Avala Resources Announces Initial Resource Estimate for Kraku Pester, Part of the Timok Gold Project, Serbia
14 Januar 2013 - 2:20PM
Marketwired Canada
Avala Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:AVZ) (the "Company" or "Avala") is pleased to
announce the initial resource estimate for the Kraku Pester project area, part
of its Timok Gold Project, a new gold discovery in an emerging sediment-hosted
gold belt located in Eastern Serbia.
The Kraku Pester National Instrument 43-101 compliant mineral resource, prepared
by AMC Consultants Limited (UK) ("AMC"), an independent mining consulting firm,
has been estimated, using a 0.6g/t gold cut off, at 6,320,000 tonnes grading an
average of 1.31 g/t gold in the indicated resource category for 266,000 ounces
of gold and 2,200,000 tonnes grading an average of 1.0 g/t gold in the inferred
resource category for 68,000 ounces of gold. The combined inferred resources for
Kraku Pester, Korkan and Bigar Hill have been estimated at 48,664,000 tonnes at
an average grade of 1.5 g/t gold in the inferred resource category for 2,397,000
ounces of gold, using a 0.6 g/t gold cut off.
A summary of the Kraku Pester mineral resource estimate using various cut-offs
is tabulated below:
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KRAKU PESTER
RESOURCE ESTIMATE(1,2,3,4,5)
Combined Mineralized Zones
In Situ Resources
Local Multiple Indicator Kriging
5m x 5m x 5m Selective Mining Unit
Cut Off Grade Million Au Thousand
(Au g/t) Tonnes (g/t) Ounces (Au)
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INDICATED RESOURCES
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0.2 11.37 0.91 332
0.4 8.93 1.07 308
0.6 6.32 1.31 266
0.8 4.63 1.54 229
1.0 3.62 1.72 200
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INFERRED RESOURCES
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0.2 8.1 0.5 140
0.4 4.4 0.7 104
0.6 2.2 1.0 68
0.8 1.3 1.2 49
1.0 0.7 1.4 32
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1. The effective date of the Kraku Pester mineral resource estimate is 9th
January 2013.
2. The gold price used in this estimate was the mean gold price for 2010,
2011 and 2012 of US$1490/oz. First phase, extensive metallurgical test
work has been completed and, based on information to date, along with
possible projected throughput rates for the entire Timok Gold Project,
typical mining costs and a range of processing costs and indicative
processing suitable gold cut off grades are considered to lie in the
range of 0.4g/t to 0.8g/t.
3. Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have
demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of mineral resources may
be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title,
taxation, sociopolitical, marketing, or other relevant issues.
4. The quantity and grade of reported inferred resources in this estimation
are uncertain in nature and there has been insufficient exploration to
define these inferred resources as indicated or measured mineral
resources.
5. Totals and average grades are subject to rounding to the appropriate
precision.
A summary of the Kraku Pester, Korkan and Bigar Hill resource estimates is
tabulated below:
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TIMOK GOLD PROJECT
INIDCATED AND INFERRED RESOURCE ESTIMATES(1,2)
Combined Mineralized Zones
In Situ Resources
Local Multiple Indicator Kriging
5m x 5m x 5m Selective Mining Unit
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Cut Off Grade Million Au Million
(Au g/t) Tonnes (g/t) Ounces (Au)
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INDICATED RESOURCES
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KRAKU PESTER
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0.2 11.37 0.9 0.33
0.4 8.93 1.1 0.31
0.6 6.32 1.3 0.27
0.8 4.63 1.5 0.23
1.0 3.62 1.7 0.20
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INFERRED RESOURCES
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KORKAN
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0.2 49.5 0.8 1.3
0.4 31.0 1.2 1.2
0.6 20.1 1.5 1.0
0.8 13.5 1.9 0.8
1.0 10.0 2.3 0.7
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BIGAR HILL
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0.2 63.9 0.9 1.8
0.4 38.0 1.3 1.5
0.6 26.4 1.6 1.4
0.8 20.4 1.9 1.2
1.0 16.5 2.1 1.1
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KRAKU PESTER
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0.2 8.1 0.5 0.14
0.4 4.4 0.7 0.10
0.6 2.2 1.0 0.07
0.8 1.3 1.2 0.05
1.0 0.7 1.4 0.03
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TOTAL INFERRED RESOURCES
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0.2 121.5 0.8 3.2
0.4 73.4 1.2 2.8
0.6 48.7 1.5 2.4
0.8 35.2 1.9 2.1
1.0 27.2 2.1 1.9
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1. The effective dates of the mineral resource estimates are: Kraku Pester,
9th January 2013, Korkan, 30th October 2012 and Bigar Hill, 30th June
2012.
