Alberta Star Samples 22.72% Copper, 1427.0 G/Ton Silver And 8.30% Zinc At The Mile Lake, NT IOCG Discovery
Alberta Star Development Corp. (the “Company”) listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (ASX), on the OTCBB (ASXSF) and on the Frankfurt Exchange (QLD), is pleased to report on grab samples received from the Mile Lake IOCG prospect where the Company discovered a new high grade poly-metallic breccia that is rich in copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, silver and tungsten. (NR- Nov 16, 2006). The Mile Lake IOCG prospect is situated on the Company’s Contact Lake property on the south side of Echo Bay. Field work and sampling in 2007 has confirmed additional poly-metallic mineralization in grab samples at several target areas at Mile Lake, NT.
The Mile Lake Breccia is an IOCG prospect in which poly-metallic mineralization and alteration is intermittently exposed for over 6 kilometers in strike length, within a regionally extensive laminated volcaniclastic tuff which covers an area of 10 square kilometers. 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- Uranium (U-Ag) and the Eldorado Uranium (U-Ag- Cu- Co- Ni- Bi) mines.
The Company is reporting poly-metallic assay values from the sampling program which includes 11.69% copper, 8.30% zinc, 0.44% lead and 1330.0 g/ton silver as well as 22.72% copper, 0.59% lead and 619.0 g/ton silver and 6.61% copper, 3.66% zinc and 1427.0 g/ton silver.
Mile Lake, NT (Grab Samples)
Poly-metallic grab samples from Mile Lake, NT
Sample |
GPS Location |
Cu (%) |
Pb (%) |
Zn (%) |
Ag (g/ton) |
Bi (%) |
Co (%) |
|
Number |
Easting |
Northing |
Copper |
Lead |
Zinc |
Silver |
Bismuth |
Cobalt |
10451 |
450047 |
7323222 |
0.19 |
- |
- |
0.5 |
- |
- |
10452 |
450047 |
7323222 |
0.30 |
- |
- |
3.1 |
- |
- |
10454 |
450047 |
7353222 |
0.13 |
- |
- |
0.8 |
- |
- |
10457 |
451001 |
7322605 |
0.72 |
0.16 |
0.71 |
42.6 |
- |
0.09 |
10458 |
451001 |
7322605 |
0.26 |
0.10 |
0.17 |
12.2 |
- |
0.03 |
10468 |
453810 |
7322011 |
0.11 |
- |
- |
0.5 |
- |
- |
10471 |
454445 |
7323798 |
0.12 |
- |
- |
0.1 |
- |
- |
10473 |
452641 |
7323955 |
0.11 |
- |
- |
0.1 |
- |
- |
10476 |
452933 |
7324259 |
0.11 |
- |
- |
0.1 |
- |
- |
10477 |
452956 |
7324257 |
0.32 |
- |
- |
6.1 |
- |
- |
10479 |
453121 |
7323727 |
0.12 |
- |
- |
0.9 |
- |
- |
10483 |
454279 |
7324045 |
0.34 |
- |
- |
0.5 |
- |
- |
10484 |
449864 |
7322843 |
8.41 |
0.55 |
- |
272.0 |
- |
- |
10485 |
449864 |
7322843 |
22.72 |
0.59 |
- |
619.0 |
- |
- |
10486 |
449864 |
7322843 |
1.41 |
0.08 |
0.11 |
39.4 |
- |
- |
10487 |
450053 |
7323024 |
0.17 |
0.18 |
0.16 |
4.6 |
- |
- |
10488 |
450004 |
7322753 |
0.14 |
- |
0.14 |
18.6 |
- |
- |
10489 |
449995 |
7322773 |
0.16 |
- |
0.05 |
15.5 |
- |
- |
10491 |
452575 |
7321499 |
0.05 |
0.22 |
- |
2.1 |
- |
- |
10501 |
448677 |
7322372 |
0.72 |
0.07 |
0.32 |
2.8 |
- |
- |
10502 |
448677 |
7322372 |
0.24 |
- |
0.11 |
0.3 |
- |
- |
10503 |
449015 |
7322080 |
0.43 |
0.29 |
1.07 |
26.6 |
0.20 |
0.15 |
10504 |
449015 |
7322080 |
0.20 |
0.21 |
0.73 |
35.0 |
- |
- |
10505 |
448920 |
7322165 |
0.25 |
0.11 |
2.88 |
4.5 |
- |
- |
10506 |
448920 |
7322165 |
0.02 |
0.06 |
0.84 |
3.0 |
- |
- |
10507 |
448855 |
7322203 |
0.12 |
0.44 |
0.18 |
37.6 |
0.03 |
- |
10508 |
448855 |
7322203 |
3.98 |
0.73 |
0.58 |
626.0 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
10509 |
448855 |
7322203 |
0.02 |
- |
- |
2.2 |
- |
- |
10510 |
448855 |
7322203 |
11.69 |
0.44 |
8.30 |
1330.0 |
- |
- |
10511 |
448855 |
7322203 |
6.61 |
0.35 |
3.66 |
1427.0 |
- |
- |
10517 |
455286 |
7323809 |
0.20 |
- |
- |
0.4 |
- |
- |
10518 |
455281 |
7323837 |
0.46 |
- |
- |
0.5 |
- |
- |
10519 |
455343 |
7324996 |
0.32 |
- |
- |
9.9 |
- |
- |
Metal values. Gold $897.90 US per ounce, Copper $3.69 per pound, Silver $17.43 US per ounce, Cobalt $46.80 US per pound, Zinc $0.87 US per pound, Lead $0.87 US per pound and Uranium $59.00 US per pound as of June 5, 2008.
