EAS extends Abong gold system 600m, discovers new gold zone

Vancouver-based mining firm East Asia Minerals Corporation (EAS) reported on Wednesday new drill results, including 8.0 metres of 5.29 g/t gold, 11.0 metres of 1.46 g/t gold and 12.0 metres of 1.01 g/t gold, from its Abong Project located in Aceh Province.

Holes ABD-56 to ABD-59 have significantly extended the Bulan portion of the Abong Project 600 metres to the southeast, it said.

The company also reported that a new gold-bearing jasperiod zone in Kapar Creek, located 1.3 kilometres east of Bulan, was discovered with a channel sample returning 16 metres with 1.67 g/t gold.

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 drilled to define NI43-101 compliant resources.(alex)