Adex Mining Inc. ("Adex" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ADE) is pleased to
announce the results of an updated National Instrument ("NI") 43-101 mineral
resource estimate for the North Zone ("NZ") at its Mount Pleasant Mine property
in New Brunswick, Canada.
The updated mineral resource estimate includes 12,400,000 Indicated tonnes
averaging 0.38% tin ("Sn"), 0.86% zinc ("Zn"), and 64 parts per million (ppm)
indium ("In"). Compared to the May 6, 2009 mineral resource estimate, this
represents a 14% increase in Indicated tonnes using a cut-off grade 64% higher
than in the 2009 report. Contained metal in the Indicated category within the
new mineral resource estimate is 47,000,000 kilograms (kg) of tin, 107,000,000
kg of zinc and 789,000 kg of indium. Compared to 2009, contained tin is
approximately the same but contained zinc and indium have increased by
34,000,000 kg and 100,000 kg, respectively.
"These are exciting results that further strengthen our confidence in Mount
Pleasant," said Patrick Merrin, Chief Operating Officer for Adex. "Our updated
resource was calculated using a higher cut-off grade and we have succeeded in
reclassifying a portion of our resource from Inferred to Indicated. The 2010 and
2011 drill programs along with the metallurgical testing that we have completed
has given us a much better understanding of how to extract the most value from
this resource."
The updated mineral resource estimate also includes 2,800,000 Inferred tonnes
averaging 0.30% tin, 1.13% zinc, and 70 ppm indium. Contained inferred metal
from the new mineral resource estimate is 8,600,000 kg tin, 32,000,000 kg zinc
and 198,000 kg indium.
Mineral resource and contained metal estimates are summarized below in Tables 1
and 2.
In addition to the known tin-zinc-indium resources in the NZ, the results of the
2011 drill program confirmed and expanded the extent of the high-grade
tungsten-molybdenum-bismuth (WO3-MoS2-Bi) mineralization in the NZ and Saddle
Zone with grades and widths similar to those being assessed at the Fire Tower
Zone ("FTZ") (News Release, Jan. 31, 2012). A follow-up drill program is planned
(News Release, Feb. 16, 2012) with the purpose of further expanding and
amalgamating the WO3-MoS2-Bi mineralized bodies, which were originally part of
the initial 2009 NZ NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate, with those in the FTZ.
This will be conducted in conjunction with the preparation of an updated NI
43-101 resource estimate and feasibility study for all of the WO3-MoS2-Bi
mineralized bodies at Mount Pleasant Mine.
RESULTS
Table 1: February 2012 Mineral Resources - North Zone, Mount Pleasant
Property
Mineral Tonnage
Resources (Millions of Sn Grade, Cut Zn Grade, Cut In Grade, Cut
Class tonnes) (%) (%) (ppm)
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Indicated 12.4 0.38 0.86 64
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Inferred 2.8 0.30 1.13 70
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1. Resources were estimated using composites within a Block Model with
block dimensions of 5x5x5m and using an inverse distance squared grade
interpolation method. Top cuts were applied to Sn, Zn and In assays
before compositing. A cut-off of US$75 Gross Metal Value ("GMV") was
applied and a recovery of 100% is assumed;
2. Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have
demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of mineral resources may
be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title,
socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues;
3. The quantity and grade of reported inferred mineral resources in this
estimation are uncertain in nature and there has been insufficient
exploration to define these inferred resources as an indicated or
measured mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration
will result in upgrading them to an indicated or measured mineral
resource category; and
4. The mineral resources in this press release were estimated 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 November 27, 2010.
The contained metal within the new mineral resource estimate is:
Table 2: Contained Metal, North Zone Mount Pleasant Property (Capped(i))
Mineral Resources
Class Contained Sn (kg) Contained Zn (kg) Contained In (kg)
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Indicated 47,000,000 107,000,000 789,000
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Inferred 8,600,000 32,000,000 198,000
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1. Top cuts of 3% Sn and 4% Sn were applied to Sn assays before
compositing; top cuts of 5% Zn and 8% Zn were applied to Zn assays
before compositing and top cuts of 500 ppm In and 600 ppm In were
applied to In assays before compositing. The top cuts applied varied
according to the domain. A cut-off of US$75 GMV was applied and a
recovery of 100% is assumed; and
2. Figures may not total due to rounding.
MINERAL RESOURCE STATEMENT
The updated mineral resource estimates have been prepared on behalf of Watts,
Griffis and McOuat Limited, Consulting Geologists and Engineers of Toronto
("WGM") by WGM Senior Geological Associate John Reddick, M.Sc., P.Geo., of
Reddick Consulting Inc. ("RCI") and Mohan Srivastava, M.Sc., P.Geo., of FSS
Canada Consultants Inc., all of whom are independent of Adex.
A total of 27,527 samples in 640 diamond drill holes, representing approximately
76,000 metres of drilling, were used for the estimate. The drilling includes
underground and surface holes completed from the 1950s through 2011. Of these,
81 drill holes from surface totalling 19,027 metres were completed by Adex from
1996 to 2011. The mineral resource is constrained by wireframes of the
favourable host lithologies. Domains were modelled that reflected the different
nature of the Sn, Zn and In mineralisation. Metal grades were interpolated into
5-by-5-by-5-metre blocks using an inverse distance squared (ID2) estimation
method.
