VANCOUVER, Jan. 22 /CNW/ - Apella Resources Inc. (TSX.V: APA); (Frankfurt Symbol: NWN) and its Board of Directors are pleased to announce the results of its channel sampling program which was recently completed on its 100-per-cent owned Lac Dore North Vanadium-Titanium-Iron Project. The Lac Dore North property encompasses 18 claims covering an area of approximately 300 hectares (741 acres), covering the Northeast extension of the renowned Lac Dore Vanadium-Titanium-Iron Deposit, over a strike length of 2.6 kilometers (1.6 miles). A total of 60 samples were taken, representing a total length of sampling of about 90 meters and the results are as follows:
Vanadium values from 0.05% to 0.610%, which after conversion to V205, returned values from 0.089% to 1.089%. The average grade of Vanadium Pentoxide (V205) is 0.55%. Titanium (Ti02) values range from 1.33% to 12.30%; the average grade of Titanium (Ti02) is 6.40%. Iron (Fe) values range from 13.23% to 56.50%; the average grade of Iron (Fe) is 32.81%.
These results represent only a small part of the P1 Zone (G.O. Allard, 1990) crossing Apella's claims, however they are compatible with results obtained by the previous owners of the claims. The channel samples did not cross the total width of this zone, therefore the Company's geologist recommends stripping a stratigraphic section across the P1 Zone before undertaking an aggressive drilling program.
During the Fall 2008 exploration program, Apella's field crew stripped and cleared off two large areas, covering several hundred square meters of magnetite-bearing mineralization, as well as four smaller zones. The stripped areas cover part of the P1 Zone which is found at the base of the Layered Series of the Lac Dore Anorthositic Complex. Normally this zone varies from 30 to 90 meters in thickness. It is the only zone which contains economic values of Vanadium. The P1 Zone is made of an alternation of leucocratic ferrogabbro, magnetite rich ferrogabbro, ferropyroxennite, magnetite rich pyroxenite and magnetitites. The channel sampling cut part of this alternation like a horizontal drill hole. It is consequently normal to obtain samples presenting rich and low Vanadium contents.
On one of the stripped areas, two Northwest oriented transversal lines, situated 25 meters apart, were sawed down to a 5 centimeter (2 inches) depth. The channels are 5 centimeters (2 inches) in width. Channel samples, recovered with a hammer and chisel, are an average of 1 meter in length and between 2.44 and 7.42 kilograms in weight.
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Trench Number Sample ID Fe V% V(2)O(5) T(i)O(2)
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V1-1 825431 30.60 0.387 0.691 7.42
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V1-2 825432 39.90 0.409 0.730 10.20
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V1-3 825433 37.20 0.401 0.716 8.58
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V1-4 825434 30.20 0.337 0.602 6.94
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V1-5 825435 31.20 0.341 0.609 7.07
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V1-6 825436 45.00 0.503 0.898 10.25
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V2-1 825437 53.40 0.610 1.089 12.30
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V2-2 825438 45.90 0.521 0.930 10.35
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V2-3 825439 48.60 0.544 0.971 11.05
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V2-4 825440 50.30 0.565 1.009 11.65
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V2-5 825441 36.60 0.400 0.714 8.43
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V2-6 825442 45.50 0.517 0.923 10.75
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V3-1 825443 24.10 0.178 0.318 4.26
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V3-2 825444 17.05 0.164 0.293 3.49
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V3-3 825445 29.40 0.324 0.578 6.42
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V3-4 825446 34.80 0.393 0.702 7.72
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V3-5 825447 28.60 0.321 0.573 6.17
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V4-1 825448 35.60 0.390 0.696 7.40
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V4-2 825449 32.50 0.357 0.637 6.93
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V4-3 825450 26.20 0.257 0.459 5.15
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V5-1 825451 29.20 0.319 0.569 6.32
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V6-1 825452 34.30 0.385 0.687 7.80
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V6-2 825453 39.50 0.447 0.798 8.86
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V6-3 825454 46.60 0.543 0.969 10.70
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V6-4 825455 19.05 0.193 0.345 3.97
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V6-5 825456 22.00 0.214 0.382 4.60
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V7-1 825457 46.80 0.536 0.957 10.25
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V8-1 825458 23.90 0.242 0.432 4.97
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V8-2 825459 17.20 0.155 0.277 3.18
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V8-3 825460 17.50 0.168 0.300 3.36
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V8-4 825461 13.75 0.128 0.228 2.77
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V9-1 825462 40.50 0.437 0.780 8.51
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V9-2 825463 36.90 0.395 0.705 7.81
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V6-0 825464 13.24 0.070 0.125 1.93
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V6-6 825465 34.42 0.270 0.482 5.80
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V6-7 825466 29.61 0.220 0.393 5.03
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V6-8 825467 30.77 0.160 0.286 3.62
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V6-9 825468 30.21 0.190 0.339 4.09
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V6-10 825469 13.72 0.050 0.089 1.33
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V6-11 825470 15.96 0.090 0.161 2.36
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V6-12 825471 30.00 0.230 0.411 5.00
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V6-13 825472 13.63 0.070 0.125 1.83
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V6-14 825473 19.45 0.110 0.196 2.71
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V6-15 825474 32.15 0.240 0.428 5.39
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V6-16 825475 27.09 0.180 0.321 4.28
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V6-17 825476 24.31 0.160 0.286 3.98
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V6-18 825477 27.26 0.190 0.339 4.47
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V6-19 825478 52.10 0.430 0.768 8.91
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V6-20 825479 49.01 0.430 0.768 8.75
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V6-21 825480 28.00 0.220 0.393 4.64
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V6-22 825481 43.41 0.340 0.607 7.09
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V6-23 825482 53.26 0.440 0.785 9.19
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V6-24 825483 25.40 0.180 0.321 3.94
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V6-25 825484 31.70 0.260 0.464 5.59
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V6-26 825485 27.13 0.200 0.357 4.58
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V10-1 825486 33.09 0.270 0.482 5.84
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V10-2 825487 39.95 0.280 0.500 5.98
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V10-3 825488 56.50 0.440 0.785 9.19
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V10-4 825489 56.20 0.450 0.803 9.25
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V10-5 825490 21.17 0.140 0.250 3.35
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Samples were analyzed by ALS-Chemex laboratories in Val d'Or, Quebec and in Perth, Australia, using two different methods. The first method is aimed at Iron ore. It consists of a fusion followed by X-Ray fluorescence spectrometry (ME-XRF-11). The accuracy for Vanadium is 0.001%. However, shipping the samples to Australia required a long quarantine period which does not allow for results prior to a three month time period. Consequently, the Company requested that the laboratory propose a method of assaying providing almost the same results but with a much shorter waiting period. The second batch of samples were treated by fusion (lithium metaborate) followed by X-Ray fluorescence (ME-XRF-06). Results were obtained within three weeks using this method.
The qualified person for the purposes of this news release is Dr. Christian G. Derosier, P.Geo.
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