Forsys Announces Discovery of Extensive High Grade Zones From Ongoing 2011 Namibplaas Drilling Program
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 07/11/11 -- Forsys Metals Corp (TSX: FSY)(FRANKFURT: F2T)(NSX: FSY) ('Forsys' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce further positive drilling results from its ongoing Namibplaas drilling program at Exclusive Prospecting Licence No 3638 ('EPL 3638'), located 7 kilometres northeast of the Company's fully permitted Valencia Mining Licence No 149 in Namibia, Africa. In the period from the previous release in May 2011 to the date of this release, the Company has completed the final planned diamond drill hole and a further 80 percussion holes. From commencement of the program in July 2010, the Company has completed a total of 33 diamond drill holes and 208 percussion drill holes; a total of 59,833 metres (8,224 metres of diamond drilling and 51,609 metres of percussion drilling).
Marcel Hilmer, Chief Executive Officer, commented, 'Drilling since May 2011 has confirmed extensive mineralization in 50 of the 80 percussion drill holes, encountering many significant intersections of approximately 200 ppm U3O8 or better. The results from the Namibplaas drilling program are very encouraging and indicate the potential for significant high-grade areas. We are very pleased that the program continues to increase potential resources and the overall grade at Namibplaas.'
Highlights from the Most Recent 2011 Percussion
Drilling at Namibplaas
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Grade
Interval (ppm
Hole From (m) To (m) (m) U3O8)
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NAPD-146 48.2 55.1 6.9 217
185.0 194.6 9.6 217
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NAPD-149 52.4 57.9 5.5 264
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NAPD-150 46.3 50.6 4.3 214
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NAPD-153 36.9 40.2 3.3 460
167.7 183.6 15.9 195
195.5 200.8 5.3 199
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NAPD-154 73.0 75.8 2.8 302
104.1 106.8 2.7 246
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NAPD-156 150.3 156.2 5.9 219
197.1 209.8 12.7 234
211.3 215.8 4.5 226
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NAPD-157 24.2 27.6 3.4 191
65.6 80.0 14.4 199
201.1 209.1 8.0 205
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NAPD-161 48.3 55.0 6.7 205
56.5 60.3 3.8 267
61.1 73.1 12.0 342
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NAPD-162 78.4 82.3 3.9 205
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NAPD-164 66.6 75.9 9.3 256
122.3 132.4 10.1 234
153.6 161.7 8.1 196
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NAPD-165 86.4 108.1 21.7 193
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NAPD-165 121.9 127.5 5.6 216
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NAPD-168 29.8 62.3 32.5 186
172.0 175.3 3.3 212
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NAPD-169 87.1 113.0 25.9 262
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NAPD-170 94.7 99.7 5.0 198
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NAPD-172 66.5 72.3 5.8 237
87.3 115.1 27.8 252
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NAPD-173 66.5 77.6 11.1 215
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NAPD-174 107.0 124.6 17.6 339
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NAPD-176 149.4 155.2 5.8 244
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NAPD-178 106.9 122.0 15.3 304
125.5 133.3 7.8 249
230.3 240.7 10.4 205
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NAPD-179 39.3 45.8 6.5 234
59.5 66.4 6.9 213
101.5 105.2 3.7 224
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NAPD-180 119.5 123.6 4.1 243
161.0 171.1 10.1 294
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NAPD-183 15.4 39.3 23.9 202
169.5 174.9 5.4 208
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NAPD-184 39.4 43.7 4.3 302
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NAPD-189 26.3 31.6 5.3 299
75.1 80.7 5.6 223
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NAPD-190 196.0 201.9 5.9 204
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NAPD-191 123.8 142.4 18.6 220
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NAPD-193 20.4 28.2 7.8 288
47.7 56.9 9.2 388
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NAPD-194 48.3 54.1 5.8 226
126.4 135.6 9.2 219
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NAPD-195 35.8 40.8 5.0 206
144.0 147.6 7.7 256
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NAPD-196 42.7 57.7 15.0 208
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NAPD-197 136.1 143.2 7.1 203
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NAPD-198 39.7 43.9 4.2 301
44.7 48.8 4.1 218
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NAPD-199 85.3 89.5 4.2 202
102.8 113.9 11.1 214
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NAPD-200 36.8 48.3 11.5 247
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NAPD-201 108.2 113.8 5.6 203
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NAPD-202 19.0 53.8 34.8 239
99.1 109.0 9.9 218
184.5 191.8 7.3 397
223.3 245.1 21.8 214
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NAPD-203 75.4 82.1 6.7 199
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NAPD-204 96.9 101.8 4.9 213
123.2 132.4 9.2 302
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NAPD-205 30.1 35.0 4.9 231
60.7 70.1 9.4 302
82.0 89.8 7.8 218
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NAPD-206 52.0 65.8 13.8 233
103.3 108.1 4.8 407
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NAPD-207 70.6 74.5 3.9 201
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NAPD-209 48.8 52.5 3.7 855
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NAPD-211 123.6 134.3 10.7 242
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NAPD-214 52.4 55.6 3.2 576
130.0 135.3 5.3 208
138.4 143.3 4.9 225
164.1 176.4 12.3 197
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NAPD-215 44.5 53.0 8.5 196
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NAPD-216 43.0 46.9 3.9 915
141.1 146.7 5.6 222
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NAPD-219 32.7 36.8 4.1 247
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NAPD-220 70.8 76.3 5.5 258
142.9 148.1 5.2 247
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NAPD-222 58.6 75.3 16.7 205
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133.2 138.4 5.2 222
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NAPD-224 104.6 119.7 15.1 235
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Figure 1 below details all percussion drill hole locations. Additional information, including a comprehensive list of all significant assay results and individual detailed drill hole location maps for each of the diamond and percussion drill holes can be found on the Company website at www.forsysmetals.com. Previous drill results and the detailed Namibplaas project history were announced in the Company's News Releases dated November 8, 2010, February 2, 2011 and May 16, 2011 and are also available for download from the Company's website.
