Earth Search Sciences' Hyperspectral Technology Helps Identify Existence and Location of New Precious Metals at El Capitan Prope
March 20 2007 - 11:12AM
PR Newswire (US)
LAKESIDE, Mont., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Earth Search
Sciences, Inc. (OTC:ESSE) (BULLETIN BOARD: ESSE) ; (
http://www.earthsearch.com/ ) announced today that El Capitan
Precious Metals, Inc. (OTC:ECPN) (BULLETIN BOARD: ECPN) credits
Earth Search's innovative Probe-1 hyperspectral remote sensing
technology as a component in the identification of a potentially
rich mineral field on the company's property near Ruidoso, New
Mexico. "The technology Earth Search employed on the project helped
us identify promising areas of mineralization," said Chuck Motley,
President and CEO of El Capitan. "These areas of mineralization are
right where Earth Search's technology indicated they would be. In
addition, we are pleased that preliminary analysis indicates the
deposit has good potential for production." Using an eight-acre
parcel of known mineralization on El Capitan's property as a
baseline for comparison, Earth Search Sciences then expanded the
original discovery and mapped an additional 8,000 acres of the
property. The PROBE-1 hyperspectral instrument -- which Earth
Search uses in flight to identify specific minerals and substances
on the surface of the earth -- found indications of promising
mineralization throughout the mapped area. El Capitan is planning
to undertake a program to confirm the values of the discovery. "The
PROBE-1 hyperspectral instrument has again proven its capability in
surface exploration for identifying the pathfinders leading to
mineral deposits," said Larry Vance, Chief Executive Officer of
Earth Search Sciences. "We are pleased that our Probe-1
hyperspectral technology delivered for El Capitan Precious Metals
helping to identify their discovery and we believe that this
represents a significant step in demonstrating the effectiveness of
our hyperspectral imaging technology." The Probe-1 has previously
been successfully used in mineral exploration by one of the world's
largest mining companies, Noranda Minerals. About Earth Search
Sciences Earth Search Sciences, Inc.'s (OTC:ESSE) (BULLETIN BOARD:
ESSE) revolutionary hyperspectral technology provides the ability
to accurately read the chemical properties of surface substances
from great altitudes and produce easily interpreted maps allowing
the user to identify specific minerals and substances on the
surface of the earth by their diagnostic reflectance patterns.
Ultimately, this remote sensing capability identifies a greater
number of exploration targets quickly and economically, monitors
the environmental situation, and improves the probability of
finding anomalies. Older, more conventional methods would take
decades to cover the same area, and at a much greater cost. Within
the realm of exploration, remote sensing does not replace the need
for geological knowledge, geochemistry, geophysics, seismic,
drilling, etc, which are some of the more conventional tools used
for exploration. About El Capitan Precious Metals El Capitan
Precious Metals, Inc. (OTC:ECPN) (BULLETIN BOARD: ECPN) is an
exploration stage company that owns a 40 percent interest in the El
Capitan property located near Capitan, New Mexico, as well as a
joint venture and 20 percent ownership of 13 mining claims and
other assets known as the C.O.C. mine located near Kingman,
Arizona. In addition, the company owns contractual rights to the
Rainbow Valley property consisting of 1,660 acres and 100 percent
of the Weaver mine, both near Phoenix, Arizona. Contact: Larry
Vance . Earth Search Sciences, Inc. 406-751-5200 . Dave Parker .
208-388-3800 . DATASOURCE: Earth Search Sciences, Inc. CONTACT:
Larry Vance of Earth Search Sciences, Inc., +1-406-751-5200, ; or
Dave Parker, +1-208-388-3800, , for Earth Search Sciences, Inc.
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