Excellent Results From Drilling at Continental's Newtongmen Deposit
January 28 2008 - 9:05AM
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (TSX VENTURE: KMK)(OTCBB: KMKCF)
announces the additional results from the 2007 drilling program on
its Newtongmen discovery at the Xietongmen property, located 240
kilometers from Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
Diamond drilling has continued to confirm the continuity of
porphyry copper-gold mineralization at Newtongmen, and expand the
deposit. Drills were deployed on a 100 meter by 100 meter grid,
testing the deposit for 500-600 meters along eight north-south
cross sections. A Drill Hole Plan and a Cross Section are posted on
the Company's website. The current results, shown in the Table of
Assays Results (attached), are largely from the eastern part of the
grid. Highlights are presented from the eastern to westernmost
section below:
Hole 7236N on section 636800E intersected 349 meters grading
0.43% CuEQ (0.35% Cu and 0.15 g/t Au), including 78 meters grading
0.72% CuEQ (0.59% Cu and 0.25 g/t Au).
Hole 7232N, on section 636700E, intersected 379 meters grading
0.34% CuEQ (0.28% Cu and 0.12 g/t Au), including 74 meters grading
0.51% CuEQ (0.43% Cu and 0.15 g/t Au).
Hole 7225N on section 636600E intersected 492 meters grading
0.46% CuEQ (0.36% Cu and 0.21 g/t Au), including 152 meters grading
0.68% copper equivalent (CuEQ; 0.50% copper and 0.35 g/t gold).
This hole is located 100 meters south of Hole 7221 (previously
released), which intersected 223 meters grading 0.76% copper
equivalent (CuEQ; 0.54% copper and 0.43 g/t gold), including 77
meters grading 1.23% CuEQ (0.88% Cu and 0.67 g/t Au). Hole 7230N,
located 100 meters south of hole 7225N, intersected 325 meters
grading 0.46% CuEQ (0.34% Cu and 0.23 g/t Au), including 132 meters
grading 0.75% CuEQ (0.57% Cu and 0.35 g/t Au).
Holes 7229N, 7223N, 7226N and 7231N were drilled on section
636400E. Hole 7229 intersected 594 meters grading 0.48% CuEQ (0.35%
Cu and 0.25 g/t Au), including 148 meters grading 0.72% CuEQ (0.48%
Cu and 0.45 g/t Au). Hole 7223 (previously released) intersected 63
meters grading 1.01% CuEQ (0.64% Cu and 0.71 g/t Au). Hole 7226N
intersected 424 meters grading 0.42% CuEQ (0.32% Cu and 0.20 g/t
Au), including 215 meters grading 0.56% CuEQ (0.42% Cu and 0.26 g/t
Au) and Hole 7231N intersected 325 meters grading 0.46% CuEQ (0.34%
Cu and 0.23 g/t Au), including 149 meters grading 0.56% CuEQ (0.41%
Cu and 0.30 g/t Au).
Hole 7234, drilled on section 636300E, 100 meters west of hole
7223N, intersected 600 meters grading 0.37% CuEQ (0.28% Cu and 0.18
g/t Au), including 111 meters grading 0.54% CuEQ (0.38% Cu and 0.30
g/t Au).
Long intervals of copper and gold mineralization were
encountered in most of the holes from the 2007 drilling program at
Newtongmen, with higher grade intervals intersected near to the
surface, providing an excellent opportunity to define a higher
grade starter pit. The deposit also remains open to further
expansion in all directions.
Complete assays for 16 additional holes are pending.
Mark Rebagliati, P.Eng., a Qualified Person as defined under
National Instrument 43-101, is supervising the drilling program and
quality assurance and quality control ("QAQC") programs on behalf
of Continental Minerals Corporation, and has reviewed the contents
of this release.
Continental's program includes rigorous QAQC procedures. Acme
Analytical Laboratories of Vancouver, BC, an ISO 9001:2000
accredited laboratory, performs the sample pulverization and
assaying for the project. Gold analysis is by 30 g Fire Assay
fusion with an Inductively Coupled Plasma-Emission Spectroscopy
(ICP-ES) finish. Copper assays are done by four acid digestion with
an ICP-ES/ICP-Mass Spectroscopy finish. Continental includes
standards, blanks and duplicates in addition to the laboratory's
internal quality control work.
For additional details, please visit the Company's website at
www.continentalminerals.com or contact Investor Services at (604)
684-6365, or within North America at 1-800-667-2114.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Ronald W. Thiessen, Co-Chairman
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed
"forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other
than statements of historical facts, that address future
production, reserve potential, exploration drilling, exploitation
activities and events or developments that the company expects are
forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the
expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based
on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of
future performance and actual results or developments may differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and
exploration successes, and continued availability of capital and
financing, and general economic, market or business conditions.
Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees
of future performance and actual results or developments may differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
For more information on Continental Minerals Corporation, Investors
should review the Company's annual Form 20-F filing with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov and its
home jurisdiction filings that are available at www.sedar.com.
TABLE OF ASSAY RESULTS - NEWTONGMEN DEPOSIT
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Inter- Inter- CuEQ
Drill From To cept cept Cu Au (1)
Hole Section (metres) (metres) (metres) (feet) % g/t %
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7224N 636600E 5.1 477.7 472.6 1551 0.27 0.15 0.35
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7224N Incl. 636600E 72.9 153.0 80.1 263 0.39 0.29 0.54
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7225N 636600E 0.0 492.4 492.4 1616 0.36 0.21 0.46
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7225N Incl. 636600E 10.6 163.0 152.4 500 0.50 0.35 0.68
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7225N Incl. 636600E 211.0 261.0 50.0 164 0.39 0.25 0.52
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7225N Incl. 636600E 366.0 443.0 77.0 253 0.35 0.17 0.44
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7226N 636400E 0.0 424.3 424.3 1392 0.32 0.20 0.42
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7226N Incl. 636400E 13.0 228.0 215.0 705 0.42 0.26 0.56
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7226N and 636400E 186.7 219.0 32.3 106 0.62 0.68 0.98
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7226N Incl. 636400E 246.0 277.0 31.0 102 0.33 0.25 0.46
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7227N 636700E 29.4 91.0 61.6 202 0.38 0.17 0.47
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7227N 636700E 242.5 322.4 79.9 262 0.30 0.11 0.36
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7228N 636700E 97.2 238.2 141.0 463 0.24 0.10 0.29
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7228N Incl. 636700E 97.2 134.4 37.2 122 0.35 0.19 0.45
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7229N 636400E 14.2 607.8 593.6 1948 0.35 0.25 0.48
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7229N Incl. 636400E 108.6 256.3 147.7 485 0.48 0.45 0.72
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7229N Incl. 636400E 474.6 607.8 133.2 437 0.42 0.19 0.52
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7230N 636600E 0.0 270.4 270.4 887 0.41 0.25 0.55
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7230N Incl. 636600E 0.0 131.7 131.7 432 0.57 0.35 0.75
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7231N 636400E 0.0 324.5 324.5 1065 0.34 0.23 0.46
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7231N 636400E 0.0 220.0 220.0 722 0.37 0.26 0.51
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7231N Incl. 636400E 0.0 148.8 148.8 488 0.41 0.30 0.56
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7232N 636700E 0.0 379.0 379.0 1243 0.28 0.12 0.34
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7232N Incl. 636700E 202.0 275.9 73.9 243 0.43 0.15 0.51
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7233N 636700E 0.0 237.0 237.0 778 0.28 0.13 0.35
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7233N 636700E 237.0 265.0 28.0 92 0.14 0.07 0.18
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7233N 636700E 265.0 286.4 21.4 70 0.22 0.12 0.28
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7233N 636700E 286.4 296.0 9.6 32 0.10 0.05 0.13
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7233N 636700E 296.0 374.4 78.4 257 0.26 0.13 0.33
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7233N 636700E 374.4 425.0 50.6 166 0.14 0.07 0.18
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7233N 636700E 425.0 458.2 33.2 109 0.27 0.16 0.35
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7234N 636300E 17.1 616.8 599.7 1968 0.28 0.18 0.37
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7234N Incl. 636300E 83.2 194.1 110.9 364 0.38 0.30 0.54
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7235N 636800E 0.0 125.5 125.5 412 0.21 0.13 0.28
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7235N 636800E 125.5 161.0 35.5 117 0.11 0.07 0.15
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7235N 636800E 161.0 180.5 19.5 64 0.22 0.11 0.27
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7235N 636800E 180.5 245.2 64.7 212 0.09 0.03 0.11
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7235N 636800E 245.2 370.4 125.2 411 0.23 0.08 0.27
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7236N 636800E 0.0 349.0 349.0 1145 0.35 0.15 0.43
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7236N Incl. 636800E 0.0 149.8 149.8 492 0.28 0.13 0.35
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7236N Incl. 636800E 149.8 227.7 77.9 256 0.59 0.25 0.72
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7236N and 636800E 149.8 162.8 13.0 43 1.63 0.84 2.06
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7236N 636800E 349.0 498.4 149.4 490 0.11 0.06 0.14
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(1) Copper and gold equivalent calculations use metal prices of US$1.50/lb
for copper and US$500/oz for gold.
Metallurgical recoveries and net smelter returns are assumed to be
100%.
CuEQ equals Cu % + (Au g/t x 14.58/30.00)
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor any other regulatory
authority accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.
Contacts: Continental Minerals Corporation Shawn Wallace
Investor Services (604) 684-6365 or North America Toll Free:
1-800-667-2114 (604) 684-8092 (FAX) Website:
www.continentalminerals.com
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