2. See notes 2 to 5 in the Kraku Pester Resource Estimate table above.
The Timok Gold Project comprises several targets including Bigar Hill, Korkan
and Kraku Pester. The Kraku Pester resource estimate is the last of three
scheduled initial resource estimates.
Infill drilling at 40 meter by 40 meter spacing has now been completed at Korkan
and Bigar Hill. Once all assay and QAQC data for the 40 meter by 40 meter
drilling over the deposits has been received, the resource estimates will be
updated with the aim of upgrading the estimates to Indicated Resources. The
databases are expected to be completed and 'closed off' during February 2013
with revised resource estimates planned for completion in Q2 2013.
Avala controls 100% of this newly identified sediment-hosted gold belt which
totals approximately 250 square kilometers.
1. HIGHLIGHTS
-- Independent resource estimation has been completed by Chris Arnold
MAusIMM CP(Geo) of AMC.
-- The Kraku Pester resource estimate is based on 139 drill holes (38
diamond drill holes and 94 reverse circulation drill holes, including 7
RC holes with diamond drill core 'tails'). Details of the drilling and
sampling program are summarised in the table below.
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Item DD RC Total
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HOLES 45 94 139
METERS DRILLED 10,713 14,962 25,675
SAMPLES 10,007 14,962 24,969
AVERAGE RECOVERY 96% 86% 90%
PRIMARY ASSAYS (Au) 10,007 14,962 24,969
BULK DENSITIES 1,482
TWIN DRILL PAIRS 7
TWIN DRILL METERS 1,111
40m x 40m (%) 86%
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-- A very large amount of check sampling and assaying has been completed,
as part of Avala's standard QAQC procedures.
-- Block model preparation and resource estimation has been completed using
Datamine and Isatis. One-meter composites (the standard Avala sampling
unit) were used to define geological boundaries and mineralized
wireframes, whilst three-meter down hole composites were used for
statistical analysis, variography and resource estimation.
-- Resource estimation has been completed using the geostatistical
technique, Local Multiple Indicator Kriging ("Local MIK"). Local MIK is
a form of Multiple Indicator Kriging ("MIK") where the grades are
'mapped' directly into selective mining unit ("SMU") sized blocks from a
MIK estimate. Bulk density has been estimated into the block model using
inverse distance weighting. One main mineralized zone was defined;
predominantly within the main sediment package with part of the
mineralization being hosted in monzonite. A total of 11 indicator cut
offs were used to define the metal distribution within the model cells.
Statistical analysis of the composite grade distribution confirmed that
the application of an upper cut was not required prior to grade
estimation.
-- The mineral resource was estimated using the Canadian Institute of
Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), CIM Standards on Mineral
Resources and Reserves, Definitions and Guidelines prepared by the CIM
Standing Committee on Reserve Definitions and adopted by CIM Council.
The in-situ resource estimate is within the defined mineralized
wireframes and is reported at a wide range of lower cut off grades. An
initial, comprehensive, phase of metallurgical test work has been
completed.
2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Drilling and Sampling
-- Figure 1 shows the location of the Kraku Pester deposit within the Timok
Gold Project, whilst Figure 2 displays the drilling carried out to date
at Kraku Pester along with a gram-meter map of mineralization. Figure 3
shows a typical cross section through the Kraku Pester deposit,
illustrating the near-surface, shallow dipping nature of gold
mineralization. Drilling and sampling of the Kraku Pester deposit has
utilised Avala's full set of detailed and extensive procedures.
Density Measurements
-- Density measurements are routinely taken every three meters down hole
from diamond drill core. The bulk density of the core billets is
measured at the SGS managed laboratory at Bor using the industry
standard wax-seal immersion method.
Twin Drilling
-- Twin drilling has been routinely performed with some 7.4% of all RC
holes being twinned with diamond drilling.
-- At Kraku Pester 7 DD 'twin holes' have been completed, for 1,111 meters.
-- The routine reverse circulation-diamond 'twin' drilling program
continues to confirm that the majority of mineralized intercepts and
hence the deposit style, is dominated by layer-parallel, lithology-
controlled gold mineralization and that there can be close spaced
variation in gold grade, as is typical for gold deposits.
Variography
-- Detailed variography has been carried out for six of the 11 indicator
cut offs that have been used in the Local MIK grade estimation.
Grade-Tonnage Reporting
-- The Kraku Pester resource model has been categorized as Indicated and
Inferred Resources using the CIM Standards on Mineral Resources and
Reserves, Definitions and Guidelines. The table below summarizes the
grade-tonnage data for the Bigar Hill, Korkan and Kraku Pester deposits,
subdivided by the principal interpreted mineralized zones.
