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New Drilling Results of 1.21% High Grade Cobalt Over 12.30 Metres, Including 12.48% Cobalt Over 0.90 Metres, Affirm Puget Ventures Flagship Werner West Propertys Status as a Leading Primary Cobalt Project
Additional drilling underway to follow up on high-grade intercepts continues
Interview with Erin Chutter
President & Director
VANCOUVER, BC (April 19, 2010)...PUGET VENTURES INC (TSXV: PVS) announced today drilling results from its Werner West Zone that the company says solidify the property as an important North American primary cobalt prospect.
The drilling of Pugets flagship asset, the Werner West Deposit in Northwestern Ontario, has returned a 12.30 metre intercept averaging 1.21% cobalt including a very high-grade interval grading 12.48% cobalt over 0.90 metres. These high-grade intercepts are associated with anomalous copper, nickel and gold values. A second drill was recently added on the Werner Lake Property to follow up on these high-grade results.
Eight holes are still in the lab from the first phase and 6000 metres are underway on the deeper second phase.
"We are incredibly pleased with these initial returns from our 100% owned Werner Lake cobalt project," said Erin Chutter, President of Puget Ventures Inc. ( ). "These grades are significant and confirm Werner Lakes status as a credible and evolving primary cobalt project in one of the worlds most stable mining jurisdictions."
World demand for cobalt is increasing both with the proliferation of electronic gadgets, from cell-phones to iPods and iPads. It is also becoming an important "green" metal due to its critical role in the lithium batteries of electric cars and other electric vehicles.
Perhaps most significantly, amid fears of a shortage of cobalt and other rare-earth metals, it is acquiring a strategic role in Western government policy. The United States, for instance, plans to spend $1.2 billion to re-establish domestic rare-earth mining and strategic metals to meet demand for cobalts use in national defence technologies. Cobalt futures began trading on the London Metal Exchange on February 22, 2010 and the recent trade prices have been $20-$21 per pound.
"Todays results continue to confirm continuity of the high-grade portions of the Werner West Zone and increase our understanding of the controls around the high grade in the deposit as we move towards the completion of the NI 43-101 resource report this year," said Michael Dehn, CEO of Puget Ventures Inc.
The National Instrument 43-101 report is a mineral resource classification code used in the public disclosure of scientific and technical information about Canadian mineral properties.
HOLE NUMBER
Final depth
INTERCEPT
Au
Co
Cu
Ni
From
To
interval
g/t
%
%
%
WL-09-002
102
54.0
55.5
1.50
0.02
0.06
0.20
0.02
59.4
60.0
0.60
0.06
0.03
0.12
0.01
73.5
77.5
4.00
0.15
0.07
0.28
0.02
includes
75.0
76.4
1.40
0.20
0.12
0.56
0.02
80.2
84.0
3.80
0.03
0.00
0.14
0.01
includes
80.2
81.1
0.90
0.02
0.01
0.13
0.01
and
82.5
84.0
1.50
0.04
0.01
0.18
0.01
WL-10-003
97
45.0
45.5
0.50
0.02
0.01
0.17
0.02
65.7
66.5
0.80
0.09
0.05
0.46
0.01
91.0
91.8
0.80
0.65
0.00
0.03
0.00
WL-10-004
74
25.4
37.7
12.30
0.30
1.21
0.22
0.02
includes
28.8
30.2
1.40
0.38
1.55
0.16
0.04
and
30.2
31.1
0.90
0.52
12.48
0.19
0.15
and
31.1
32.0
0.90
0.73
0.71
0.05
0.03
41.4
45.5
4.10
0.12
0.03
0.59
0.02
includes
41.4
42.9
1.50
0.15
0.03
0.45
0.02
and
44.3
45.5
1.20
0.13
0.03
1.19
0.03
47.6
49.2
1.60
0.09
0.02
0.16
0.02
includes
47.6
48.7
1.10
0.12
0.03
0.22
0.02
WL-10-005
99
62.3
65.4
3.10
0.29
0.14
0.38
0.01
includes
63.6
65.4
1.80
0.45
0.18
0.61
0.02
68.0
71.8
3.80
0.32
0.00
0.71
0.01
includes
68.0
69.3
1.30
0.47
0.04
0.34
0.02
and
70.3
71.8
1.50
0.38
0.01
1.80
0.01
WL-10-008
76
1.0
2.9
1.90
0.20
0.04
0.20
0.01
WL-10-009
148
114.6
116.1
1.50
0.06
0.09
0.14
0.02
116.1
117.0
0.90
0.39
0.12
0.47
0.02
136.7
138.0
1.30
0.04
0.01
0.10
0.01
138.0
139.4
1.40
0.14
0.00
0.10
0.01
WL-10-010
164
131.8
136.1
4.30
0.11
0.10
0.37
0.02
includes
131.8
132.6
0.80
0.14
0.14
0.05
0.01
and
133.5
135.1
1.60
0.14
0.08
0.65
0.02
and
135.1
136.1
1.00
0.06
0.12
0.44
0.03
WL-10-011
95
67.4
68.4
1.00
1.31
0.01
0.02
0.01
71.8
72.2
0.40
0.68
0.00
0.02
0.00
72.2
73.1
0.9
0.2
0.0
0.4
0.0
Of particular note is the 12.48% cobalt value returned in WL10-004. This reflects a zone of more than 5% combined sulphides in peridotite, with portions that carry from 5 to 45% sulphides. At our request, the high grade sample over the interval 30.2 to 31.1m in WL10-004 was analysed five times, twice using quadruple acid digestion (which is normal procedure), and once (in triplicate) with sodium peroxide fusion. The first acid digested sample was analysed (12.949% Co) with AA finish, the second (12.140% Co) with ICP-AES finish, and the peroxide fusion (12.032%; 12.323% and 12.735% Co, mean 12.363%) was analysed by ICP-AES. In addition, a metallic analysis of the sample returned a value of 13.46% Co. (A value of 12.5% equates to 250lb per short ton or 275lb per tonne).
Overall, mineralized intersections reflect variable combined cobaltite-pentlandite-chalcopyrite within peridotite.
These results comprise 8 of 17 drill holes in the first phase of drilling and as either confirmation or fill-in, they reflect previous intersections in the vicinity.
All holes drilled the target mafic-ultramafic mineralized sequence.
The QP for this drilling, logging and sampling is Toby Hughes, P.Geol, P. Geo, P. Geo. The QP for this release is Dr Adrian G Mann, P.Geol.
About Puget Ventures Inc. (
Puget Ventures Inc. is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Puget controls 100% of its lands in the Werner Lake Mineral Belt in Northwestern Ontario which includes the advanced stage Werner West Cobalt deposit formerly one of Canadas only primary cobalt producers.
For Further Information:
Ms. Erin Chutter
Or Mr. Michael Dehn
Suite 501 525 Seymour Street, Vancouver BC V6B 3H7 Tel: 604-688-4219
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Interview with Erin Chutter
President & Director
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