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VANCOUVER, June 28 /CNW/ - Tumi Resources Limited ("Tumi" and/or the
"Company") (TSXv-TM; OTCBB - TUMIF; Frankfurt - TUY). David Henstridge,
President, is pleased to announce the acquisition through staking of the
4,106 hectare Phoenix precious metal exploration property located in northern
Sonora, Mexico.
The property is underlain by Mesozoic age volcanic and sedimentary rocks
covered by a gently dipping alluvial plain. Within this sequence occurs at
least one horizon of intensely sheared and fractured rock (original
composition uncertain) that can be traced for over 4 km strike length
east-west. Within this zone occurs extensive hematite and ferruginous
carbonate alteration, along with quartz, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite and
oxides. The mineralized horizon(s) range from a few metres to tens of metres
in thickness.
Fifty-five rock samples were collected from various parts of the property
over an area roughly 4 km east-west by 3.5 km north-south. Values ranged from
trace amounts to 14.2 g/t gold and 73 g/t silver over 0.3 m and 7.8 g/t gold
and 136 g/t silver over 2.6 m. An average of two contiguous samples ran
1.0 g/t gold and 15 g/t silver over 6.1 m and averages of three contiguous
samples ran 0.5 g/t gold and 40 g/t silver over 11 m and 0.6 g/t gold, 46 g/t
silver over 3.9 m. Highly anomalous values found within these horizons include
0.22 g/t gold over 10 m, 0.4 g/t gold over 4 m and 0.52 g/t gold over 6 m.
Old workings developed by prospectors and small scale miners are
scattered throughout the property, and these are located mainly on the higher
grade portions of the structures, usually within quartz- and sulphide-rich
zones. Numerous small placer gold mining pits are located in the gravels
located between 1 and 3 km down-slope from the mineralized showings and
workings south of the Phoenix claim. No information on the production from
these placer mines is known at this time.
Tumi has identified this area as a target with excellent potential to
host a near-surface, bulk tonnage precious metal deposit. Most of the property
has not been explored by Tumi, and there appears to be no evidence of any
modern exploration. The known mineralized horizons are open to the east of the
area sampled so far, a distance of up to 4 km to the eastern boundary of the
Phoenix property.
Mr. Henstridge stated "This is an excellent exploration play for a large,
low grade precious metal system particularly as the structure has been traced
for over 4 km. This style of mineralisation is well known in Sonora, including
La Herradura, La Choya and San Franciso mines and the Lluvia de Oro, La Jojoba
and El Chanate deposits. Surface exploration in the area will commence
immediately."
The qualified person for Tumi's projects, David Henstridge, a Fellow of
the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Member of the
Australian Institute of Geoscientists, has visited the Phoenix Property and
has verified the contents of this news release.
On behalf of the Board,
"David Henstridge"
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David Henstridge, President & CEO
Forward Looking Statements
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