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ASTORIUS RESOURCES COMMENCES AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY OF ITS BABINE PORPHYRY COPPER-GOLD PROPERTY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Jun. 8, 2011 (TheNewswire.ca) -- June 8, 2011, Vancouver, BC - Astorius Resources (TSXV:ASQ)...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nASTORIUS RESOURCES COMMENCES AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY OF ITS BABINE PORPHYRY COPPER-GOLD PROPERTY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA\n\n Jun. 8, 2011 (TheNewswire.ca) -- June 8, 2011, Vancouver, BC - Astorius Resources (TSXV:ASQ) Ltd. (ASQ -- TSX Venture)(\"Astorius\") is pleased to announce that GEO Data Solutions GDS Inc. has been contracted to conduct an airborne geophysical survey of the company's Babine porphyry copper-gold property located north east of Granisle, in central British Columbia. The survey will involve a 2,845 line kilometer helicopter borne magnetometer survey that will investigate Astorius's entire Babine mineral property. The survey will commence immediately and preliminary results are expected to be available within two weeks of completion of the survey. The survey results will assist Astorius to plan, prioritize and carry out geological, geochemical and prospecting programs over a number of targets on its 30,426 hectare property.The Astorius-Babine project area is located approximately 70 kilometers northeast of the community of Smithers in the prolific Babine Porphyry Copper/Gold Belt. The claims are located adjacent to the Morrison Copper/Gold Deposit owned by Pacific Booker Minerals (TSXV:BKM) (AMEX:PBM) to the northwest and the historic Bell and Granisle Mine properties owned by Xstrata Canada Corp. to the south and west. Over the past year Astorius has been accumulating claims in this region through staking and purchase and is currently the largest mineral tenure holder in the Babine camp.The Bell Porphyry Copper-Gold Mine operated from 1977 to 1992 producing 304,795,539 Kg of copper, 12,885,964 grams of gold and 38,319,730 grams of silver from 77,146,088 tonnes of ore. The Granisle Porphyry Copper-Gold Mine operated from 1966 to 1982 producing 214,299,455 kilograms of copper, 6,832,716 grams of gold and 69,752,525 grams of silver from 52,321,517 tonnes of ore. The Morrison Copper/Gold Deposit has a proven and probable reserve of 224,250,000 tonnes at an average grade of 0.330% Cu, 0.163g/t Au and 0.004% Mo. The deposit is planned for production and has been accepted for review by the federal and provincial governments.Astorius geologists are compiling historic information on the Babine area and have discovered a number of target areas on the claims that were generated by regional government surveys. The airbo...