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More assays received from Blackthorn, BHP Mumbwa JV

  •  30 September 2009
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More assays received from Blackthorn, BHP Mumbwa JV

MUMBWA joint venture partners Blackthorn Resources and BHP Billiton have announced results from drill hole ZMMUM-008 in Zambia.

Copper mineralisation was intersected in the drill hole which included 3m at 0.45 % Cu between 300m and 303m, including 1m at 0.60 % Cu between 301m and 302m; 6m at 0.83 % Cu between 340m and 346m, including 1m at 1.48 % Cu between 340m and 341m, and 1m at 1.13 % Cu between 411m and 412m.

No gold mineralisation above the cut-off of 0.25g/t Au was detected in this hole.

The partners said ZMMUM-008 was core drilled vertically and was terminated at a drilled depth of 668.3 metres. A total of 460 samples of drill core and quality control samples were submitted for sample preparation and multi-element analysis.

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