Luna Gold Drills 13.50 Meters @ 3.15 G/T Au Including 3.00 Meters @ 8.12 G/T Au at Aurizona
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/27/11 -- Luna Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: LGC)(BVLAC: LGC) ('Luna Gold' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce additional positive assay results from 23 new holes from the resource drill program now nearing completion at the Piaba gold deposit, Aurizona. An updated drill plan map and 3D Corebox model showing the drill hole locations in the deposit have been uploaded to the Luna Gold website at www.lunagold.com or to view directly click below.
Significant intercepts:
-- 13.50 meters @ 3.15 g/t Au including 3.00 meters @ 8.12 g/t Au in
BRAZD333
-- 4.00 meters @ 9.46 g/t Au including 0.50 meter @ 59.10 g/t Au in
BRAZD329A
-- 36.00 meters @ 1.54 g/t Au including 1.00 meter @ 4.99 g/t Au and 1.00
meter @ 17.75 g/t Au in BRAZD335
Updated Drill Plan Map: http://www.lunagold.com/i/maps/Aurizona/DrillPlanMap-21102011.pdf.
Luna Gold's President & CEO, John Blake, comments, 'The company commenced a 20,000 meter drill program in August 2010, which was extended by 20,000 meters in July 2011. Our exploration team remains on target to complete the NI 43-101 resource update in Q4. All results published to date confirm consistent continuity of mineralization along strike with the deposit remaining open at depth.
The aim of the program is to significantly increase the company's gold resources by upgrading inferred resources to the measured and indicated categories and by the addition of new ounces at depth and along strike. Previous results, in combination with these results, give us great confidence to deliver these goals.'
Of the current 40,000 meter drill program, which commenced in August 2010, assays from 72 diamond holes totaling 19,490 meters have been received and samples from 43 additional holes are currently at the assay lab. Today's assay results are for twenty three drill holes totaling 5,265 meters drilled on 18 sections covering a strike extent of 2.0 kilometers of the Piaba deposit. In eleven holes, core was not recovered from surface. Six of these holes were drilled down dip and are reported separately below. All drill holes intersected considerable zones of gold mineralization and the deposit remains open at depth. Significant mineralized intercepts from holes drilled across the deposit are tabulated below.
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DEPTH DEPTH FROM TO INT AU (G/T)
SECTION HOLE ID AZI DIP (M) (M) (M) (M) (M) UNCAPPED
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0500E BRAZD340A 168.00 -66 100.00 276.15 197.00 210.00 13.00 1.33
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Includ- 205.50 207.00 1.50 6.95
ing
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0300E BRAZD333 168.00 -50 100.00 222.60 190.50 204.00 13.50 3.15
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Includ- 198.00 201.00 3.00 8.12
ing
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210.00 215.00 5.00 1.31
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BRAZD341 168.00 -69 100.00 300.33 244.00 253.00 9.00 1.49
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0200E BRAZD329A 168.00 -61 100.00 255.62 207.00 211.00 4.00 9.46
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Includ- 207.00 207.50 0.50 59.10
ing
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219.00 242.00 23.00 1.63
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Includ- 223.00 224.00 1.00 4.99
ing
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And 231.00 233.50 2.50 5.07
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0400W BRAZD323 168.00 -75 0.00 172.04 44.00 50.00 6.00 1.23
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119.00 127.00 8.00 2.46
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Includ- 123.00 126.00 3.00 5.07
ing
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0600W BRAZD330 168.00 -76 100.00 495.02 389.50 390.00 0.50 89.50
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392.00 392.50 0.50 4.42
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434.00 438.00 4.00 1.59
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0700W BRAZD335 168.00 -50 0.00 179.73 52.00 58.00 6.00 1.12
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104.00 140.00 36.00 1.54
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Includ- 124.00 125.00 1.00 4.99
ing
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And 130.00 131.00 1.00 17.75
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145.00 149.00 4.00 1.59
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0800W BRAZD331 168.00 -50 50.00 177.71 164.00 176.00 12.00 1.03
(i)
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BRAZD334 168.00 -50 0.00 124.79 50.00 68.00 18.00 1.42
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Includ- 54.00 56.00 2.00 5.59
ing
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74.00 105.00 31.00 1.64
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Includ- 75.00 76.00 1.00 6.59
ing
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And 81.00 82.00 1.00 5.33
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And 88.00 89.85 1.85 6.73
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0950W BRAZD339 168.00 -50 0.00 118.55 52.00 62.00 10.00 2.82
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Includ- 54.00 58.00 4.00 6.31
ing
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1000W BRAZD342 168.00 -50 0.00 155.24 67.00 72.00 5.00 1.28
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77.00 80.00 3.00 1.21
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1250W BRAZD351 168.00 50 0.00 160.13 102.00 104.00 2.00 2.29
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112.00 122.00 10.00 1.08
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135.00 139.00 4.00 1.65
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Includ- 136.00 137.00 1.00 5.66
ing
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1450W BRAZD350 168.00 -50 0.00 113.41 34.00 56.00 22.00 1.04
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1500W BRAZD338 168.00 -78 50.00 232.95 162.00 167.00 5.00 1.15
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BRAZD343 168.00 -63 0.00 174.20 70.00 74.00 4.00 1.47
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109.00 131.00 22.00 1.00
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Includ- 111.00 112.00 1.00 3.56
ing
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And 125.00 126.00 1.00 3.20
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And 130.00 131.00 1.00 3.03
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BRAZD345 168.00 -85 120.00 235.34 174.00 182.00 8.00 1.55
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(i) Ended in mineralization
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Table 1. Mineralized drill intercepts from the ongoing Aurizona resource
drill program. Intervals are calculated as composites using a 0.30
gram/tonne Au cut-off and maximum 2 meter internal waste. True widths to be
established. Intervals lower than 1.00 g/t Au are not shown.
