Ascendant Copper Announces Zonia Metallurgical Data

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, June 18 /CNW/ - Ascendant Copper Corporation ("Ascendant" or\nthe "Company") (TSX:ACX) is pleased to announce that through a wholly-owned\nsubsidiary it has recently acquired a comprehensive metallurgical data package\npertaining to its Zonia copper project located in Yavapai County, Arizona.\nThis metallurgical data, developed over a period of almost a year, was\ncommissioned by another mining company conducting technical due diligence of\nthe Zonia property prior to Ascendant's acquisition of it.\n\n\nThe data and descriptive report, generated by Metcon Research, Inc.\n("Metcon") of Tucson, Arizona in 2007-2008, consists of information developed\nin column tests performed on several tons of material collected from four\ntrenches cut within the existing Zonia open pit, and bottle roll tests on both\nthe same material and numerous samples of previously collected drill cuttings\nfrom lower depths within the Zonia deposit. All tests were directed at\ndetermining the mineralized material's response to treatment by heap leaching\nand solvent extraction/electro-winning (SXEW) recovery of copper. Indicated\nrecoveries, based on various material sizes and leach times, were between 71%\nand 81%.\n\n\n"Metallurgy, and correct metallurgical testing, are paramount to the\nsuccess of any SXEW operation," said Gary E. Davis, CEO and President. "While\nmuch metallurgical data already exists on the Zonia project as developed for\nan existing feasibility study prepared in 1995, this Metcon data, coupled with\nproposed additional testing of deeper material within the existing mine pit\nboundaries and in areas of probable pit expansion, will solidify this\nimportant technical component for advancing the project feasibility study."\n\n\nTetra Tech Inc., responsible for the coordination and assembly all\ninformation necessary for completion of definitive feasibility study covering\nthe Zonia project, will incorporate this recently acquired data into the\nplanning of final metallurgical testing for Zonia. The target date for Tetra\nTech's feasibility study is the first quarter of 2009.\n\n\nThe Zonia project consists of 3,222 acres of patented and unpatented\nmining claims in the Walnut Grove Mining District with easy access to power\nand paved roads. The property was operated betw...

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