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Alturas drills 48.5 meters of 2.24% zinc and 0.13% copper at Huajoto, Central Peru
TSXV: ALT BVL: ALT TORONTO, Aug. 20 /CNW/ - Alturas Minerals Corp. ("Alturas") (TSX-V: ALT) is pl...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTSXV: ALT\nBVL: ALT\n\n\nTORONTO, Aug. 20 /CNW/ - Alturas Minerals Corp. ("Alturas") (TSX-V: ALT)\nis pleased to announce that it has intersected wide intervals of strong\npolymetallic mineralization in the first diamond drill hole of the 3,000 meter\ndrilling program currently in progress at the Huajoto project in central Peru.\nDrill hole JOT-08-01 intersected an upper section of 48.5 meters assaying\n2.24% zinc and 0.13% copper from 11.5 to 60.0 meters and a lower section of\n17.0 meters assaying 3.26% zinc and 0.18% copper from 101.0 to 118.0 meters.\nWithin these two sections, higher grade intervals of 5.80 meters assaying\n3.48% zinc and 0.18% copper, and 4.40 meters assaying 7.28% zinc and 0.37%\ncopper, were encountered. The entire 106.5 meter thick polymetallic\nmineralized package intersected between 11.5 and 118.0 meters averaged 1.64%\nzinc and 0.09% copper.\n\n\nDrill hole JOT-08-01 was designed to test the down dip extensions of\nstrong surface mineralization in trenches previously reported from the\nCaty-Pablo prospect (see press release dated June 4, 2008). The hole was\ndrilled to a depth of 355.6 meters at an inclination of -55 degrees towards an\nazimuth of 225 degrees beneath the mineralized trenches.\n\n\nMiguel Cardozo, President of Alturas commented, "This first drill hole\nhas confirmed the strong mineral potential of our Huajoto property. We\ninterpret these reported upper and lower mineralized zones as shallow dipping\n"mantos" of disseminated polymetallic mineralization that replace banded tuffs\nand the intervals reported approximate their true widths. Interestingly, the\nmaterial between the mantos is significantly mineralized and, together with\nthe mantos, defines a 106.5 meter thick target package of disseminated\nmineralization that we intend to follow up and expand with future drilling."\n\n\nThe accompanying table highlights key results from drill hole JOT-08-01:\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n From To Length Zn Cu Au REO\nDrill hole (m) (m) (m) (%) (%) (g/t) (%)\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\nJOT-08-01 0.00 11.50 11.50 0.08 0.01 0.01 0.26\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n 11.50 60.00 48.50 2.24 0.13 0.07 0.40\n-----------...