Cream Minerals Reports Drill Results for the Veta Tomas Zone, Nuevo Milenio Silver-Gold Project, Mexico
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/08/11 -- Cream Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: CMA)(OTCBB: CRMXF)(FRANKFURT: DFL) ('Cream' or the 'Company') is pleased to provide results of in-fill drilling for the Veta Tomas zone, one of three higher grade silver and gold in quartz veins. The in-fill drilling of the Veta Tomas zone is one aspect of the 20,000 metre diamond drill program currently in progress at the 100% owned Nuevo Milenio Silver-Gold Project, Nayarit State, Mexico. Nuevo Milenio is a low sulphidation, epithermal precious metal prospect containing silver-gold mineralization in quartz vein quartz stock work zones hosted within a collapsed caldera. Two drill rigs are drilling at Nuevo Milenio with the objective of completing in-fill drilling and testing additional targets. To date approximately 18,500 metres of drilling in 77 drill holes has been completed.
Results for eight in-fill drill holes on the Veta Tomas zone are presented below. These results should be viewed in combination with seven previously released assays (see Cream news release June 6, 2011 at the following link: http://www.creamminerals.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=460829&_Type=News-Releases&_Title=Cream-Minerals-Reports-Assay-Results-For-The-Nuevo-Milenio-Silver-Gold-Proj) to obtain a better understanding of the Veta Tomas zone. The objective of the in-fill drilling on Veta Tomas is to confirm grade, width and continuity of the structure. To date drilling has confirmed continuity and stacking of the structure. Results compare well with the current geological interpretation. (Please visit the following link to view a drill map: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/cma908i.jpg.)
Nuevo Mileno contains a NI 43-101 compliant Inferred Mineral Resource of 54.6 million ounces silver equivalent at an average grade of 251 g/t silver and 1.660 g/t gold. Prices at the time of the report were USD$10.28 silver and USD$816.09 gold. For complete details of the Inferred Mineral Resource see Table - Revised NI 43-101 Report, dated December 24, 2008 in this news release.
Highlights of the Drill Results
Highlights include significant drill intersections (intersections are drill widths, true widths are 50% to 70% of drill intersected width depending on drill inclination).
VT 10 - 11
172.10 g/t Ag and 0.489 g/t Au over 9.53 metres including 183.47g/t Ag and 0.545 g/t Au over 5.53 metres and 375.80 g/t Ag and 0.953 g/t Au over 1.53 metres.
VT 12 - 11
105.39 g/t Ag and 0.824 g/t Au over 7.26 metres, including 126.98 g/t Ag and 1.009 g/t Au over 5.62 metres, 194.70 g/t Ag and 1.332 g/t Au over 3.62 metres and 335.90 g/t Ag and 1.714 g/t Au over 1.50 metres.
VT 15 - 11
157.60 g/t Ag and 0.483 g/t Au over 6.00 metres including 215.80 g/t Ag and 0.386 g/t Au over 2.00 metres, and 153.66 g/t Ag and 0.813 g/t Au over 2.00 metres.
ASSAY RESULTS
Below are sections 13 to 17 showing all assay data received to date.
SECTION 14b
This section was originally intended to be drilled 25 metres to the SW from the setup of DDH 07 - 24 however there was insufficient space for a drill pad. VT 03 - 11, (see Cream news release June 6, 2011), VT 12 - 11 and VT 15 - 11 are in-fill drill holes that were drilled to obtain information within the vertical section. Three zones were intercepted identifying stacked sections created by repetition of the structure through faulting. The assays for zones two and three were low in value.
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Description Sample From To Width Ag Au
VT 12-11 Number Metres Metres Metres g/t g/t
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Zone 1
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Weighted average 52784-800 47.26 76.52 33.26 44.43 0.262
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including 52789-97 57.26 74.52 17.26 72.38 0.378
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including 52791-97 61.26 74.52 13.26 74.90 0.441
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52796-98 70.90 76.52 7.26 105.39 0.824
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including 52796-98 70.90 76.52 5.62 126.98 1.009
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including 52796-97 70.90 74.52 3.62 194.70 1.332
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including 52789 57.26 59.26 2.00 107.90 0.228
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including 52796 70.90 72.40 1.50 334.90 1.714
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VT 15 - 11 was drilled from the HW side of the structure 32 metres lower on the caldera. Zone two is also a stacked section created by repetition of the structure through faulting.
