Alba Mineral Resources PLC
14 February 2006
Alba Mineral Resources plc
('Alba' or 'the Company')
Alba Outlines Gold Mineralization at Bohaun
Alba Mineral Resources plc (AIM: ALBA), the UK based exploration company,
reports positive initial exploration results from a rock sampling programme at
the Company's Bohaun licence block in Ireland, in which the Company holds a 100%
interest. The results confirm Bohaun as a prospective gold target with high
grade potential.
Highlights
• Results from a reconnaissance rock sampling survey have outlined a large
and coherent zone of gold bearing, silicified outcrops and boulders,
measuring 1.25 kilometres in length and 125 metres wide.
• The programme has confirmed previously known mineralization and
revealed new gold bearing outcrops.
• Sampling to date has returned a number of high-grade gold results including
587.1, 51.1 and 19.9 grams per tonne gold ('g/t Au'), with associated
silver values of 186.2, 10.9 and 1.4g/t respectively.
Lance O'Neill, Chairman, Alba Mineral Resources commented; 'The initial results
from Bohaun verify high grade gold mineralization, widespread anomalous gold
values and confirm the potential of the licence area. The Company will conduct
detailed infill sampling, soil sampling and prospecting to further assess this
exciting prospect.'
Rock Sampling
Reconnaissance rock sampling was conducted across a north-north-east trending
silicified zone, containing variably developed quartz stockworks with minor
disseminated sulphides. The siliceous breccia body is hosted within a package
of meta-sedimentary country rock.
To date the known extent of the silicification and associated alteration is
traceable in outcrop over 1.6 kilometres and is up to 160 metres in width,
dipping steeply to the west. Chip sampling was conducted (perpendicular to the
dominant structural trend) across outcrops and a summary of the results from the
sampling programme are as follows:
Total samples: 66
Highest gold values: 587.1 (boulder), 51.1, 19.9 and 2.3 g/t Au
Samples over 5 g/t Au: 3 (5%)
Samples between 1 and 5 g/t Au: 5 (8%)
Samples between 0.1 and 1 g/t Au: 17 (26%).
The results from the sampling have outlined a large, coherent zone of gold
bearing outcrops along a strike length of 1.25 kilometres, confirming previously
known mineralization and revealing new zones gold mineralization.
Background
The Bohaun gold project comprises a block of eight contiguous exploration
licences with a total area of 177 square kilometres. The licences were granted
to Alba's wholly owned subsidiary Aurum Mineral Resources on 30th June 2004.
Alba is targeting low-sulphidation epithermal gold mineralization throughout the
Bohaun licence block similar to that recorded by a previous operator in the
centre of the block, where a north-south striking auriferous zone of
silicification was discovered during exploration activity in the early 1990's.
Low-sulphidation epithermal mineralization often contains cross-cutting
high-grade 'bonanza' veins.
Regionally the area offers much potential with a number of gold occurrences,
gold-bearing outcrop and float identified within the prospect. Other geochemical
anomalies have been identified associated with favourable structures which have
yet to be followed up by more detailed exploration;
ENDS
For further information contact:
Contact Company Telephone
Lance O'Neill, Chairman Alba Mineral Resources plc +44 (0)20 7499 8334
Wilson Robb, Exploration Director Alba Mineral Resources plc +353 (0)46 9059959
Justine Howarth/ Victoria Thomas Parkgreen Communications +44 (0 20 7493 3713
Liam Murray City Financial Associates Limited +44 (0)20 7090 7800
Notes to Editors
Alba Mineral Resources PLC is a junior explorer with a diversified commodity
portfolio, primarily nickel, gold, copper, cobalt and platinum group metals,
focussed on the Appalachian-Caledonide trend, a zone extending from the eastern
seaboard of North America to Scandinavia. Alba currently has interests in a
number of well researched properties in Scotland and Ireland, owned in its own
right or in conjunction with other parties.
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