W Resources PLC Portalegre drilling update (8825P)
October 31 2012 - 3:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 8825P
W Resources PLC
31 October 2012
31 October 2012
W Resources Plc
("W" or the "Company")
Portalegre Strikes Gold Grades at 15gram Per Tonne Over Three
Metres
W Resources Plc (AIM:WRES), formerly Caspian Holdings Plc, a
tungsten and gold exploration and development company with assets
in Spain and Portugal, announces continued exploration progress at
its 100% owned Portalegre project, which comprises two adjacent
gold exploration licenses (São Martinho and
Crato-Assumar-Arronches) and covers an area of approximately
500km(2) located 200km east of Lisbon.
To date a total of 17 holes for 1,480.70m have been drilled in
the reverse circulation drilling programme with assay results from
14 holes received.
The reverse circulation drilling results are positive as
demonstrated by the following significant intersections:
COLLAR FROM TO INTERVAL Au
m m m g/t
--------- ------- ------- --------- ------
SMRC016 26.00 28.00 2.00 1.11
--------- ------- ------- --------- ------
SMRC016 40.00 44.00 4.00 1.75
--------- ------- ------- --------- ------
(including 6m @ 3.04
g/t Au from 2.00m & 4m
SMRC019 2.00 32.00 30.00 1.07 @ 1.68 g/t Au from 28.00m)
--------- ------- ------- --------- ------
SMRC020 102.00 104.00 2.00 1.14
--------- ------- ------- --------- ------
SMRC021 26.00 32.00 6.00 1.00
--------- ------- ------- --------- ------
SMRC023 9.00 12.00 3.00 1.14
--------- ------- ------- --------- ------
(including 1m @ 5.11
SMRC024 0.00 8.00 8.00 1.22 g/t Au from 0.00m)
--------- ------- ------- --------- ------
SMRC025 7.00 8.00 1.00 1.07
--------- ------- ------- --------- ------
SMRC025 34.00 35.00 1.00 1.15
--------- ------- ------- --------- ------
(including 1m @ 44.90
SMRC025 52.00 55.00 3.00 15.59 g/t Au from 52.00m)
--------- ------- ------- --------- ------
SMRC030 15.00 16.00 1.00 1.48
--------- ------- ------- --------- ------
SMRC030 31.00 32.00 1.00 1.69
--------- ------- ------- --------- ------
True widths of intersections remain to be determined as
exploration and interpretation are at a relatively early stage
The drilling results are intersecting at shallow depth gold
grades above 1g/tonne with higher grade intersections in holes
SMRC019, SMRC024 and a very high grade intersection in hole SMRC025
of 15grams/tonne including 1metre at 44.9 grams per tonne.
Commenting on the results Chairman, Michael Masterman said:
"This is a great set of assay results with three higher grade
intersections. Consistent grades above 1g/t indicate potential for
a open pit deposit close to surface. Drilling will continue."
A detailed map of the Portalegre site including the 17 drill
hole locations can be found on the Company's website at
http://www.wresources.co.uk/projects/portalegre/
In other developments, as announced in February 2012, W has
extended its exclusive option on acquisition of the La Parrilla
mine until August 2013 though payment of EUR100,000 in February and
a second payment of EUR100,000 made in October 2012. Drilling to
define an increased JORC compliant resource has recommenced.
Enquiries:
W Resources Plc Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
- Nomad
Michael Masterman Gerry Beaney / Melanie Frean
/ Jen Clarke
T: +44 (0) 20 7193 7463 T: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100
www.wresources.co.uk
Simple Investments - Broker Gable Communications
Andy Thacker / Nick Emerson Justine James
T: +44 (0) 1483 413500 T: +44 (0) 20 7193 7463
www.simple-investments.co.uk M: +44 (0) 7525 324431
About Portalegre
Following the acquisition of AIO and its subsidiary IRP (which
was approved by shareholders at the 22 June 2012 Annual General
Meeting), Caspian owns a licence for the exploration of the São
Martinho gold prospect near the town of Portalegre (Northern
Alentejo), covering an area of 101.7 km(2), and located around 200
km East of Lisbon.
Numerous small roads and tracks provide good access within the
project area. An extended drilling programme to further develop the
topographical maps started on 6 February 2012.
On 23 March 2012, IRP was awarded an additional exploration area
("Crato-Assumar-Arronches area"), adjacent to the original São
Martinho area - this has an initial period of 2 years plus 3 annual
extensions (for a total of 5 years) and covers an area of 392.8
km(2).
Sampling, Assaying and Quality Assurance / Quality Control
(QA/QC) Measures
Drill sample intervals are reported as metres (m) down hole.
True widths of the mineralized intersections have not been
determined at this time. Sampling (1/8 of the drill material) is
performed at the drill site and all drill rejects (7/8 of the drill
material) are transported by the Company personnel from drill site
to a nearby secure storage facility for logging, by an experienced
geologist.
All the samples are sent by courier or transported by the
Company personnel for preparation to the ALS Minerals facility in
Seville (Spain). The resulting pulps are shipped by ALS to their
laboratory in Romania for gold assay using the Au-AA25 method (Au
by fire assay and AAS, 30g nominal sample weight).The detection
range for this method is 0.01-100 ppm. Samples exceeding the upper
detection limit are re- assayed by the method Au-GRA21 (Au by fire
assay and gravimetric finish, 30g nominal sample weight). The
detection range for this method is 0.05-1000 ppm. Samples with Au
values over 0.02 ppm, are re-analysed using the ME-MS61 method (48
elements by four-acid, ICP-MS and ICP-AES).
Reference samples (blanks and certified standards) are routinely
inserted by the Company geologist into the drill sample stream on a
regular basis as quality control measure in addition to the
laboratory's own internal QA/QC standards and duplicates.
Technical information in this report has been prepared in
accordance with the JORC Code and approved for inclusion by Mr
Fernando de la Fuente, who is a "qualified person" in respect of
the AIM Rules for Companies with over 37 years experience in the
Exploration and Mining Geology industry. Mr de la Fuente holds a
B.Sc. in Geology and a MSc in Geology from the University of
Granada in Spain. He is also a member of the Spanish College of
Geologists (Number 49), the Spanish Society of Mineralogy, founder
member of the Spanish Society of Geology, member of the Spanish
Association of Applied Geology to Mineral Deposits, member of the
Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc., member of
PDAC.
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