Lara Exploration Ltd.: Avenue Completes Phase-1 Drill Program at Sao Lourenco
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/16/12 -- Lara Exploration Ltd. ("Lara" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: LRA) is pleased to report that its partner, Avenue Resources Ltd., ("Avenue") has completed 1,200 metres of diamond drilling and additional surface work at the Sao Lourenco Tin Project in northwest Brazil, confirming the presence of near surface high-grade tin mineralization. Drill results (including TSLD-001-003 that were reported previously) are summarized in the table below:
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Drill Drill Hole Hole
Collar Collar Ang- Direc- Inter- Inter- Inter-
Drill Coord- Coord- le tion Hole val val val Tin
Hole inate inate (deg- (deg- Depth From To Width Grade
ID UTM-E UTM-N rees) rees)(metres)(metres)(metres)(metres) %
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TSLD-001 272698 8951075 -50 340 70.15 No Significant Results
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TSLD-002 272758 8951146 -50 160 76.10 6.70 7.60 0.90 0.71
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and 17.40 18.40 1.00 0.31
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TSLD-003 272757 8951174 -50 160 101.10 31.80 35.90 4.10 1.51
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TSLD-004 273080 8950919 -50 340 103.85 85.59 86.65 1.06 0.26
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TSLD-005 273032 8951272 -50 160 100.05 72.70 73.70 1.00 0.45
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and 84.70 85.30 0.60 0.19
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TSLD-006 271348 8952237 -50 160 136.40 No Significant Results
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TSLD-007 271648 8952105 -50 160 97.80 16.20 16.75 0.55 0.98
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and 60.37 60.87 0.50 0.96
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TSLD-008 271391 8952111 -45 160 30.20 No Significant Results
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TSLD-009 271373 8952172 -45 160 30.05 2.40 3.40 1.00 1.10
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and 7.70 8.50 0.80 0.20
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and 20.70 21.70 1.00 0.16
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and 25.10 26.10 1.00 0.25
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TSLD-010 271430 8952213 -45 160 30.95 10.00 11.00 1.00 0.30
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TSLD-011 272409 8951360 -45 340 35.20 No Significant Results
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TSLD-012 273073 8950937 -45 340 20.65 18.50 19.90 1.40 0.30
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TSLD-013 272684 8951110 -45 160 40.50 35.00 36.00 1.00 0.18
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TSLD-014 272744 8951276 -45 340 18.00 9.70 13.70 4.00 0.78
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TSLD-015 273058 8950972 -45 160 24.65 4.00 5.00 1.00 0.10
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TSLD-016 273056 8951224 -45 160 40.50 19.25 20.25 1.00 0.16
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And 26.15 27.15 1.00 0.17
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TSLD-022 272695 8951081 -50 160 82.65 No Significant Results
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TSLD-023 272757 8951174 -50 340 101.55 No Significant Results
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TSLD-024 272759 8951147 -50 340 73.50 66.00 67.00 1.00 0.58
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Program Highlights:
-- Previously reported TSLD-03 with 4.10m at 1.51% tin remains open on
strike in both directions and extends down dip, strongly warranting
follow-up drilling.
-- TSLD-14, collared in an area not previously explored and below a channel
sample of 3m @ 0.62% tin, confirmed channel sampling as a reliable
exploration tool.
-- Mapping proximal to TSLD-14 reveals continuations of the vein system
with channel sampling indicating increasing grades along strike, with
results returning:
-- 20m South East of TLSD-14: 3.5m @ 0.75% Tin
-- 35m South East of TLSD-14: 2.2m @ 2.05% Tin
-- 20m West of TLSD-14: 1.5m @ 2.56% Tin
-- Avenue has extended mapping and sampling over parts of the Irene and
Issac Granites not previously explored by Lara, identifying numerous new
areas of outcrop with tin mineralisation. Channel sampling of these
areas continues with 45 x 1 metres channel samples already at the
laboratory.
-- Avenue has mobilized additional field crews to accelerate prioritising
of drill targets in preparation for the resumption of drilling.
Sao Lourenco Tin Project:
The Sao Lourenco Tin Project comprises 7 mining licenses covering a total of 3,408 hectares located approximately 200 kilometres from the city of Porto Velho, in Rondonia State, northwest Brazil. Lara previously mapped and sampled several areas of altered granite with tin mineralization on the Irene and Isaac Hills within the property. Avenue has the option to acquire 100% of Lara's rights to the project, for 3 million common shares already issued to Lara at closing, US$1 million in cash and/or shares in four annual payments of US$250,000, assuming responsibility for the remaining obligations under the option agreement and undertaking to drill a minimum of 1,500 metres of diamond core drilling by November 24, 2012 - 1,200 metres of which has now been completed. Lara will also receive a 1% net smelter return royalty on any production from the project.
Quality Control
Avenue analyzed samples for the drilling at Sao Lourenco at SGS Geosol Laboratorios Ltda., in Brazil. All samples were analyzed for tin, niobium, tantalum and tungsten using the XRF fluorescence method, with selected samples also analyzed for silver, copper, lead, zinc and bismuth by Atomic Absorption (4 acid digest) and gold by fire assay (50 gram). Avenue's Quality Assurance Quality Control ("QAQC") protocol comprised a ratio of 1:20 blank and duplicate samples, in addition to the laboratory's own internal QAQC. Avenue plans to run umpire samples at a second laboratory at the end of the program.
Michael Bennell, Lara's Vice President Exploration and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and is responsible for the preparation and verification of the technical information in this release.
About Lara
Lara is an exploration company following the Prospect Generator business model, which aims to minimize shareholder dilution and financial risk by generating prospects and then exploring them in joint ventures funded by partners. The Company currently holds a diverse portfolio of prospects and deposits primarily in Brazil and Peru where it has signed agreements for fifteen joint ventures. Lara's common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "LRA".
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Contacts:
Lara Exploration Ltd.
Chris MacIntyre
VP Corporate Development
+1 416 703 0010
info@laraexploration.com
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