Alberta Star Intersects 21.08 Meters Of High Grade 2.23% Copper And 65.21 G/Ton Silver Of Iocg Style Mineralization At The Eldorado Iocg And Uranium Project
Alberta Star Development Corp. (the “Company”) listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (ASX) and on the OTCBB (ASXSF), is pleased to report additional high grade poly-metallic assay results from Drill hole PR-07-22 from the Company’s 2007 drill program at its Eldorado & Contact Lake IOCG and uranium projects. The 2007 drill program has been underway since May with over 19,600 meters of drilling been completed to date on IOCG targets. Over 73 holes have completed with 10,200 samples collected and submitted for assaying. The Eldorado IOCG & uranium target is located on the Company’s property, on the North side of Echo Bay, NT. The 2007 drilling program has confirmed additional widespread poly-metallic mineralization at several of its drill locations. The 2007 drill program is based on the Company’s previous drill programs and is focusing on expanding newly discovered poly-metallic mineralized zones, determining continuity and orientation, locating higher grade extensions of mineralization, and preliminary testing of the remaining, untested mineralized and altered zones within the project areas. All of the drill results from the first 11 holes (NR September 24, 2007) (October 1, 2007) including PR-07-22 from a 17-hole program on this IOCG target at Eldorado have intersected copper, silver, nickel, lead, zinc, cobalt, bismuth, uranium and vanadium bearing zones.
A QAQC (quality assurance, quality control) program conducted by Alberta star consisted of the introduction of standard, duplicate, and blank samples into the sample sequence at regular intervals. Standard samples were prepared by Acme Analytical Laboratories Ltd. (“ACME”) of Vancouver, B.C. All of the Company’s drill core samples were prepared, bagged and sealed by the Company’s supervised personnel and was transported by plane to ACME in Yellowknife, NT where they were crushed and pulped, and then transported to ACME’s main laboratories in Vancouver, British Columbia for assaying. ACME is a fully registered analytical lab for analysis by ICP-MS and ICP-FA techniques. Samples were subjected to aqua regia digestion and analysed for 40 elements induced coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) following a four acid digestion (HF, HClO4, HNO3 and HCl). All analysis for Cu, Ag, Au, U, Co, Ni, Bi, Pb, Zn and W which exceeded upper limits were re-assayed using the ICPFA method to obtain correct values.
Highlights from significant mineralized down hole intervals from hole PR-07-22 include:
- 21.08 meters of 2.23% copper, 65.21 g/ton silver and 0.20% V2O5 including 7.50 meters of 2.74% copper, 102.09 g/ton silver and 0.19% V2O5 and 3.58 meters of 3.90% copper, 66.37 g/ton silver and 0.13% V205 as well as 1.50 meters of 4.77% copper, 168.07 g/ton silver and 0.58meters of 9.47% copper and 182.40 g/ton silver.
- 0.70 meter of 1.49% copper 52.0 g/ton.
- 0.41 meter of 2.86% copper, 123 g/ton silver and 0.14% V2O5.
- 15 meters of 0.14% copper, 0.33% zinc and 0.12% V2O5. The accompanying table gives a summary of drilling highlights and assays from hole number PR- 07- 22 the Eldorado at Contact Lake, NT.
| Copper | Lead | Zinc | Silver | Nickel | Cobalt | Vanadium | ||||
| From | To | Interval | Cu | Pb | Zn | Ag | Ni | Co | V2O5 | |
| Drill Hole | (m) | (m) | (m) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (g/ton) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| PR-07-22 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.44 | 3.3 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.11 |
| 9.4 | 10.1 | 0.7 | 1.49 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 52 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | |
| 10.1 | 11.1 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 0.03 | 10.2 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | |
| 15.1 | 16.1 | 1 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 2.1 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 | |
| 17.1 | 18.1 | 1 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 1.8 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | |
| 22.1 | 23.1 | 1 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.28 | 1.1 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.05 | |
| 24.1 | 26.1 | 2 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.47 | 1.15 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 | |
| 31.1 | 34.1 | 3 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.79 | 1.4 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 | |
| 33.1 | 34.1 | 1 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 1.48 | 1.8 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 | |
| 40.1 | 41.1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 4 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.06 | |
| 42.1 | 43.1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.32 | 4.4 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.09 | |
| 45.15 | 66.23 | 21.08 | 2.23 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 65.21 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.2 | |
| 45.15 | 52.65 | 7.5 | 2.74 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 102.09 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.19 | |
| 58.65 | 62.23 | 3.58 | 3.9 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 66.37 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.13 | |
| 45.65 | 47.15 | 1.5 | 4.77 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 168.07 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 | |
| 61.65 | 62.23 | 0.58 | 9.47 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 182.4 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.09 | |
| 67.23 | 68.23 | 1 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 1.4 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | |
| 69.23 | 71.23 | 2 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.28 | 1.65 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.07 | |
| 74.23 | 89.23 | 15 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.33 | 2.59 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.12 | |
| 83.23 | 84.73 | 1.5 | 0.05 | 0.45 | 0.61 | 4.3 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.05 | |
| 93.73 | 95.23 | 1.5 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.24 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.06 | |
| 98.55 | 98.96 | 0.41 | 2.86 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 123.3 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.14 | |
| 115.46 | 124.46 | 9 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.52 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.07 | |
| 131.96 | 134.96 | 3 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 0.6 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | |
| 139.46 | 143.96 | 4.5 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.53 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | |
| 154.46 | 155.96 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | |
| 171.53 | 173.03 | 1.5 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | |
| 191.37 | 192.87 | 1.5 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.02 | |
| 218.4 | 219.1 | 0.7 | 0.73 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 1.3 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
Metal values as at today’s market price. Gold $728.10 US per ounce, Copper $3.76 per pound, Silver $13.29 US per ounce, Cobalt $29.90 US per pound, Zinc $1.41 US per pound, Lead $1.67 US per pound, nickel $14.07 US per pound, vanadium $7.50 and Uranium $75.00 US per pound as of October 3, 2007.
