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Serabi Mining plc (UK) - Commissioning of new heli-borne VTEM survey



Serabi Mining plc
     

Published: 08:00 CET 02-11-2010 /Thomson Reuters /Source: Serabi Mining plc /XLON: SRB /ISIN: GB00B074J639

Commissioning of new heli-borne VTEM survey



SERABI MINING plc

("Serabi" or "the Company")

 

New helicopter-borne geophysical VTEM survey commissioned for November 2010

 

 

 Serabi Mining , the AIM-traded  gold exploration company, is pleased to advise that the Company has entered into an agreement with Geotech Aerolevantamento to carry out a new airborne geophysical electromagnetic ("VTEM") survey over two areas totaling 8,007 hectares within its Jardim do Ouro tenement holdings that surround the Palito project (see map Areas-1 and 2). 

 

The survey is scheduled to commence at the end of November and will be flown over a total of 1,170 line kilometres.

 

Mike Hodgson, Chief Executive, commented:

 

"The success of the last VTEM survey that Serabi undertook in January 2008 yielded some excellent drill targets.

This has led us to conclude that the use of helicopter-borne VTEM surveys represent the best geological tool for rapidly screening large areas for occurrences of the sulphide mineralisation associated with gold deposits in this area of the Tapajos.  We have taken the opportunity to commission Geotech at this time to benefit from the cost savings associated with reduced mobilisation charges as Geotech is currently undertaking similar activity in reasonably close proximity to our property.

 

"The proposed new VTEM survey is over neighbouring contiguous concessions which host a number of garimpo operations and will enable us to increase the area surveyed from the existing 6,000 hectares to some 14,000 hectares; substantially increasing the potential to identify new areas of gold mineralization similar to that already established at Palito.

We hope to repeat the target generation that was yielded by the 2008 survey and expect that, allowing for the data to be properly processed, we may have an initial interpretation towards the end of the first quarter of 2011

 

"Whilst we continue to focus our primary effort on building the resource base immediately around Palito,  we believe that it is vital that we extend our exploration effort and add value to the wider Jardim do Ouro tenement holdings that the Company has in order to uncover the wider potential of the region.  We are confident that this survey will generate additional targets for future evaluation".

 

Serabis earlier survey over 6,000 hectares involved flying 732 line kilometres and yielded 18 high priority anomalies, of which 14 have now been ground tested.  The correlation of the results has generated 9 drill ready targets on which drilling is expected to commence in December 2010.

 

A map showing the proposed VTEM survey areas is attached to this release.

 

 

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Serabi Mining plc

Mike Hodgson  Tel: 020 7246 6830

Chief Executive Mobile: 07799 473 621

 

Clive Line Tel: 020 7246 6830

Finance Director Mobile: 07710 151 692

 

Email:

Website: www.serabimining.com

 

Beaumont Cornish Limited

Nominated Adviser

Roland Cornish Tel: 020 7628 3396

Michael Cornish Tel: 020 7628 3396

 

Hybridan LLP

Broker

Claire Noyce Tel: 020 7947 4350

 

Farm Street Communications

Public Relations

Simon Robinson 07593 340107

 

Copies of this release are available from the companys website www.serabimining.com.



Map showing VTEM survey area locations







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