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Description Sample From To Width AG AU
VT 15-11 Number Metres Metres Metres g/t g/t
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Zone 1
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Weighted average 1791-93 195.00 201.00 6.00 157.60 0.483
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including 1792 197.00 199.00 2.00 215.80 0.386
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including 1793 199.00 201.00 2.00 153.60 0.813
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Zone 2
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Weighted average 1800-1802 213.00 219.00 6.00 76.70 0.014
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1800-1801 213.00 217.00 4.00 101.10 0.014
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including 1800 215.00 217.00 2.00 165.4 0.017
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SECTION 15a
VT 13 - 11 was drilled from the HW side of the structure 74 metres in elevation below DDH 07 - 23. A second drill hole could not be placed in the area due to space limitations and steep topography. This drill hole cut a sub parallel fault zone and quartz breccia thus returning low values.
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VT 13-11 Sample From To Width AG AU
Description Number Metres Metres Metres g/t g/t
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52841 183.43 185.43 2.00 12.20 0.014
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Faulting, gouge, breccia 52842 185.43 186.43 1.00 25.50 0.027
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52843 186.43 187.43 1.00 21.30 0.07
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52844 187.43 188.43 1.00 3.00 0.067
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52845 188.43 189.43 1.00 12.50 0.207
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SECTION 15b
The intention of in-fill drilling in this section was to confirm the structures continuity between two drill holes completed in the 2006/2007 drill program. In-fill holes VT 08 - 11 (see Cream news release June 6, 2011), VT 09 - 11 and VT 14 - 11 lie in this section however VT 09 - 11 and VT 14 - 11 intersected sub-parallel faults and associated quartz breccia thereby returning low values. In comparison VT 08 - 11 returned a weighted average of 168.80 g/t Ag and 0.722 g/t Au over 7.63 metres with intervals of quartz veins ranging from a low of 202.29 g/t Ag and 0.865 g/t Au over 6.36 metres to a high of 465.80 g/t Ag and 1.352 g/t Au over 1.43 metres (see Cream news release June 6, 2011).
VT 09 - 11 was drilled from the NE side of the structure at -60 degrees which is nearly parallel to the dip of the fault plane. Consequently the drill did not intersect the vein but cut quartz breccia-gouge drag material within the fault for an intercepted distance of 40 metres, about 50 metres below the VT 08-11 intercept.
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VT 09-11 Sample From To nearly Width AG AU
Description Number Metres Metres Metres g/t g/t
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Fault breccia gouge 51652 115.10 117.10 2.00 54.50 0.054
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51653 117.10 119.10 2.00 18.60 0.010
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Fault breccia gouge 51661 132.85 134.85 2.00 19.20 0.010
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Position of vein structure 51662 134.85 136.46 1.61 57.10 0.036
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Position of vein structure 51663 136.46 137.50 1.04 66.30 0.061
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Fault breccia gouge 51670 147.45 148.95 1.50 9.90 0.037
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51671 148.95 151.00 2.05 21.80 0.039
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51672 151.00 152.50 1.50 11.90 0.045
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Fault breccia gouge 51674 153.93 155.19 1.26 10.20 0.025
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51675 155.19 156.45 1.26 32.80 0.037
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SECTION 16
Section 16 was drilled in 2006. Drill hole DDH 07 - 23 returned a weighted average of 525.73 g/t Ag and 1.706 g/t Au over 6.0 metres including 1,338 g/t Ag and 4.35 g/t Au over 2.00 metres (see Cream news release September 5, 2007). In 2010 Roca Mines Inc. drilled hole MN 10 - 04, a twin hole which confirmed the high grade silver values (see Cream news release March 16, 2010). VT 06 - 11 was situated to cut below the DDH 07 - 23 intersection of the structure to confirm the high grade intersected. Subsequently VT 06 - 11 was check assayed to confirm the assay range of silver and gold in the VT 06 - 11 original assays.
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VT 06-11 Sample From To Width AG AU
Description Number Metres Metres Metres g/t g/t
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Weighted average 51512-17 90.37 99.83 9.46 185.58 0.917
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including 51514-17 94.21 99.83 5.62 311.53 1.470
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including 51515-17 95.25 99.83 4.58 374.10 1.746
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including 51514-16 94.21 98.13 3.92 434.97 2.052
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including 51515-16 95.25 98.13 2.88 579.05 2.703
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including 51515 95.25 97.26 2.01 776.70 3.673
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VT 06 - 11 check assay was performed on pulp of the original sample, employing the same assay methodology employed on the original sample.
