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El Nino Ventures Update on Exploration program Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTSX.V: ELN\n\n\nOTCBB: ELNOF\n\n\nFrankfurt: E7Q\n\n\n- All drill chips samples at ALS Chemex Laboratories in South Africa.\n- Drill results to be released when received.\n- Soil sampling program to start in next few weeks\n- Planning is underway to define 2008 exploration and drilling campaign\n\n\nVANCOUVER, Dec. 10 /CNW/ - El Nino Ventures Inc. ("El Nino") (TSX.V: ELN;\nOTCBB: ELNOF; Frankfurt: E7Q) is pleased to announce that all samples are now\nat the ALS Chemex laboratories in South Africa. Results will be released once\nall assays and results have been communicated to El Nino.\n\n\nThe company will also start a soil sampling program to cover the research\npermits owned by the company. This soil sampling program will focus on new\nareas of interest identified on the research permits and the results will be\nincorporated into the 2008 exploration program. Over the next few months some\n25,000 samples will be taken with the bulk of these samples taken where\nmineralization is outcropping or where artisanal workers have been active.\nComplete mapping of the research permits will be done at the same time as the\nsoil sampling program.\n\n\nJean Luc Roy, President of El Nino states, "Even if the rains have\nstopped our 2007 drilling campaign, we are initiating a soil sampling program\nto gain even more information that will be used to define our 2008 exploration\nand drilling campaign. Our drill results will be used to complement our\nanalysis of the airborne geophysics and this will give us a solid foundation\nfor next year."\n\n\nAbout El Nino Ventures Inc.\n\n\nEl Nino Ventures is a junior exploration company, whose corporate\nobjective is to revisit former mining regions and apply the latest\ntechnologies to advanced stage exploration targets. El Nino has acquired a 70%\ninterest in over 350 square kilometers in the world renowned copper belt in\nthe Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition to our copper project in the\nCongo, El Nino is currently in the middle of a 25,000 meter drill program on\nthe Bathurst Mining Camp via an option/joint venture agreement with Xstrata\nZinc.\n\n\nOn Behalf of the Board of Directors\n\n\n(signed)\n\n\nJean Luc Roy, President and CEO\n\n\nThe TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept\n\n\nresponsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this rele...