Previous drilling results (see NR-Nov16/06) and sampling (see NR-Feb 11/08) has confirmed the poly-metallic nature of the mineralization and demonstrated the widespread distribution of IOCG associated mineralization in the Eldorado & Contact Lake district. The Mile Lake Breccia is open for drilling along a strike length of greater than 6 kilometers within a 100 to 200 meter wide horizon. This is one of a number of IOCG & uranium targets that are emerging at Contact Lake, that are characterized by two to six metals within the target horizon.
In 2006 the Company collected over 60 surface rock samples from the Mile Lake property that were analyzed during the program with assayed values to a maximum of 15.34% copper, 1.90% lead, 5.71% zinc, and 293.0 g/ton silver. In addition to grab sampling, chip sampling was carried out along an exposed trench which produced the following average values over 3 meters: 3.48% copper, 0.70% lead, 0.78% zinc, and 23.0 g/ton silver and 0.12% molybdenum.
All samples were prepared, bagged and sealed by the Company’s supervised personnel and were transported by plane to Acme Analytical Laboratories Ltd. (“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. All samples were analyzed for a wide spectrum of minerals Mo, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Ni, Co, Mn, Fe, As, U, Au, Th, Sr, Cd, Sb, Bi, V, Ca, P, La, Cr, Mg, Ba, Ti, Al, Na, K, W, Zr, Ce, Sn, Y, Nb, Ta, Be, Sc, Li, S and Rb by inductivity coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) following a four acid digestion (HF, HClO4, HNO3 and HCl). All analyses for Cu, Ag, Au, U, Co, Ni, Bi, Pb, Zn and W which exceeded upper limits were re-assayed using the ICPFA method to validate values.
ELDORADO & CONTACT LAKE 5 YEAR CLASS “A” DRILLING PERMITS ISSUED-FULLY PERMITTED
The Company has been granted two new amended five-year Sahtu Land & Water Board Class “A” Land Use Permits amendments (Eldorado/Glacier Lake and Contact Lake) for long term diamond drilling at both the Eldorado & Contact Lake Projects. The Eldorado/Glacier Lake Permit (Permit No. SO5C-012) is valid until April 26, 2013 and the Contact Lake permit (Permit No.S05C-002) is valid until August 24, 2012. The Company has also submitted a formal application for a third drill permit to the Sahtu Land and Water Board (SLWB). This third “5-Year” drill permit application submitted in April 2007 has requested 15,000 meters of drilling per year, over a five-year period for a total of 75,000 meters which includes the area of the recently discovered Eldorado South radiometric anomaly. The Company is finalizing a second detailed and expanded TEK environmental baseline study for the Eldorado South region which will be submitted to conclude the final stage of the Eldorado South permitting process. This prospective IOCG & uranium target is being prepared for reconnaissance and detailed sampling, mapping and drilling.
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 113,488.09 acres in size. The Eldorado IOCG Project area includes two past producing high grade silver and uranium mines, 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. The five past producing silver and uranium mines include the Echo Bay Silver Mine, Eldorado Uranium Mine, Contact Lake Silver and Uranium Mine, Bonanza and El Bonanza Silver and Uranium mines and are now included within the Company’s land package ownership. Olympic Dam 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 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, 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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ALBERTA STAR DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Tim Coupland
President & CEO
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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