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VT 06-11 Sample From To Width AG AU
Description Number Metres Metres Metres g/t g/t
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Weighted average 51512-17 90.37 99.83 9.46 192.20 0.978
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including 51514-17 94.21 99.83 5.62 322.53 1.635
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including 51515-17 95.25 99.83 4.58 388.50 1.954
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including 51514-16 94.21 98.13 3.92 443.33 2.226
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including 51515-16 95.25 98.13 2.88 603.43 3.030
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including 51515 97.26 98.13 2.01 812.80 4.139
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VT 14 - 11 cut quartz breccia with gouge and pyrite in a sub-parallel fault approximately 175 metres below the VT 06 - 11 high grade intercept. The quartz breccia returned insignificant gold-silver values.
SECTION 17a
The purpose of these drill holes was in-fill drilling.
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VT 10-11 Sample From To Width Ag Au
Description Number Metres Metres Metres g/t g/t
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Weighted average 52658-62 89.27 98.80 9.53 172.10 0.489
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or 52658-60 89.27 95.27 6.00 175.37 0.506
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or 52660-62 93.27 98.80 5.53 183.47 0.545
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including 52658 89.27 91.27 2.00 304.00 0.789
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including 52660 93.27 95.27 2.00 213.30 0.690
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including 52662 97.27 98.80 1.53 375.80 0.952
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VT 11 - 11 cut a sub parallel fault zone 50 metres below the VT 10 - 11 intercept showing quartz breccia thus returning low values.
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VT 11-11 Sample From To Width AG AU
Description Number Metres Metres Metres g/t g/t
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Weighted average 52728 29.30 31.10 2.00 21.90 0.032
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including 52731 61.80 63.80 2.00 27.70 0.57
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including 52735 91.33 93.33 2.00 17.00 0.021
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including 52658 117.33 119.33 2.00 16.20 0.215
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VT 16 - 11 cut quartz breccia with gouge and pyrite in a second sub-parallel fault approximately 225 metres below the VT 10 - 11 intercept. The breccia showed no significant gold-silver values.
At the collar of VT 16 - 11 a N80W /65S, 30 metre wide fault structure was exposed. This fault was traced to the SE and appears to be the same fault indicated near DDH 07 - 22. It displaces Veta Tomas to the SE. A N70E/65S fault segment was recognized just south of DDH 19 - 06. Veta Tomas shows the same type of structural setting recognized in the Transition Zone between Dos Hornos 1 and Dos Hornos 2 demonstrating the same sense and magnitude of movement. These two faults have cut and displaced Veta Tomas. The displaced segment is apparently represented to the SE where a structure was traced for 300 metres by shafts and trenches demonstrating evidence of exploration during colonial times. Access to this area is difficult because of the steepness of the topography.
SUMMARY:
Drilling to date on the Veta Tomas structure has demonstrated continuity of the structure along strike and down dip. In addition to stacked sections by repetition of the structure through faulting has been observed in several cases including VT 12 - 11 and VT 15 - 11. Unfortunately the challenging topography limits possible drill pad locations which combined with deeply dipping structures and aligned sub-parallel fault planes cutting the mineralized structure have impacted drill results. Drill holes which have cut Veta Tomas above or below sub-parallel faults generally have returned good assay values. This may suggest low assay values associated with sub-parallel faults are localized occurrences.
Revised NI 43 -- 101 Report, dated December 24, 2008 by F. Holcapek, P. Eng.
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Width Ag Au Ag Au
Dos Horns (U/G) m Tonnes g/t g/t oz oz
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Dos Hornos
Segment 1 4.70 1,173,901.56 165.34 1.500 6,552,238.85 59,400.00
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Dos Hornos
Segment 2 4.06 746,528.32 201.95 1.770 4,847,215.70 42,390.25
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Veta Tomas 5.09 1,246,162.50 351.19 1.280 14,070,467.48 51,344.17
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Once Bocas 2.42 1,921,162.50 252.59 1.920 15,602,012.74 118,347.79
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Total 5,087,754.88 251.09 1.660 41,071,934.77 271,482.21
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Tonnes: 5,088,000 Ag: 251.09 g/t, Au: 1.660 g/t. Ag: 41,072,000 oz, Au:
271,500 oz.
