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4 Jul 2011 07:00
Noventa Limited
("Noventa" or the "Company")
RESULTS OF DRILLING PROGRAMMES AT MARROPINO NORTHEAST AND AT MARROPINO SOUTH
4 July 2011
Noventa (TSX: NTA; AIM: NVTA; PLUS: NV) updates shareholders on the drilling results of its exploration programme at locations to the northeast and south of its existing Marropino mine, within its mining licence area.
Core samples from diamond drilling programmes carried out at Marropino Northeast (9 holes) and at Marropino South (6 holes) in March and April 2011 were submitted to the ALS laboratory in Johannesburg and the Inspectorate Metals and Minerals laboratory in Rustenburg, South Africa. The final results of this analytical work have now become available.
In the Marropino Northeast area the maximum values of 61 ppm Ta2O5 (50 ppm Ta) were obtained over the following intersection widths (table 1):
Drillhole No. | Depth from | Depth to | Intersected width | Ta2O5 ppm |
MN 1 | 39.40 | 40.40 | 1 | 61 |
MN 1 | 41.40 | 42.40 | 1 | 61 |
MN 4 | 34.30 | 35.50 | 1.30 | 61 |
MN 6 | 8.50 | 9.80 | 1.30 | 61 |
MN 6 | 53.65 | 54.80 | 1.15 | 61 |
Table 1. Summary of Marropino NE maximum values - the detection limit was 10 ppm.
All other Ta2O5 values obtained were lower. It is therefore considered that the Marropino Northeast pegmatite body does not constitute an economic resource.
Of the six diamond drillholes completed in the Marropino South area, five intersected pegmatite over significant widths. Analytical work carried out by ALS Johannesburg yielded the following results in excess of 61 ppm Ta2O5 (table 2):
Drillhole No. | Depth from | Depth to | Intersected width | Ta2O5 ppm |
DHMS02 | 21.00 | 22.00 | 1 | 98 |
DHMS03 | 36.38 | 37.38 | 1 | 61 |
DHMS04 | 16.36 | 17.36 | 1 | 98 |
DHMS05 | 7.17 | 8.17 | 3 | 61 |
DHMS05 | 15.17 | 16.17 | 1 | 61 |
DHMS05 | 38.17 | 39.17 | 1 | 61 |
DHMS05 | 40.17 | 41.17 | 1 | 61 |
Table 2. Summary of Marropino S maximum values - the detection limit was 10 ppm.
On the basis of these results, it is concluded that the pegmatite drilled does not contain economic concentrations of Ta2O5.
Scientific and technical information contained in this press release has been prepared under the supervision Declan A. Sheeran, BA. MSc MAusIMM (306636) who is a "qualified person" in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. The author is a paid consultant to Noventa-HAMC but has no other monetary or beneficiary links to the company.
For further information please contact:
Eric F. Kohn TD
Chairman
Noventa Limited
+41 22 8500560
+41 79 5030150
www.noventa.net
Nick Harriss/Emily Staples
Religare Capital Markets (UK) Limited (Nominated Adviser)
+44 20 7444 0800
Daniel BriggsReligare Capital Markets plc (Broker)+44 20 7444 0500
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