Down-Dip Drill Holes
Six holes totaling 1695 meters were drilled down-dip, i.e. following the Piaba ore body, on 100 m spaced sections from 0250E to 0250W. These holes were drilled to determine vertical gold grade distribution, to provide a better understanding of the weathering profile, to determine the relationship of ore to waste in this part of the deposit and to provide structural data. The holes continue to confirm the deposit model of spaced horizontal quartz vein sets linked into sub-vertical mineralized shear zones that collectively form high-grade ladder quartz vein arrays within the disseminated lower grade mineralization. Several holes contain significant zones of high-grade mineralization, i.e. BRAZD326A and most holes ended in mineralization. Mineralized intercepts from these down dip holes are shown in Table 2 and can also be viewed on the Corebox viewer.
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DEPTH DEPTH FROM TO INT AU (G/T)
SECTION HOLE ID AZI DIP (M) (M) (M) (M) (M) UNCAPPED
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0250E BRAZD332 348.00 -78 0.00 249.94 12.00 19.00 7.00 2.53
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Includ- 17.00 18.00 1.00 9.90
ing
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22.00 46.00 24.00 1.24
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Includ- 40.00 41.00 1.00 5.01
ing
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And 43.00 44.00 1.00 6.41
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49.00 102.00 53.00 2.57
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Includ- 51.00 54.00 3.00 25.08
ing
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And 67.00 68.00 1.00 17.05
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105.00 119.00 14.00 2.61
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Includ- 107.00 108.00 1.00 28.50
ing
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154.00 185.00 31.00 4.32
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Includ- 155.00 156.00 1.00 14.80
ing
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And 159.50 160.00 0.50 31.30
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And 177.00 180.00 3.00 11.99
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0150E BRAZD328 348.00 -78 0.00 282.38 37.00 47.00 10.00 1.17
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Includ- 37.00 38.00 1.00 4.52
ing
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70.00 83.00 13.00 1.29
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Includ- 79.00 80.00 1.00 5.35
ing
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102.00 105.00 3.00 1.44
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248.50 263.00 14.50 1.39
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Includ- 257.00 262.00 5.00 3.08
ing
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0050E BRAZD326A 348.00 -78 0.00 221.56 0.00 54.00 54.00 2.22
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64.00 99.00 35.00 2.03
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Includ- 82.00 84.00 2.00 13.55
ing
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108.00 163.00 55.00 2.49
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Includ- 146.50 147.00 0.50 24.40
ing
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And 157.00 161.50 4.50 4.99
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166.00 188.00 22.00 3.64
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Includ- 167.00 172.00 5.00 7.87
ing
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And 176.00 176.50 0.50 22.50
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And 186.00 187.00 1.00 7.00
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0050W BRAZD327 348.00 -77 0.00 268.47 34.00 38.00 4.00 1.13
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42.00 50.00 8.00 1.07
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88.00 113.00 25.00 1.11
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Includ- 92.00 93.00 1.00 6.77
ing
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And 103.00 104.00 1.00 3.40
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0050W BRAZD327 348.00 -77 0.00 268.47 130.00 137.00 7.00 2.15
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Includ- 133.00 134.00 1.00 11.55
ing
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152.00 154.00 2.00 5.73
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207.00 213.00 6.00 1.92
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209.00 210.00 1.00 4.56
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0150W BRAZD325 348.00 -77 0.00 347.82 12.00 53.00 41.00 2.60
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Includ- 23.00 29.00 6.00 13.17
ing
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57.00 68.00 11.00 1.11
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Includ- 62.00 64.00 2.00 3.61
ing
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75.00 78.00 3.00 4.42
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81.00 133.00 52.00 2.01
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Includ- 95.00 97.00 2.00 8.61
ing
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And 108.00 109.00 1.00 7.49
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And 118.00 127.00 9.00 5.30
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140.00 149.00 9.00 1.81
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Includ- 147.00 148.00 1.00 9.07
ing
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154.00 171.00 17.00 1.39