The area of higher grades corresponds to the magnetic high shown in the violet area, trending northeast to southwest.
To view Figure 1 - Namibplaas Drill Hole Location Map, please visit the following link:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/711826FIG.pdf
2011 Namibplaas Drilling Program and Consolidation Strategy
The Company has completed 80% of the total budgeted drilling program for 2011 and is on schedule to complete the planned drilling program by mid-August 2011. The Company continues to develop the preliminary design of an expanded consolidated project (based on an internally generated resource estimate) that could produce at least annually 6.0 Mlbs of U3O8 from the consolidated Valencia and Namibplaas deposits. Preliminary pit designs and mining schedules are expected to confirm the potential of a consolidated operation.
Forsys remains on target to complete a National Instrument ('NI 43-101') compliant technical report at Namibplaas by the end of the third quarter of 2011. The Company has already published a NI 43-101 compliant technical reserve report for its Valencia property which can be found on the Company website.
It should be noted that the potential quantities and grades and other technical parameters in reference to the consolidation of the Valencia and Namibplaas deposits are at this stage conceptual in nature only.
About the Namibplaas Uranium Project
Forsys owns 70% of Dunefield Mining Company (Pty) Limited which holds the Namibplaas EPL 3638 which covers a total surface area of 1,742ha on the farm 'Namibplaas 93'. Situated 7 kilometres northeast of the Valencia Uranium Project, the Namibplaas uranium project is accessible by way of a newly constructed industrial grade road from the B2 highway to the Valencia project site and from there by a trail suitable for 4x4 vehicles.
EPL 3638 is in good standing with all reporting and environmental requirements up to date. No encumbrances exist on the licence, no royalties are payable and there is no liability for any environmental taxes or royalties at this stage of exploration. A baseline Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Plan was carried out by Colin Christian, Independent Consultant, during October 2008 and approved by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism on December 11, 2008.
For more information of the Namibplaas, please refer to the Company's news releases dated November 8, 2010, February 2, 2011 and May 16, 2011 or our Annual Information Form, dated March 29, 2011, filed on the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.
NI 43-101 and Qualified Persons
Dr. Roger Laine, Ph.D., P.Geo, Chief Geologist for Forsys Metals Corp., is the designated Qualified Person responsible for the Company's exploration programs. Dr. Laine has verified the geological database that included review of geological description and interpretation, assays, and acquisition of radiometric data. Dr. Laine is familiar with the methods for Quality Assurance and Quality Control specifically applicable to uranium. Dr. Laine has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style and mineralization, type of deposit and the use of radiometrics in resource estimates as well as to the activity he is undertaking to qualify as a qualified person under NI 43-101.Equivalent U3O8 at Namibplaas has been calculated using the correlation established by Dr. Laine at Namibplaas; that correlation is almost identical to the one already calculated at Valencia.
About Forsys Metals Corp.
Forsys Metals Corp. is an emerging uranium producer with 100% ownership in the fully permitted Valencia Uranium Project in Namibia, Africa a politically stable and mining friendly jurisdiction. Current NI 43-101 compliant reserves at Valencia are 60.5 Mlbs of U308 supporting a 17-year mine life and current Measured and Indicated resources are 75.5 Mlbs U308 with a further 8.4 Mlbs of Inferred U308.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Forsys Metals Corp.
Marcel Hilmer, Chief Executive Officer
For further information visit our website at www.forsysmetals.com
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Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains projections and forward-looking information that involve various risks and uncertainties regarding future events. Such forward-looking information can include without limitation statements based on current expectations involving a number of risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance of the Company. The following are important factors that could cause Forsys actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements: fluctuations in uranium prices and currency exchange rates; uncertainties relating to interpretation of drill results and the geology; continuity and grade of mineral deposits; uncertainty of estimates of capital and operating costs; recovery rates, production estimates and estimated economic return; general market conditions; the uncertainty of future profitability; and the uncertainty of access to additional capital. Full description of these risks can be found in Forsys Annual Information Form, dated March 29, 2011, available on the Company's profile on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. These risks and uncertainties could cause actual results and the Company's plans and objectives to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking information. Actual results and future events could differ materially from anticipated in such information. These and all subsequent written and oral forward looking information are based on estimates and opinions of management on the dates they are made and expressed qualified in their entirety by this notice. The Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information should circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change.
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Contacts:
Forsys Metals Corp
Marcel Hilmer
Chief Executive Officer
61 417 177 942
mhilmer@forsysmetals.com
Forsys Metals Corp
Miranda Smith
Investor Relations
647-258-9721
msmith@forsysmetals.com
www.forsysmetals.com