East Asia Minerals drills 4.84 g/t gold at Aceh property

Vancouver-based mineral exploration firm East Asia Minerals Corporation reported on Tuesday that its initial drilling on the extensive, flat-lying Abong Jasperoid within the Barisan Property, Aceh Province, encountered significant, near surface epithermal gold mineralization in all holes assayed to date.

Drill hole ABD-01 intersected 2.81 g/t gold over 10.0 metres, ABD-02 intersected 1.78 g/t gold over 10.0 metres, and ABD-03 intersected 4.84 g/t gold over 9.0 metres, the company said.

This initial, ongoing program is drilling holes at 150 to 200 metre centres to more completely delineate shallow dipping stratabound epithermal gold mineralization that apparently occurs over an area of at least 1,500 metres by 550 metres, the company said.

Results previously announced by the Company define three mineralized bodies in the 3 x 1.5 Abong mineralized corridor: the above reported Abong Jasperiod Prospect, and the Bintang and Fikri Breccia Prospects. Historic exploration in the Abong Corridor was terminated on non-technical grounds, leaving much of the mineralization open in several directions. (alex)