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Includ- 159.00 160.00 1.00 4.53
ing
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198.00 212.00 14.00 1.68
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Includ- 198.50 200.00 1.50 4.21
ing
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And 209.00 210.00 1.00 7.07
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227.00 237.00 10.00 3.98
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Includ- 227.00 228.00 1.00 34.50
ing
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242.00 280.00 38.00 1.21
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Includ- 252.00 257.00 5.00 3.62
ing
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0250W BRAZD324 348.00 -79 0.00 323.92 0.00 9.00 9.00 1.42
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Includ- 4.00 8.00 4.00 2.34
ing
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14.00 20.00 6.00 1.75
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26.00 47.00 21.00 1.41
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Includ- 41.00 43.00 2.00 4.42
ing
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86.00 89.00 3.00 2.43
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94.00 159.00 65.00 1.51
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Includ- 113.00 119.00 6.00 4.58
ing
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216.00 225.00 9.00 2.52
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Includ- 220.00 221.00 1.00 4.89
ing
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And 224.50 225.00 0.50 24.80
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240.00 269.00 29.00 1.73
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Includ- 259.50 265.00 5.50 4.57
ing
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275.00 277.00 2.00 40.47
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283.00 312.00 29.00 1.40
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Includ- 301.00 303.00 2.00 5.07
ing
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314.50 316.00 1.50 49.69
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Table 2. Mineralized drill intercepts for six down-dip holes from the
ongoing Aurizona resource drill program. Intervals are calculated as
composites using a 0.30 gram/tonne Au cut-off and maximum 2 meter internal
waste. True widths to be established. Intervals lower than 1.00 g/t Au are
not shown.
Luna Gold's VP Exploration, Titus Haggan, states, 'The 2011 Piaba resource drill program will be completed at the end of October and the resource update is on schedule to be delivered in early December 2011. Recent delays in the delivery of assay results from our service providers have been resolved and the samples currently at the assay laboratories will be delivered in the coming weeks. We are very encouraged by the consistent widths and grades of gold mineralization being intersected which are significantly expanding the strike and dip extent of the Piaba deposit.'
About Luna Gold Corp.
Luna Gold is actively engaged in the operation, exploration, acquisition and development of gold opportunities in Brazil. The company currently has a gold mining operation, Aurizona Gold Mine in Maranhao, Brazil, a gold development project, the Cachoeira project in Para, Brazil and the Company is exploring in a large strategically placed greenfields land position in Maranhao, Brazil.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
LUNA GOLD CORP.
John Blake, President and CEO
Website: www.lunagold.com
Regulatory Footnotes
Luna operates a rigorous QA/QC protocol on all aspects of sampling and analytical procedure. Drill core is checked, logged, marked for sampling and sawn in half. One half of the HTW (71 mm diameter) core is maintained for future reference and one half of the core is sent for analysis. Samples are collected at approximately 2 meter intervals, which is reduced to 1 meter interval or less when a mineralized zone is encountered. All core and samples are stored in secure locked areas. Samples are transported from the Aurizona project to the ALS Chemex sample preparation facility in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais accompanied by Luna personnel. Samples are assayed at ALS Chemex Labs in Lima, Peru using a 50 gram fire assay with AAS finish. Each sample batch contains 10% of randomly inserted internal control samples consisting of certified analytical standards, blanks (barren rock) and duplicates. These QA/QC procedures provide several measures of data quality and assure the Company that the assay data is representative of the original sample. Additional technical information about the Aurizona Project is available in our technical report dated September 1, 2010, filed on SEDAR.
Titus Haggan Ph.D., EurGeol Certified Professional Geologist #746, Luna's Vice President Exploration is the Qualified Person as defined under National Instrument 43-101 responsible for the scientific and technical work on the exploration program and has supervised the preparation of and reviewed the technical disclosure in this press release. Non-qualified persons currently work on Luna's exploration programs under the guidance of Titus Haggan. Dr. Haggan takes responsibility for work, information and advice generated by non-Qualified persons and has taken the steps required to ensure that the work, information and advice is sound.
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