-- In the table below, the reported tonnes, grade and contained gold have
been rounded to the appropriate level of precision for the reporting of
Indicated and Inferred Resources, and the numbers may not correlate
exactly due to rounding errors.
-- A series of significant gold deposits has been defined at Kraku Pester,
Korkan and Bigar Hill and Avala considers the potential for further
discoveries in the Timok Gold Project to be very high.
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KORKAN, BIGAR HILL AND KRAKU PESTER
INDICATED AND INFERRED RESOURCE ESTIMATE (1)
Subdivided By Mineralized Zone Domain
Local Multiple Indicator Kriging
5m x 5m x 5m Selective Mining Unit
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Andesite/Mozonite S1/LMST S1/S2
MMVO(2) MSSL MSSS(3) TOTAL
Cut Off
Grade Au Au Au Au
(Au g/t) Mt (g/t) Moz Mt(g/t) Moz Mt (g/t) Moz Mt(g/t) Moz
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INDICATED RESOURCES
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KRAKU PESTER
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0.2 4.17 0.87 0.12 7.20 0.93 0.22 11.37 0.91 0.33
0.4 3.16 1.05 0.11 5.77 1.09 0.20 8.93 1.07 0.31
0.6 2.27 1.26 0.09 4.05 1.34 0.17 6.32 1.31 0.27
0.8 1.68 1.46 0.08 2.96 1.58 0.15 4.63 1.54 0.23
1.0 1.29 1.64 0.07 2.33 1.76 0.13 3.62 1.72 0.20
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INFERRED RESOURCES
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KRAKU PESTER
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0.2 5.7 0.5 0.1 2.4 0.5 0.0 8.1 0.5 0.1
0.4 3.1 0.7 0.1 1.3 0.7 0.0 4.4 0.7 0.1
0.6 1.6 0.9 0.0 0.6 1.0 0.0 2.2 1.0 0.0
0.8 0.9 1.2 0.0 0.4 1.2 0.0 1.3 1.2 0.0
1.0 0.5 1.4 0.0 0.2 1.5 0.0 0.7 1.4 0.0
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KORKAN
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0.2 1.5 0.4 0.0 41.6 0.9 1.2 6.4 0.6 0.1 49.5 0.8 1.3
0.4 0.7 0.6 0.0 27.3 1.2 1.0 2.9 1.0 0.1 31.0 1.2 1.2
0.6 0.2 0.7 0.0 18.3 1.5 0.9 1.6 1.3 0.1 20.1 1.5 1.0
0.8 0.0 0.9 0.0 12.5 1.9 0.8 1.0 1.8 0.0 13.5 1.9 0.8
1.0 9.4 2.3 0.7 0.6 2.3 0.0 10.0 2.3 0.7
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BIGAR HILL
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0.2 4.1 0.6 0.1 25.2 0.6 0.5 34.6 1.0 1.2 63.9 0.9 1.8
0.4 2.2 1.0 0.1 13.2 1.0 0.4 22.7 1.4 1.1 38.0 1.3 1.5
0.6 1.4 1.2 0.1 8.0 1.3 0.3 17.0 1.8 1.0 26.4 1.6 1.4
0.8 1.0 1.4 0.0 5.5 1.6 0.3 14.0 2.0 0.9 20.5 1.9 1.2
1.0 0.7 1.7 0.0 4.0 1.8 0.2 11.9 2.2 0.8 16.5 2.1 1.1
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TOTAL INFERRED RESOURCES
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0.2 11.3 0.6 0.2 66.7 0.8 1.7 43.5 0.9 1.3 121.5 0.8 3.2
0.4 6.0 0.8 0.2 40.5 1.1 1.5 26.9 1.4 1.2 73.4 1.2 2.8
0.6 3.2 1.1 0.1 26.2 1.5 1.2 19.2 1.7 1.1 48.7 1.5 2.4
0.8 1.9 1.3 0.0 17.9 1.8 1.1 15.3 2.0 1.0 35.2 1.9 2.1
1.0 1.2 1.6 0.0 13.3 2.1 0.9 12.7 2.2 0.9 27.2 2.1 1.9
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1. See notes on page 1-2.
2. For Kraku Pester the proportion of the resource that is hosted in
monzonite is reported here.
3. For Kraku Pester, the remainder of the deposit (dominantly sediments
with minor volcanics) is reported here.
Please see the following link to view all Korkan, Bigar Hill and Kraku Pestar
drill holes located spatially in three dimensions:
http://www.corebox.net/properties/timok-gold-project
3. SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
The majority of soil samples have been assayed at the ALS Chemex laboratory,
Perth, Australia. More recent programs have been assayed at the SGS managed
laboratory at Chelopech in Bulgaria using a combination of ICP-OES and ICP-MS;
whereas gold has been assayed by low level detection fire assay method with an
AAS finish. The Company has established a laboratory facility at Bor, Eastern
Serbia which is independently managed by SGS. Trench samples were prepared at
the laboratory facility at Bor and the samples have been assayed at the SGS
managed laboratory at Chelopech in Bulgaria or the laboratory facility at Bor.