Silver Equivalent (Gold -- Silver price Ratio = 50:1): 54,647,000 oz (In-
Situ).
Metal prices employed were USD$10.28 per ounce Ag and USD$816.09 per ounce Au. A cut-off grade of US$ 45.00 per tonne or 131g/t Ag equivalent was used.
ABOUT THE 2011 DRILL PROGRAM
The 2011 drill program was originally comprised of 10,000 metres with an option for a further 10,000 metres. Based on the positive results and potential of the untested areas, the option of the second 10,000 metres was exercised.
The first objective of the diamond drilling program is to upgrade the Inferred Resources reported in Dec 2008 the NI 43-101 dated December 2008 for Dos Hornos 1, Dos Hrnos 2 and Veta Tomas and to expand Once Bocas North. To date drill results have shown that the mineralized structures are continuous and that faults encountered produce mineralized segments of 300 metres to 450 metres strike length as confirmed by the recent diamond drilling. Sub-parallel faults cause repetition of veins by moving down dip segments up.
The second objective of the diamond drilling program is to test known target zones which had sufficient exploration work completed and demonstrated good gold-silver content warranting testing by diamond drilling. Once Bocas South, a 600 metre strike length, Cafetal, a 500 metre known strike length and Cerro Chacuaco encompassing Mina Nanche, Mina Perdida and Mina Cerro Chacuaco, a 600 metre known strike length were drilled along with a 300 metre section channel sampled along Chacuao Creek showing possible open pit grade.
Mr. Ferdinand Holcapek, P. Eng., Director and Administrator General, Cream Minerals De Mexico, SA de CV, supervises exploration programs on the Nuevo Milenio Project. He is responsible for all technical reporting and is the Company's 'Qualified Person' for the purpose of National Instrument NI 43-101.
Samples are prepared in the Preparatory Laboratory of Inspectorate in Durango, Durango. In addition to the in house check assaying, Cream Minerals De Mexico instructed Inspectorate to take approximately 20 % (1 sample out of 5) as marked on the sample shipping paper and take a split from the prepared samples. All samples are shipped to the Inspectorate Laboratory in Reno, Nevada. The check samples are shipped to the Steward Group's Preparation Lab in Zacatecas for shipping to their main Laboratory in Kamloops, B.C. for assaying. All samples are assayed using Inspectorates Genx 30 31 Element Package Au&Ag/FA/AA plus 29 element ICP-AES Scan by aqua regia digestion & Hg by CVAA. The Steward Group uses their equivalent to the Genx 30 package of Inspectorate for assaying.
Cream Minerals is a silver-gold exploration company. The Company's flag ship project is the Nuevo Milenio silver-gold project in Nayarit State Mexico. To learn more about Cream Minerals please click here www.creamminerals.com.
Christopher Hebb, LLB, Chairman of the Board
Michael E. O'Connor, President & CEO
This news release contains 'forward-looking information' within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities regulations and including 'forwarding-looking statements' within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This forward-looking information is made as of the date of this News Release and except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company does not intend and does not assume any obligation to update this forward-looking information. Forward looking information is based on management's current expectations and beliefs and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking information in this News Release includes, but is not limited to the planned drilling program on the Nuevo Milenio project and the Nuevo Milenio project's estimated mineral resource. Forward-looking information is based on a number of assumptions which management believes are reasonable including that equipment, personnel and approvals will be available when required to complete the planned drilling program, that no disruption to the program will occur as a result of breakdown, labour disputes, or natural hazards, that the assumptions underlying the inferred resources estimate are valid, including but not limited to the projected future prices of silver and gold, continuity of mineralization and grades, and expected recovery methods and rates. Factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: the risk that actual results of exploration activities will be different than anticipated, that cost of labour, equipment or materials are more than expected, that the future price of silver and / or gold will differ materially from those implied or estimated, that Canadian / US dollar exchange rates vary in a manner that has a negative effect on the resource estimate, unanticipated delays in obtaining governmental approvals or required financing; that changes in project parameters result in increased costs, of unexpected variations in mineralization, grade or recovery rate and other factors on which the mineral resource estimate is based, of failure of equipment or processes to operate as anticipated, of accidents, labour disputes and other risks generally associated with mineral exploration and development; a deterioration in general economic conditions; and changes in laws, rules and regulations applicable to Cream and the Nuevo Milenio project.
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