Torch River's Red Bird Mo resource increases by 40%
2007-08-27 09:58 ET - News Release
Dr. William Pfaffenberger reports
TORCH RIVER RESOURCES LTD.: RED BIRD MOLYBDENUM RESOURCE INCREASED BY 40%
Torch River Resources Ltd. has received an updated National Instrument 43-101 report on its Red Bird property from Giroux Consultants Ltd.
The updated report includes the drill results from Torch's 2006 drill program on the Red Bird property.
A further update will be done to include Torch's 2007 drill program once the results of that program have been received and analyzed. However, none of the 2007 program is covered in this present update.
The 2006 drill assays were combined with the historic and resampled database used in the 2005 resource estimate. A total of nine Mo assays were capped at 0.33 per cent Mo and nine Cu assays were capped at 0.49 per cent Cu. A geologic three-dimensional model was constructed from cross-sections and three mineralized zones -- Main, Southwest and Southeast -- were formed. Uniform five-metre down-hole composites were produced for Mo and Cu within these mineralized solids. Semivariograms, produced on five-metre composites, showed a geometric anisotropy for both Mo and Cu elongated in the east-west direction. A block model, with blocks 20 metres by 20 metres by 10 metres, was superimposed on the mineralized zones and Mo and Cu were interpolated into the blocks using ordinary kriging.
The previous NI 43-101 report on Red Bird was completed in the spring of 2006 and a comparison with the new update is contained herein (using a cut-off grade of 0.03 per cent Mo).
Indicated resource Inferred resource
Tonnes Mo Pounds Mo Tonnes Mo Pounds Mo
(millions) (%) (million) (millions) (%) (million)
2006 resource 75.3 0.065 107.9
2007 resource 43.3 0.064 61.2 70.5 0.058 90.1
Torch is also pleased that this 2007 report has reclassified 43.3 million tonnes of the above total resource to the indicated category, where in 2006 all the resource was reported as inferred. The total tonnage of the resource at a 0.03-per-cent-Mo cut-off has increased by 51 per cent, while the contained molybdenum has increased by 40 per cent.
The full 2007 updated NI 43-101 report is available for viewing on SEDAR and on Torch's website.
Torch has been informed by its geologist that the drilling operation at its Red Bird molybdenum/copper property is presently drilling its ninth hole in a 10-hole drill program. Torch's plan for this year's program is to drill approximately 9,000 feet in total. Core samples from the first hole, drilled to a depth of 1,430 feet, and also from the next three holes have been sent to the company's assayer and results will be released once they are received.
Gary Giroux is a qualified person under NI 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical data in t