DGAP-News: Champion Minerals continues to drill long intersections of high-grade iron formation at the Oil Can Project, adjacent to its Fire Lake North Project, Fermont, Quebec
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Champion Minerals continues to drill long intersections of high-grade
iron formation at the Oil Can Project, adjacent to its Fire Lake North
Project, Fermont, Quebec
13.12.2011 / 12:00
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NEWS RELEASE
Champion Minerals continues to drill long intersections of high-grade iron
formation at the Oil Can Project, adjacent to its Fire Lake North Project,
Fermont, Quebec
- Drill hole OC11-08 intersected 545.7 metres grading 33.7% Total Iron
including 442.3 metres grading 36.4% Total Iron
- Drill hole OC11-05 intersected 303.4 metres grading 34.7% Total Iron
Toronto (Canada), December 13, 2011 - CHAMPION MINERALS INC. (TSX: CHM;
FSE: P02) ('Champion', or the 'Company') is pleased to provide assay
results for three additional drill holes completed on the Company's Oil Can
Project ('Oil Can'), located northeast of, and contiguous with, the
Company's flagship Fire Lake North Project in the Fermont Iron Ore
District, Quebec.
The four drill holes completed on the South Zone at Oil Can were drilled on
sections spaced approximately 400 metres (m) apart, along the estimated
1300 m strike length of a crescent-shaped magnetic anomaly (see Figure 1).
To help determine the true width of the targeted iron formation, hole
OC11-08 was drilled towards the bearing of holes OC11-02 and OC11-05.
In the central and widest part of the anomaly, drill hole OC11-08
intersected 545.7 m of magnetite-hematite-rich iron formation grading 33.7%
Total Iron (FeT) that includes an interval of 442.3 m grading 36.4% FeT.
Drill hole OC11-05 intersected 303.4 m grading 34.7% FeT that includes
130.8 m grading 36.5% FeT whereas drill hole OC11-02, located at the
eastern end of the anomaly, intersected 401.5 m grading 30.7% FeT that
includes a 213.5 m interval grading 33.1% FeT (see Champion press release
dated October 20, 2011). Drill hole OC11-07, located at the western end of
the anomaly, intersected 197.2 m grading 26.8% FeT.
Tom Larsen, Champion's President and CEO commented, 'The Oil Can Project is
shaping up to be a significant satellite asset to our Fire Lake North
Project, with results indicating the potential for a large iron resource.
We foresee the Oil Can Project potentially providing supplemental ore feed
to a process plant at our Fire Lake North Project. Clearly, the projects
would benefit from key operating synergies, such as rail transport and port
infrastructure. Champion remains focused on developing the Fire Lake North
Project and continues to systematically delineate complimentary resources
on its nearby projects. Our National Instrument (NI) 43-101 compliant iron
ore resources, which currently exceed 2.2 billion tonnes, are expected to
grow significantly in the coming months and will place the Company's iron
holdings among the top deposits in the Labrador Trough.'
Table 1 provides specifications for drill holes OC11-04 to OC11-08,
inclusive, with selected composite assay results included for the three
South zone holes.
TABLE 1 - SELECTED* COMPOSITE ASSAY RESULTS (HOLES OC11-04 to OC11-08)* Selected Composite Assay Results are stated only for results recently
HOLE-ID HOLE AZIMU DIP FROM TO INTERVAL GRADE***
LENGTH TH **
metres degre degre metres metres metres Total
es es Fe%
South
Zone
OC11-05 545.00 020 -45 241.56 545.00 303.44 34.7
including 407.24 538.00 130.76 36.5
OC11-07 370.67 250 -45 83.82 281.00 197.18 26.8
including 83.82 229.36 145.54 28.1
OC11-08 616.00 180 -50 67.00 612.73 545.73 33.7
including 67.00 509.34 442.34 36.4
North
Zone
OC11-04 543.00 360 -45 assay results pending
OC11-06 520.00 290 -45 assay results pending
received. The Selected Composites are not necessarily representative of the
average grade or thickness of the mineral zones or potential resource.
** Intervals are down-hole lengths and not true widths of the mineral
zones.
*** Grades are calculated from Total Fe% sample assays completed by ALS
Chemex Laboratories using the 'High Grade/Ores Method' and XRF analysis.
The four drill holes that evaluated the South Zone's underlying magnetic
anomaly have delineated a magnetite-hematite-rich iron formation over
approximately 1.3 kilometres of strike-length, with an indicated true width
up to 250 m and similar or greater depth.
There are four strong magnetic-response anomalies at Oil Can; the North,
Central, South and East anomalies or zones, respectively. Assay results for
drill holes OC11-01 (East Zone), OC11-02 (South Zone) and OC11-03 (Central
Zone) were previously announced (Champion press release dated October 20,
2011). Assay results for the first two holes completed on the North Zone
(OC11-04 and OC11-06), are pending.
Champion is nearing completion of its 2011 drill program at Oil Can with
two drill rigs drilling the final holes. Once completed, these two fly
drill rigs will be converted to land-based rigs and mobilized onto Fire
Lake North to facilitate the Feasibility Study level resource definition
and geotechnical drilling, currently underway. With completion of the Oil
Can drilling program and the receipt of assay results, the Company expects
to deliver an initial NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate for the Oil Can
Project in Q1-2012.
The Fermont Iron Holdings
Champion's Fermont Holdings comprise seventeen properties, three of which;
Fire Lake North, Bellechasse and Harvey-Tuttle, host combined NI 43-101
compliant, Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources estimated at 400
Million Tonnes grading 30.6% FeT and Inferred Mineral Resources estimated
at 1.82 Billion Tonnes grading 25.4% FeT, at a 15% FeT cut-off1.
About Champion Minerals Inc.
Champion Minerals is an iron ore exploration and development company with
offices in Montreal and Toronto, focused on developing its significant iron
ore resources in the provinces of Quebec and Newfoundland&Labrador. The
Company's projects include: the Fermont Holdings in Quebec, jointly held by
Champion (82.5% interest) and Fancamp Exploration Ltd. (17.5% interest);
and the Attikamagen Iron Property in Quebec and Labrador. Champion's
Fermont Holdings, including the flagship Fire Lake North Project, are
located in Canada's major iron ore producing district, proximal to four
producing mines. Champion's team and advisory board includes mining and
exploration professionals with substantial iron ore expertise, needed to
effectively advance the Fire Lake North Project into production.
1 The current Mineral Resource estimates were calculated 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
December 11, 2005 and subsequently June 30th, 2011. Mineral resources,
which are not mineral reserves, do not have demonstrated economic
viability. The mineral resource estimate may be materially affected by
environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political,
marketing, or other relevant issues.
The technical information in this news release was reviewed and approved by
Bruce Mitton, P.Geo., VP Exploration of the Company and a Qualified Person
under NI 43-101 standards.
For further information please contact Thomas G. Larsen, President and CEO,
Jorge Estepa, Vice-President, and Salisha Hosein, Director, Investor
Relations at (416) 866-2200.
Please visit Champion's website at www.championminerals.com
Statements made in this news release that are 'forward-looking statements'
are not historical facts. Readers are cautioned that any such statements
are not guarantees of future performance, and that actual developments or
results may vary materially from those stated herein.
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