East Asia Minerals expands Abong jasperoid prospect

Vancouver-based junior explorer East Asia Minerals Corporation reported on Wednesday that drilling on the outcropping, sub-horizontal Abong Jasperoid Prospect within the Barisan Property, Aceh Province, continued to intersect consistent near surface epithermal gold mineralization.

The company said drill holes ABD-08 to ABD-10 respectively intersected 1.77 g/t gold over 11.0 metres, 1.56 g/t gold over 12.0 metres, and 1.72 g/t gold over 12.0 metres.

East Asia Minerals' drilling and mapping have consistently provided significant gold results along an extensive shallow dipping, near-surface jasperoid "blanket" greater than 1,500 metres in a northwest direction, up to 750 metres wide, and typically 10 to 15 metres thick, it said.

The jasperoid surface area remains open in all directions and drilling confirms the historically defined mineralization. Sampling and analysis for drill holes ABD-11 to 24 are in progress whilerill hole ABD-25 has commenced, it said.

In addition, at the northwest and southeast areas (Bintang and Fikri) of the Abong Jasperoid Prospect, East Asia has mapped/sampled high-grade gold laterally along basal surge tuff horizons positioned within the gold bearing jasperiod "blanket" and into breccia feeder zones that extend to depth. These include trench results of 12.11 g/t gold over 8.0 metres at the Bintang Prospect, and 11.28 g/t gold over 11.0 metres at the Fikri Prospect.

When drilling in these areas, the Company intends to extend the holes past the gold-bearing jasperoid "blanket" to test for high-grade bonanza gold zones that are typical of epithermal gold environments.

East Asia Minerals is an Asian-based, Canadian mineral exploration company with uranium, gold and copper exploration properties in Mongolia and Indonesia. It has a 70 to 85% interest in five advanced gold and gold-copper properties located in Aceh Province in Sumatra and North Sulawesi.(alex)