Gitennes Announces More Riddle Results

VANCOUVER, Dec. 7, 2011 /CNW/ - Gitennes Exploration Inc. (TSXV-GIT) is pleased to provide an update on its Riddle Project located in central, southern British Columbia. Analytical results have been received for ten samples of mineralized boulders and outcrop grab samples, confirming the presence of light rare earth elements and the unusual nature of the mineralized system.

All analyses were determined by Acme Analytical Laboratories in Vancouver. Rare earths were determined by ICP-MS following a lithium borate fusion (Acme method code 4B03). Barium and strontium were determined by X-Ray Fluorescence. Heavy rare earth concentrations are low, totalling less than 100 ppm, as are thorium, uranium, zirconium and yttrium.

Samples at Riddle were collected mostly from mineralized boulders scattered along old logging roads across an area 1,100 by 650 metres. Outcrop is extremely sparse in this area. The underlying rocks are mapped as Tertiary-aged Marron Formation phonolite and trachyte flows and conglomerate. Extensive areas of clay alteration (smectite) occur south of the area of current interest. Blocks of mineralized material are up to one-metre on edge, are angular to sub-round and may be locally derived. There is a significant diversity of mineral styles present, indicating more than one source for the float. These styles include hydrothermal breccia, mineralized volcanic tuff and volcanic grit suggesting a shallow hydrothermal system that formed bedded mineralized bodies that are cut by hydrothermal breccias. One small area (8 by 10 m) of outcropping mineralization was found within the boulder field. Mineralization here occurs as numerous, thin sheet-like "beds" within phonolite lava.

The primary rare earth-bearing minerals are yet to be identified. Unusually high strontium and barium levels are due to celestite and barian celestite which are major mineral components to the mineralization, as is purple fluorite and hematite. The strontium/barium association is strongly re-enforced by an orientation Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) survey that yielded a high-contrast, multi-element anomaly over the east-central portion of the area of interest (GIT release dated September 1, 2011).

Gitennes is pleased with the results at Riddle to date. The project is at a very early stage of exploration and is an unconventional, new type of mineralization in British Columbia. Rare earth concentrations are at levels of potential economic interest, and strontium values are exceptional. A 2,100 hectare property has been assembled that provides adequate protection should future work prove that the material found thus far is an indication of a much larger carbonatite / alkalic-magma related mineral system, such as those found at Mountain Pass, Bear Lodge, or Wigu Hill.

The technical information in this release has been reviewed by J. Blackwell (P.Geo.), a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

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