Teras Receives Additional Assay Results From Its Cahuilla Gold/Silver Drill Program
27.09.2012 | Marketwire
CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire - Sept. 27, 2012) - Teras Resources Inc. ("Teras" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TRA) (OTCQX:TRARF): is pleased to announce further drill program assay results from its Cahuilla gold-silver project in Imperial County, California. The majority of drilling was conducted along the margins of the known precious metal mineralization and exploration continues in the south and west portions of the project area where minimal drill data exists.The Company is pleased to report the following drill results:
Hole # From To TD Thickness - m (ft) Gold - g/t (oz/ton)
*CAH-260 9.1 77.7 213.4 68.6 (225) 0.34 (0.010)
*CAH-261 4.6 83.8 213.4 79.2 (260) 0.15 (0.015)
109.7 114.3 4.6 (15) 1.27 (0.037)
129.5 135.6 6.1 (20) 0.79 (0.023)
*CAH-262 12.2 105.2 213.4 93.0 (305) 0.58 (0.017)
**CAH-263 30.5 56.4 213.4 25.9 (85) 0.45 (0.013)
73.2 128.0 54.8 (180) 0.51 (0.015)
*CAH-264 13.7 19.8 213.4 6.1 (20) 0.34 (0.010)
30.5 83.8 53.3 (175) 0.68 (0.020)
CAH-265 4.6 89.9 213.4 85.3 (280) 0.55 (0.016)
CAH-266 25.9 71.6 167.6 45.7 (150) 0.38 (0.011)
*CAH-267 29.0 83.8 182.9 54.8 (180) 1.13 (0.033)
108.2 128.0 19.8 (65) 0.86 (0.025)
CAH-268 3.0 65.5 182.9 62.5 (205) 0.58 (0.017)
157.0 161.5 4.5 (15) 0.68 (0.020)
CAH-269 6.1 7.6 213.4 1.5 (5) 0.82 (0.024)
18.3 35.1 16.8 (55) 0.51 (0.015)
67.1 80.8 13.7 (45) 1.64 (0.048)
Including 74.7 76.2 1.5 (5) 10.19 (0.297)
105.2 114.3 9.1 (30) 0.75 (0.022)
141.7 164.6 22.9 (75) 0.75 (0.022)
173.7 176.8 3.1 (10) 0.68 (0.020)
CAH-270 19.8 38.1 213.4 18.3 (60) 0.68 (0.020)
54.9 61.0 6.1 (20) 1.16 (0.034)
74.7 83.8 9.1 (30) 0.79 (0.023)
134.1 137.2 3.1 (10) 5.00 (0.146)
Including 135.7 137.2 1.5 (5) 9.37 (0.273)
155.4 184.4 29.0 (95) 0.34 (0.010)
202.7 213.4 10.7 (35) 3.22 (0.094)
Including 204.2 205.7 1.5 (5) 19.37 (0.565)
*CAH-271 48.8 77.7 213.4 32.9 (95) 0.48 (0.014)
108.2 146.3 38.1 (125) 1.20 (0.035)
Including 112.8 114.3 1.5 (5) 12.69 (0.370)
CAH-272 Assays pending
*CAH-273 7.6 15.2 213.4 7.6 (25) 0.34 (0.010)
32.0 48.8 16.8 (55) 0.51 (0.015)
73.2 83.8 10.6 (35) 0.51 (0.015)
150.9 125.4 1.5 (5 ) 2.23 (0.065)
172.2 184.4 12.2 (40) 0.51 (0.015)
*CAH holes intersected silver values of greater than 100 grams (2.92 oz/t) in one or more 1.5m sample intervals. **CAH-263 intersected 25.9m of 123.0 g/t silver (3.59 oz/t) from 102.0 to 128.0m with a high of 484.6 g/t (14.2 oz/t) from 102.1 to 103.6m.
Teras is also pleased to report the purchase of an additional 40 acres of private land within the main project area.
The private land is located in the western portion of the precious metal deposit and encompasses a significant section of the Modoc Fault along with other important target areas. The majority of this newly owned land is situated outside of the existing permit and will be included in the next phase of environmental permitting which is currently in progress.
Assaying of the reverse circulation samples was conducted by Inspectorate Laboratory in Reno, Nevada. Drill samples were collected by Mr. Paul Stubble (project geologist), split on site, placed in sample bags and delivered to Inspectorate Laboratory in Reno, Nevada for analysis. In addition, blanks and certified standards have been inserted into the sample stream at random intervals for quality control purposes.
The Cahuilla Project is a large epithermal, paleo-hot springs system hosting multiple high grade veins that occur within an extensive body of disseminated gold-silver mineralization. For further information on the Cahuilla project refer to the NI 43-101 technical report entitled "Cahuilla Property 43-101 Technical Report," dated October 25, 2007 prepared by Todd Wakefield, MAusIMM of AMEC E&C Services filed on Sedar on November 15, 2007.
Dale A Vitone P. Eng., registered with the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, Alberta and North West Territories and a Director for Teras, is the Company's nominated qualified person responsible for monitoring the supervision and quality control of the programs completed on the Company's properties. Mr. Vitone has reviewed and verified the technical information contained in this news release.
About Teras
The Company is focused on developing its Cahuilla project located in Imperial County, California. The project encompasses an area of at least 3 km by 1.5 km and demonstrates the potential for a large-scale, bulk mining operation consisting of altered and mineralized sedimentary host rocks with numerous sheeted high grade quartz veins. Grades of the host rock are equivalent to grades of gold reserves at New Gold's Mesquite Mine, also in Imperial County, California (0.56 g/t; Mineral Reserves and Resources Summary as of December 31, 2011; New Gold website). Teras will continue drilling at Cahuilla to define a gold resource complaint to the standards required for a new NI 43-101 resource report and continue developing a gold resource for future extraction.
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Peter Leger, President
(403) 262-8411 or (403) 852-0644
pleger@teras.ca
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