Note: Due to strong hydrothermal alteration which destroyed the original layering the host volcanic rocks, true thickness has not
been calculated for these holes.
Pictures of theEldorado IOCG & Uranium Project drill core may be viewed at the Company’s Website at www.elyseedevelopment.com.
Drill hole PR-07-22, with 45 degree inclination and 135 degree azimuth, is located at 256 meters SW of the previously-announced PR-07-18 drill hole. The company has already released news about PR-07-18, PR-07-19 and PR-07-20 (NR Oct 1, 2007) and will release news about drill hole PR-07-21 as soon as complete assay results have been received.
The Contact Lake & Eldorado district is being targeted by the Company for silver and uranium and polymetallic mineralization. The mineralization occurs within the same suite of volcano-plutonic rocks that host other poly-metallic zones in the Eldorado & Contact Lake mineral belt, including the former El Bonanza Silver (Ag) and the Eldorado Uranium (U-Ag-Cu-Co-Ni-Bi) mines. Veins of the former Eldorado and Echo Bay mines are situated in tuff/metasedimentary rocks, near the margins and apices of porphyry stocks, between underlying batholiths and overlying volcanic rocks. The cores and intermediate zones of the hydrothermal systems that are responsible for these veins are possible loci for larger, more typical, bulk-mineable IOCG-type deposits.
The Company has assembled an experienced IOCG & uranium technical team with advanced uranium exploration expertise, who believe the Eldorado & Contact Lake district has the potential to host both Olympic Dam and volcanic hosted styles of copper, gold, and uranium deposits. The current October 3, 2007 spot price for uranium provided by the Ux Consulting Company LLC (www.uxc.com) was $75.00 US per pound.
- THE ELDORADO & CONTACT LAKE IRON OXIDE COPPER, GOLD, SILVER AND URANIUM PROJECTS
The Eldorado & Contact Lake Permit Areas are located on the east side of Great Bear Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The permit areas are situated 470 kilometers north of the city of Yellowknife. The total size of the Eldorado & Contact Lake Permit area covers over 39671.83 hectares (98,027.77 acres) in size. The Eldorado & Contact IOCG + uranium project areas include six past producing high grade silver and uranium mines. These include the Echo Bay Silver Mine which produced 23,779,178 ounces of silver and the Eldorado Uranium Mine which produced 15 million pounds of uranium and 8 million ounces of silver (Normin NTGO: Senes Report 2005). Olympic Dam style volcanic-hosted hydrothermal iron-oxide copper, gold style of deposits are attractive targets for exploration and development due to their poly-metallic nature, high unit value and enormous size and grade tonnage potential. The Eldorado Mineral Belt which is situated in the Great Bear Magmatic Zone, NT, has long been recognized by geologists as one of the most prospective iron oxide copper, gold, silver and uranium regions in northern Canada.
- ALBERTA STAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Alberta Star is a Canadian mineral exploration company that identifies, acquires and finances advanced stage mineral exploration projects in Canada. The Company is committed to creating long term shareholder value through the discovery of base and precious metals and uranium.
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Investors are welcomed to contact Mr. Allan Feldman, Alberta Star’s In-house Investor Relations and Corporate Communications Specialist, for all corporate updates at (604) 948-9663
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Tim Coupland, President and CEO
Alberta Star Development Corp.
Tel 604.681.3131 Fax 604.408.3884
www.elyseedevelopment.com
ALBERTA STAR DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Tim Coupland
President & CEO
Lou Covello, B.Sc., P.Geo. is the qualified person for the Eldorado & Contact Lake IOCG Projects.
These results have been prepared under the supervision of Lou Covello, B.Sc., P.Geo., who is designated as a Qualified Person with the ability and authority to verify the authenticity and validity of this data. All rock samples were analyzed by Acme Analytical Laboratories Ltd. (“ACME”) in Vancouver B.C., Canada using ICP-MS and ICP-FA analysis techniques.
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