Huakan Intersects 8.48m Grading 9.41 g/t Au, 101 g/t Ag, 2.17% Pb and 4.31% Zn in Main Zone Drilling at J&L
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/04/12 -- Huakan International Mining Inc. (TSX VENTURE: HK) (the "Company") announces drill results of the Main Zone from the first 10 holes of its 2012 planned 40 hole, 8,000 metre underground diamond drill program that is in progress at its J&L precious and polymetallic (gold-silver-lead-zinc) project, located near Revelstoke, British Columbia. The aim of the drill program is to increase the indicated resource category for the Main Zone deposit. There are six areas that are targeted to achieve 60 metre centres in this drill program, all outside the limits of the current Main Zone resource.The first seven holes (DDH12-01 through DDH12-07) were drilled in an area of wide spaced historic drilling lying outside, but only 100 metres northwest and along strike of the Main Zone current resource. This target area is referred to as the Northwest Extension. The highlights of the new holes in the Northwest Extension area are tabled below. The results from the historic wide spaced drilling in the Northwest Extension area are tabled separately. The two sets of drillholes now provide 60 metre centres in this area and demonstrate continuity of the Main Zone in the Northwest Extension.
Table 1: Drilling Highlights from Northwest Extension
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Hole ID From To Length Au Ag Pb Zn
(m) (m) (m) (g/t) (g/t) (%) (%)
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DDH12-01 149.58 151.22 1.64 2.94 28.3 1.46 1.94
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DDH12-02 182.57 183.95 1.38 2.69 41.7 1.84 1.82
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DDH12-03 75.56 76.89 1.30 6.17 23.6 1.20 3.08
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DDH12-04 139.90 146.55 6.65 5.23 34.6 0.90 2.18
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DDH12-05 187.49 189.62 2.13 11.73 85.6 2.87 2.92
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DDH12-06 198.68 199.61 0.93 5.28 62.1 3.08 2.77
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DDH12-07 246.25 247.95 1.70 3.90 23.4 1.23 3.27
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Table 2: Historic Drilling Highlights from Northwest Extension
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Hole ID From To Length Au Ag Pb Zn
(m) (m) (m) (g/t) (g/t) (%) (%)
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91-13 124.90 126.50 1.60 6.02 72.7 3.19 3.11
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91-34 124.40 129.00 4.60 5.64 36.6 1.16 1.49
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91-56 256.30 257.50 1.20 2.06 64.9 1.83 2.47
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91-57 220.90 225.00 4.10 4.57 81.9 3.48 4.63
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91-59 258.20 260.40 2.20 7.30 59.8 3.44 2.91
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91-62 247.80 249.60 1.80 5.68 11.8 0.64 1.47
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07SJ-05 143.25 145.00 1.75 7.60 81.9 2.77 2.21
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Three holes were also completed in a second target area (Area A), which attempts to extend the downdip limits of the Main Zone. Highlights of this drilling are tabled below and also demonstrate continuity of the Main Zone, which remains open downdip. Additional drilling is planned in this Area A to further extend Area A downdip.
Table 3: Drilling Highlights from Area A
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Hole ID From To Length Au Ag Pb Zn
(m) (m) (m) (g/t) (g/t) (%) (%)
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DDH12-08 171.75 174.74 2.99 2.88 73.29 3.63 9.35
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DDH12-09 192.38 193.61 1.23 4.13 71.88 3.03 2.68
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and 206.55 208.11 1.56 1.94 20.94 0.21 0.06
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DDH12-10 207.70 216.18 8.48 9.41 101.39 2.17 4.31
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The 2012 diamond drill program is under the supervision of Paul Cowley, P.Geo., the Company's Qualified Person and VP Exploration. BQTW-sized core samples have been cut in half and sent to ALS Laboratory Group in Kamloops, BC. Samples are assayed for gold by fire assay (50 gram charge) as well as assayed for silver, lead and zinc. The Company inserted standards, blanks and duplicate samples throughout the sample sequence as quality control checks.
Paul Cowley, P.Geo. and VP Exploration, states "We are pleased with Main Zone continuity demonstrated thus far beyond the limits of Main Zone current resource. The deposit is open both up and down dip and along strike with excellent potential to expand the current resource."
To date 30 holes have been completed in four of the target areas. Assays are pending for holes DDH12-11 to DDH12-30. Drilling continues.
The first seven holes of the program also encountered Yellowjacket mineralization, which will be reported separately.
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Huakan International Mining Inc.
Wilson Jin
President
(604) 694-2344
www.huakanmining.com