CDC12 Sep 2011 08:46
Basay Drilling Results
Assay results from the first four holes have now been received and reported. To date, the Company has completed 25 holes and is drilling with five rigs operating 24 hours/day on holes BSM026 to BSM030. The balance of the cores for holes BSM005 - BSM025 are in the course of core preparation, shipment and assay. Core preparation has, however, been slower than expected due to the hard nature of the core samples. The Company is pleased to report, though, that it has now increased its core preparation capacity and expects the preparation activity to have caught up with the drilling programme by the end of this month. The timing of assay results nevertheless remains dependent on the laboratory which, as is common throughout the industry at present, is currently working at capacity.
To date, the Company has completed drilling approximately 12,600 meters of its initial 18,615 metre drill programme designed to confirm the historical mineralisation and to define a JORC compliant resource at Basay. The drill programme will also test the extension of known mineralisation at depth and along strike. CDC has a 70% interest in the Basay Project.
The initial programme of 18,615 metres of drilling is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter, after which the Company expects to release a JORC-compliant resource at Basay before the end of the year.
Mitch Alland, Executive Chairman of CDC, commented:
"The high grade results from this latest hole continue to confirm the exciting high gradepotential of the Basay Project. We are extremely excited by the project as these latest results continue to confirm not only the high grade of copper, but also the presence of significant by-product credits in molybdenum, silver and gold."