EAS drills 4.81 g/t gold at Aceh prospect

East Asia Minerals Corporation (EAS) reported Thursday that assays have been received for the fifth diamond drill hole at the Main Miwah Gold Zone in Aceh Province, Northern Sumatra.

The drill core intersection is located 400 metres east of the exceptional gold assays encountered in holes EMD001 to 003, and provides compelling support for the interpretation of shallow out-flowed, laterally extensive gold mineralization along the 1.2 kilometre long Main Miwah Gold Zone.

New drill hole EMD008 encountered 2.11 g/t gold over 100 metres, including 4.81 g/t gold over 30 metres.

"We are extremely encouraged by the continuity, width and tenor of mineralization at the Main Miwah Gold Zone", stated Michael Hawkins, President and CEO of EAS. "The gold mineralization intersected by East Asia Minerals to date provides drill validation of more than 500 metres strike length along the known 1,200 metres long Main Miwah gold-bearing silica zone. This zone has been defined by more than 2 kilometres of rock sawn gold-bearing channel samples.?

East Asia Minerals is an Asian-based, Canadian mineral exploration company with gold and copper exploration properties in Indonesia, and uranium exploration properties in Mongolia. In Indonesia the Company has a 70 to 85% interest in six advanced gold and gold-copper properties located in Aceh Province, Sumatra, and Sangihe Island, North Sulawesi. Two of these, the Sangihe (Binebase-Bawone) and Barisan 1 (Abong) gold projects, are being advanced to define NI43-101 compliant resources.(alex)