Metal prices of US$8.33 per pound Sn, $0.91 per pound Zn, and $600.00 per
kilogram for In, based on the three-year trailing average, were used to estimate
a combined Gross Metal Value ("GMV") of US$75 to establish the cut-off value for
blocks. The GMV of US$75 is equal to a Sn equivalent cut-off grade of 0.41 wt%,
which is 64% higher than the Sn equivalent cut-off grade of 0.25 wt% Sn used in
the initial NI 43-101 resource estimate for the NZ completed in 2009. The higher
cut-off was chosen based upon the results of the 2010 Preliminary Economic
Assessment completed for the NZ (filed on SEDAR), which estimated total
operating costs ranging from US$64 to $109 per tonne and identified Sn, In and
Zn as potentially economic extractable metals for the deposit. In-house data
from Adex and technical data from Reddick Consulting Inc for similar deposits
were also used to derive the cut-off value.
Mineral resources were classified as Indicated in each domain if:
a) there were a minimum of six composites from at least two different holes
available within the search ellipse for each block estimated; and
b) there were a minimum of two octants with samples available for each block
estimated.
Mineral resources were classified as Inferred if at least two composites were
found within the search ellipse. For both classes, the longest search direction
was 35m and the shortest 20m. The search ellipse was determined from variography
analyses and composites contributing to block grades were constrained by the
wireframes.
Assay grades were composited to nominal 3-m lengths prior to resource
estimation. Unsampled intervals were included in the composites at nil grades.
To date all samples have been tested for Sn and Zn, while only 34% have been
tested for In. The applied methodology provides a conservation approach for the
estimation of the In within the resource. Top cuts of 4% Sn, 5% Zn and 500 ppm
In were applied for the Endogranite subzone ("100") domain and top cuts of 3%
Sn, 8% Zn and 600 ppm In were applied outside of the Endogranite subzone domain.
The top cuts were established on the basis of statistical analysis and were
applied to the assays before calculation of composite grades. A GMV cut-off of
US$75/tonne is derived from the value of Sn, Zn and In for each block and the
GMV cut-off is based on the assumption that the deposit is of a potential size
and nature to allow for possible bulk mining methods.
A copy of the full mineral resource estimate will be available in a
NI-43-101-compliant report on the SEDAR website within 45 days of this press
release. That report will be prepared by Michael Kociumbas, B.Sc., P.Geo. and
Vice-President of Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited, Steve McCutcheon, Ph.D.,
P.Geo., of McCutcheon Geo-Consulting, John Reddick, M.Sc., P.Geo., of Reddick
Consulting Inc., and Mohan Srivastava, M.Sc., P.Geo., of FSS Canada Consultants
Inc. The mineral resource estimates, which are effective today, were completed
by John Reddick, M.Sc., P.Geo., of Reddick Consulting Inc. and Mohan Srivastava,
M.Sc., P.Geo., of FSS Canada Consultants Inc., and are based on geological
interpretations and data supplied by the Company. Michael Kociumbas, John
Reddick and Mohan Srivastava are 'independent qualified persons' for the
purposes of NI 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects of the
Canadian Securities Administrators and have verified the mineral resource data
disclosed in this release. Steve McCutcheon, Ph.D., P.Geo., of McCutcheon
Geo-Consulting and an 'independent qualified person' for the purposes of NI
43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects of the Canadian Securities
Administrators, has verified the sampling procedures and QA/QC data delivered to
WGM and is of the opinion that the data are of good quality and suitable for use
in the mineral resource estimates.
McCutcheon, Srivastava and Reddick approved the disclosure of the technical
information contained in this press release. This release has also been reviewed
by Adex's Chief Operating Officer Patrick Merrin, P. Eng.
ABOUT ADEX
Adex Mining Inc. is a Canadian junior mining company with an experienced
management team. The Company is focused on developing its flagship Mount
Pleasant Mine property, a multi-metal project that is host to promising
tungsten-molybdenum and tin-indium-zinc mineralization. Located in Charlotte
County, New Brunswick, the property is situated approximately 80 km south of
Fredericton, the provincial capital, and 65 km from the United States border.
The common shares of Adex trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the stock
symbol "ADE."
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking"
statements which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of Adex, its
subsidiary or the industry in which they operate to be materially different from
any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, the words
"estimate", "believe", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", "plan", "may",
"should", "will", the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable
terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements
reflect the current expectations of the management of Adex with respect to
future events based on currently available information and are subject to risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or achievements
to differ materially from those expressed or implied by those forward-looking
statements. These risks and uncertainties are detailed from time to time,
including, without limitation, under the heading "Risk Factors", in reports
filed by Adex with the Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario Securities
Commissions which are available at www.sedar.com and to which readers of this
press release are referred for additional information concerning Adex, its
prospects and the risks and uncertainties relating to Adex and its prospects.
New risk factors may arise from time to time and it is not possible for
management to predict all of those risk factors or the extent to which any
factor or combination of factors may cause actual results, performance and
achievements of Adex to be materially different from those contained in
forward-looking statements. Although the forward-looking statements contained in
this press release are based upon what management believes to be reasonable
assumptions, Adex cannot assure investors that actual results will be consistent
with these forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties,
investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a
prediction of actual results.
The forward-looking information contained in this press release is current only
as of the date of the press release. Adex does not undertake or assume any
obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements
to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.
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