Diamond drill core has been prepared at the laboratory facility at Bor and
assayed at either the SGS managed laboratory at Chelopech in Bulgaria or the
assay laboratory at Bor. A one meter sampling interval has been used where
possible for the Timok Gold Project diamond drilling program. Half core is
routinely submitted to the laboratory for analysis. Reverse circulation drill
samples have been prepared at the laboratory facility at Bor and assayed at the
laboratory at Bor. A one meter sampling interval has been used for the Timok
Gold Project reverse circulation drilling program. Following Avala standard
quality assurance procedures, a full suite of field and laboratory duplicates
and replicates along with internationally accredited standards and blanks, have
been submitted with each batch of samples.
Trench sampling was carried out as channels in the wall just above the trench
floor on 2m intervals. Except where extensive soil cover is encountered,
trenches are sampled in their entirety. The samples were routinely weighed prior
to final bagging to maintain an even sample size and to avoid sampling bias in
harder rock types. An average channel sample weight was maintained at 3kg/m,
which produces a consistent sample weight approximating half HQ core samples.
Field duplicate samples were taken every 20 samples and known standards were
inserted into the sample stream after every 20th sample. A geological and
structural log was completed as for diamond drilling. All data collected in the
field is routinely entered into geology and structural geology spread sheets
using Field Marshal software for subsequent inclusion in an acQuire database and
validation.
4. QUALIFIED PERSONS
The Kraku Pester resource estimate was undertaken by independent qualified
person Chris Arnold MAusIMM CP(Geo) of AMC. Mr. Arnold of AMC has reviewed and
approved the contents of this press release insofar as the Kraku Pester mineral
resource estimate is concerned.
AMC is completing a technical report for the mineral resource estimate in
compliance with NI 43-101 to be filed on SEDAR within 45 days of this press
release.
The other technical information contained in this press release was prepared and
approved by Dr Julian F. H. Barnes, FAusIMM, MAIG, a director of the Company and
special consultant. Dr. Barnes is a 'qualified person' within the meaning of
that term under NI 43-101.
About Avala Resources Ltd.: Avala Resources is a mineral exploration company
focused on the exploration and development of the Timok Gold Project in Eastern
Serbia. The Timok Gold Project comprises several targets, including Korkan,
Bigar Hill and Kraku Pester. Avala controls 100% of this newly identified
sediment-hosted gold belt which totals approximately 250 square kilometers. The
common shares of Avala trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol AVZ.
Avala had approximately $4.4 million in its treasury at November 30, 2012.
Avala's issued and outstanding share capital totals 214,492,223 common shares,
of which approximately 51.4% is held by Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (TSX:DPM).
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains 'forward-looking information' within the meaning of
applicable Canadian securities legislation. Generally, forward-looking
information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
"believe", "plan", "expect", "intend", "estimate", "project", "schedule", "may",
"will", "could", "might", "should" or variations of such words or similar words
or expressions. Forward looking information in this press release includes
information about mineral resource estimates, the potential expansion and
upgrade of such the resource estimates, the timing and location of future work
programs, the results and interpretation of studies and exploration activities,
the nature of the mineralization of the project, and the potential for further
discoveries. Since forward-looking information are based on assumptions and
address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent
risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those
currently anticipated in such statements for many reasons such as: changes in
general economic conditions and conditions in the financial markets; changes in
demand and prices for gold; legislative, environmental and other regulatory,
political and competitive developments; operational difficulties encountered in
connection with the activities of the Company; the Company's financial
condition, and other matters discussed in this news release. This list is not
exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of the Company's forward-looking
information. These and other factors made in public disclosures and filings by
the Company should be considered carefully and readers should not place undue
reliance on the Company's forward-looking information. The Company does not
undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to
time by the Company or on its behalf, except in accordance with applicable
securities laws.
"Inferred Resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence,
and economic and legal feasibility. Investors are cautioned not to assume that
all or any part of an inferred mineral resource reported in this news release
will ever be upgraded to a higher category or to reserves. Mineral resources are
not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. U.S.
persons are advised that while mineral resources are recognized under Canadian
regulations, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not recognize
them. U.S. persons are also cautioned not to assume that all or any part of an
inferred mineral resource is economically or legally mineable.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 are available at the following address:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/avz_figures0114.pdf
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Avala Resources Ltd.
James Crombie, President and Chief Executive Officer
+1.450.640.0810
info@avalaresources.com
www.avalaresources.com
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