NGEx Resources Inc. (TSX:NGQ) ("NGEx" or the "Company") is pleased
to announce that drilling has started at the Los Helados
copper-gold porphyry deposit located in Region III of Chile. Six
diamond drill rigs are currently working at Los Helados with an
additional rig scheduled to be added in the next few weeks.
Approximately 28,000 meters of drilling are planned for Los
Helados. An additional four drill rigs have been contracted for the
planned programs at the nearby Josemaria and Filo del Sol projects
and drilling at those projects is expected to start in early
January. Drilling is expected to continue through the Southern
Hemisphere summer until at least April, 2013.
Los Helados has a previously announced Mineral Resource at a
base case 0.30% copper equivalent(i) cutoff as follows:
-- 1,114 million tonnes at a grade of 0.42% copper and 0.19 g/t gold for a
copper equivalent grade of 0.55% (10.34 billion pounds of copper and
6.65 million ounces of gold) in the Indicated Resource category; and,
-- 1,015 million tonnes at a grade of 0.38% copper and 0.14 g/t gold for a
copper equivalent grade of 0.47% (8.41 billion pounds of copper and 4.70
million ounces of gold) in the Inferred Resource category.
(i) CuEq - Copper Equivalent is calculated using US$3.00/lb
copper and US$ 1,400/oz gold, with no provision for metallurgical
recoveries. Silver is not included in the CuEq. The formula used is
CuEq% = Cu% + 0.6806 x Au (g/t). Small discrepancies may exist due
to rounding errors.
Please refer to the news release dated October 15, 2012 for
additional details on the resource. The current resource at Los
Helados is open in several directions including at depth.
The planned Los Helados drill program has three main
components:
-- Infill drilling to try to convert as much as possible of the current
Inferred Resource to Indicated;
-- Deepening of early exploration drill holes that bottomed in
mineralization due to the limited depth capacity of drills used in the
first few years of exploration. A number of early holes in the core of
the resource bottomed in strong mineralization at around 700-750 meters
depth. More recent drill holes suggest that mineralization extends to at
least 1,100 meters depth.
-- Step-out drilling to test possible extensions of the current resource.
Surface alteration extends well beyond the current resource boundary and
several holes on the edge of the current drill pattern are strongly
mineralized (please see attached map).
The planned drill program at Josemaria will focus on following
up the previously announced intercepts of high grade,
supergene-enriched copper mineralization intersected on the
northern boundary of the current resource. The current plan is to
step out in approximately 100 meter intervals from JMDH 49 which
intersected 172 meters of 1.33% copper and 0.36 g/t gold and JMDH
50 which intersected 182 meters of 1.06% copper and 0.31 g/t gold.
An updated resource estimate which will include the 19,220 meters
of infill drilling completed earlier this year, is expected to be
completed before the end of this year.
Drilling at Filo del Sol will focus on following up and better
defining the zone of high grade copper and silver mineralization
intersected by FSDH02 (36.0 meters of 0.53% Cu, 0.38 g/t Au, and
393.7 g/t Ag) and; FSDH-03 (97.6 meters of 1.45% Cu, 0.27 g/t Au,
and 16.3 g/t Ag; including 24 meters of 3.41% Cu, 0.29 g/t Au, and
9.3 g/t Ag).
Wojtek Wodzicki, President and CEO of the Company, commented,
"After a very successful exploration season last year that
culminated in an impressive maiden resource at Los Helados, we feel
that we have excellent additional exploration potential at all
three projects. We have an aggressive drill program planned to test
that potential over the next six months."
Los Helados is one of several large copper-gold (silver) systems
including the Company's Josemaria and Filo del Sol projects,
located on a contiguous land package that the Company holds in
Chile's Region III and adjacent San Juan Province, Argentina. Los
Helados and Filo del Sol are part of a joint venture in which the
Company holds 60% and Pan Pacific Copper Co., Ltd. holds 40%.
Josemaria is part of a joint venture in which the Company holds 60%
and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) owns
40%.
On behalf of the board
Wojtek Wodzicki, President and CEO
To view accompanying map, visit the following link:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/NGQ_Exploration_Maps.pdf
Qualified Person and Assay Methods
Mr. Bob Carmichael, B.A.Sc, P.Eng., is the Qualified Person as
defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Carmichael is Vice
President, Exploration for the Company and has reviewed and
approved the technical information contained in this news release.
The Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QA/QC) program on Los
Helados Project is under the management of Diego Charchaflie MSc.,
P.Geo (BC), a Qualified Person pursuant to NI 43-101. Mr. Gino
Zandonai, B.Sc., M.Sc. Mining, SME, MAusIMM, CRIRSCO, Senior
Associate of Behre Dolbear International Ltd. is the Qualified
Person who carried out and is responsible for the Mineral Resource
estimate disclosed herein. Mr. Zandonai has reviewed and approved
the technical information in this news release which pertains to
that estimate.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation,
concerning the business, operations and financial performance and
condition of NGEx Resources Inc. Forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the
estimation of commodity prices, mineral reserves and resources, the
realization of mineral reserve estimates, capital expenditures,
costs and timing of the development of new deposits, the success of
exploration activities, permitting time lines, currency exchange
rate fluctuations, requirements for additional capital, government
regulation of mining activities, environmental risks, unanticipated
reclamation expenses, title disputes or claims and limitations on
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of the relevant management as of the date such statements are made
and are subject to important risk factors and uncertainties, many
of which are beyond the Company's ability to control or
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Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on estimates
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results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the
Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied
by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to:
risks and uncertainties relating to, among other things, changes in
commodity prices, currency fluctuation, financing, unanticipated
reserve and resource grades, infrastructure, results of exploration
activities, cost overruns, availability of materials and equipment,
timeliness of government approvals, taxation, political risk and
related economic risk and unanticipated environmental impact on
operations as well as other risks and uncertainties described under
"Risks Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form available
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website.
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that would cause actual results to differ materially from those
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Contacts: NGEx Resources Inc. Sophia Shane Corporate Development
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