Trading Symbol: CCY

VANCOUVER, Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Catalyst Copper Corp. (the "Company" or "Catalyst") is pleased to release the latest drill results from the on-going drill program at the La Verde copper porphyry project in Michoacán state, Mexico.

Drill holes LV11-020, LV11-024 and LV11-025 were drilled on the East Hill deposit. LV11-020 returned 0.51% copper, 0.045 g/t gold and 3.3 g/t silver over 58.00 meters and 0.41% copper, 0.065 g/t gold and 4.2 g/t silver over 133.50 meters. Drill hole LV11-024 returned 0.50% copper, 0.073 g/t gold and 5.0 g/t silver over 358.90 meters including  0.63% copper, 0.105 g/t gold and 8.8 g/t silver over 112.70 meters. LV11-025 returned 0.22% copper, 0.034 g/t gold and 1.5 g/t silver over 239.00 meters. Total results for these East Hill drill holes are shown in Table 1.

Drill holes LV11-021 to Lv11-023 were drilled to test a geophysical (Induced Polarization) anomaly located 1.5 kms south of the main La Verde deposits. Only two of the three drill holes penetrated the thick overburden found in this area. These drill holes intersected iron sulfides (pyrite), iron oxides (magnetite) which would explain the IP anomaly.

TABLE 1. 2011 Drill Results

Drill Hole From To Length Cu% Au g/t Ag g/t Mo% Location
                 
LV11-020 191.00 739.00 548.00 0.232 0.031 2.2 0.003 East Hill
incl. 191.00 249.00 58.00 0.505 0.047 3.3 0.002  
incl. 492.00 625.50 133.50 0.412 0.065 4.2 0.004  
incl. 653.50 663.50 10.00 0.253 0.042 1.2 0.004  
incl. 715.40 739.00 23.60 0.242 0.031 1.2 0.003  
                 
LV11-021 No significant assays IP Anomaly
                 
LV11-022 Did not reach target IP Anomaly
                 
LV11-023 No significant assays IP Anomaly
                 
LV11-024 200.00 558.90 358.90 0.502 0.073 5.0 0.003 East Hill
incl. 200.00 257.00 57.00 0.538 0.019 4.8 0.002  
incl. 269.00 302.85 33.85 0.357 0.029 3.8 0.001  
incl. 307.40 420.10 112.70 0.630 0.105 8.8 0.002  
incl. 307.40 558.90 251.50 0.541 0.096 5.5 0.003  
incl. 426.00 479.50 53.50 0.369 0.048 2.0 0.002  
                 
LV11-025 84.85 869.50 784.65 0.160 0.030 1.5 0.004 East Hill
incl. 630.50 869.50 239.00 0.220 0.034 1.5 0.004  
                 
LV11-026 0 753.85         Assays pending
                 
LV11-027 0 549.55         Assays pending
                 
LV11-028             In progress
                 
Previously released 2011 drill holes
                 
LV11-013 91.70 151.40 59.70 0.378 0.002 -- -- West Hill
                 
LV11-014 130.10 143.48 13.38 0.592 0.012 -- 0.002 West Hill
  312.00 330.90 18.90 0.498 0.018 -- --  
  358.24 368.45 10.21 0.370 0.003 -- --  
  409.30 419.80 10.50 0.787 0.003 -- --  
  487.85 646.50 158.65 0.450 0.002 -- 0.002  
                 
LV11-015 14.90 40.95 26.05 0.310 0.017 -- -- West Hill
  241.00 258.60 17.60 0.526 0.109 -- --  
  505.00 519.15 14.85 0.439 0.003 -- --  
  551.00 580.15 29.15 0.438 0.003 -- 0.003  
                 
LV11-016 7.60 875.49 876.89 0.363 0.005 -- -- West Hill
                 
LV11-017 320.62 711.00 390.38 0.413 0.078 3.2 0.005 East Hill
incl. 496.82 633.70 136.88 0.653 0.118 4.0 0.002  
                 
LV11-018 486.20 876.55 390.35 0.432 0.051 4.2 0.004 East Hill
incl. 743.10 876.55 133.45 0.572 0.065 6.5 0.003  
                 
LV11-019 239.30 699.45 460.15 0.572 0.117 6.1 0.003 East Hill
incl. 239.30 414.34 175.04 0.760 0.206 9.1 0.003  
incl. 424.00 472.00 48.00 0.731 0.166 5.3 0.003  
incl. 582.43 624.25 41.82 0.943 0.009 10.0 0.003  
                 

Drill hole LV11-020 was drilled on section 812350 in the eastern part of the East Hill deposit in an area previously drilled with shallow drill holes (