Nuinsco plans follow-up program on Muriel Lake base metal property

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TORONTO, Sept. 1 /CNW/ - Nuinsco is initiating a backhoe trenching
program on its Muriel Lake Property, 75 km north of Geraldton, to test the
hypothesis that sulphide mineralization is the source of the two strong
anomalous east-west UTEM (December 2004) responses traversing the centre and
south part of the claim group.
Nuinsco prospecting crews earlier this year visited the numerous
outcrops, and untested anomalous copper mineralization showings on the
property in order to plan the trenching program. Samples collected yield 24ppm
to 9740ppm Cu (40% of samples assay greater than 500ppm Cu.) All samples were
analysed by Accurassay Laboratories in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Locally anomalous
Au and Ag are also reported from the samples. Several massive and stringer
sulphide showings occur on the property, associated with variably altered
volcanic rocks, and comprise pyrite and pyrrhotite with variable amounts of
chalcopyrite and sphalerite. Historic sampling from local showings have
produced a wide range of anomalous values that peak at 16.22% Cu from the J.J.
Perry Trench and 5.8% Zn from the Galena Vein Trench. Prospecting in the
region dating to the 1920s has identified numerous Cu-Zn-Au-Ag base metal
showings but little exploration has been conducted until recently, allowing
considerable scope for a work program employing modern exploration techniques.

Concurrently Nuinsco is:

-  drilling its Berta Cu-Au porphyry property in Turkey,
-  completing prospecting and aerial geophysical survey work on its
   Diabase Peninsula Uranium property in the Saskatchewan Athabasca
   Basin, and
-  completing engineering and metallurgical work on its Minago nickel
   deposit in Manitoba

The results of this work are pending and will be released as they become
available.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Except for statements of historical fact, all
statements in this news release - including, without limitation, statements
regarding future plans and objectives of are forward-looking statements that
involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such
statements will prove to be accurate; actual results and future events could
differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
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