays
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558,654 9,586,536 Artisanal Work Shaft 22 No Assays
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558,645 9,586,525 Artisanal Work Shaft 23 No Assays
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558,635 9,589,514 Artisanal Work Shaft 24 No Assays
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558,632 9,586,506 Artisanal Work Shaft 25 No Assays
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558,652 9,586,157 Sika ITATP6 24.4
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558,327 9,585,075 Artisanal Work Shaft 8 No Assays
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Midlands ITRC-5
(42 to 43m) 6.08
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558,311 9,586,044 Artisanal Work Shaft 18 & 19 No assays
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558,309 9,585,584 Anglo 180750 12.96
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558,302 9,585,534 Anglo 180165 61.8
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558,207 9,585,561 Artisanal work Shaft 34 No assays
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558,198 9,585,368 Anglo 180187 greater
than 20.1
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Carbonate alteration, pyritization and centimeter centimeter (sĕn`tĭmē'tər), abbr. cm, unit of length equal to 0.01 meter, the basic unit of length in the metric system. The centimeter is the unit of length in the cgs system. It is approximately equal to 0. quartz veinlets were noted adjacent to high grade quartz veins. Samples from artisanal stockpile stock·pile n. A supply stored for future use, usually carefully accrued and maintained. tr.v. stock·piled, stock·pil·ing, stock·piles To accumulate and maintain a supply of for future use. reveal veinlets of several millimeters with disseminated pyrite. Sample ITR See Internet Talk Radio. 6 taken from adjacent material during this survey averaged 1.24 g/t Au. Compilation of previous grab sampling from previous workers (Anglo 1997, Sika 2003, WGM WGM Whispering Gallery Mode (microresonators) WGM Women's Grandmaster WGM Work Group Manager WGM World Gone Mad (Austin, Texas drum and bugle corps) WGm West Germanic (linguistics) 2003) reported low grade to high grade in adjacent host rock. Potential for economic stockwork mineralization is to be considered during future exploration work.
Results obtained by previous worker from wall rock sampling
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Sample UTM E UTM N Description Au g/t
No.
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180166 558222 9585833 Hanging wall sheared & altered host rock 18.1
adjacent to sample 180165 averaging 61.74
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180167 558222 9585833 Footwall sheared & altered intrusive rock 3.14
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180168 568192 9585901 Hanging wall sheared & altered host rock 0.34
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180169 568192 9585901 Footwall sheared & altered intrusive rock 0.31
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180176 558198 9585820 Hanging wall sheared & alt. intrusive rock 4.30
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180184 558052 9585657 Hanging wall intrusive host rock 2.19
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180185 558052 9585657 Footwall intrusive host rock 0.79
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Field verifications of the Fugro 2003 radiometric airborne anomalies reveal one of the radiometric anomalies to be an elongated e·lon·gate tr. & intr.v. e·lon·gat·ed, e·lon·gat·ing, e·lon·gates To make or grow longer. adj. or elongated 1. Made longer; extended. 2. Having more length than width; slender. rhyolitic quartz eyes shallow intrusive located at the east part of the PL 2043. Midlands Minerals Corporation has initiated a comprehensive geological mapping program on the itilima Project. About 15 km of drainage mapping is anticipated in April 2005. The objective is to obtain geological information from new drainages and from areas where further confirmation is required. The areas of most interest are the surrounding of the rhyolitic quartz eyes shallow intrusive the western part of the Itilima and the south and south western parts of the project. The focus will be on felsic rocks felsic rock Igneous rock dominated by the light-coloured, silicon- and aluminum-rich minerals feldspar and quartz. The presence of these minerals gives felsic rock its characteristic light gray colour. with alteration, rusty veinlets and quartz veinlets which will be sampled. In areas where there are no exposures, pits will be dug to check the type of bedrock. Midlands Minerals Corporation is a 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. company which commenced trading under the symbol "MEX" on April 4, 2005. Midlands has a 75% interest in two contiguous prospecting licenses in Tanzania (the "Itilima project"). The two contiguous gold and diamond properties are located in the Lake Victoria Goldfields n. 1. A small slender woolly annual (Lasthenia chrysostoma) with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; it grows from Southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; - it is often cultivated. region of Tanzania. 1385 meters of RC drilling, supervised by Watts Griffis and McOuat Limited, was completed in April of 2004. There were 11 holes drilled for gold and 3 holes in kimberlite kimberlite: see diamond. kimberlite or blue ground Dark, heavy, often fragmented igneous rock that may contain diamonds in the rock matrix. targets. There are 82 kimberlite targets identified by an airborne magnetic and radiometric survey conducted by Fugro Airborne Services Limited in September 2003, of which 9 were identified as priority exploration targets. The 43-101 Report and a work program for the Itilima project were prepared by Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited. The Company also has an 80% undivided interest undivided interest n. title to real property held by two or more persons without specifying the interests of each party by percentage or description of a portion of the real estate. in a 109 sq km gold property on the north-east end of the Ashanti Gold Belt in Ghana (the "Kwahu Praso property"). Work done on the Kwahu Praso property to date consists of stream sediment sampling and soil geochemistry. The Kwahu praso Project is contiguous to Newmont Mining Newmont Mining Corporation NYSE: NEM, based in Denver, Colorado, USA, is one of the world's largest producers of gold, with active mines in, Nevada, Indonesia, Australia/New Zealand, Ghana, and Peru. Some smaller operations include Bolivia, Mexico, and Canada. Company's most recent acquisitions on the north-east end of the Ashanti Gold Belt. Midlands Minerals Corporation 1220 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 402 North York, Toronto, Canada M2K 2S5 The TSX-Venture Exchange has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed transactions and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this Press Release. Midlands Minerals Corporation (TSX VENTURE:MEX) |
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