Overview of Kuru Tegerek Historical Exploration
The Kuru Tegerek property is located in the Sandalash Range of northwestern Kyrgyzstan, approximately 300 kilometers south-southwest of the capital city Bishkek. Mineralization at Kuru Tegerek was discovered in 1963 by Soviet geologists. Kuru Tegerek has three principal copper-gold skarn mineralized zones termed the South, Northwest, and Northeast Deposits. These deposits occur at the contact of a quartz diorite porphyry and a lower Mississippian limestone unit.
From 1963 to 1980, the Soviets conducted multiple campaigns of exploration, including over 7,200 meters of trenching, 40,028 meters of core drilling, and 19,037 meters of underground development and sampling on the South, Northwest, and Northeast Deposits. The South Deposit is the largest and most extensively explored, with a copper-gold mineralized strike length of approximately 400 meters and dip extent of over 900 meters. The Soviets terminated their exploration work in 1981. Exploration was reinitiated from 1998 to 2001 by a U.S.-Kyrgyz company, HEMCO-Kyrgyzstan Corporation. HEMCO’s work focused on the shallow oxide zone of the South Deposit, drilling 133 core holes on a 30 meter grid that totaled over 4,900 meters of sampling. The property was acquired by the Company in April, 2004.
South Deposit Resource Estimate
Behre Dolbear audited the Company’s geologic and resource models for the South Deposit. This audit included a review and independent check of the drilling data, quality assurance/quality control results, modeling procedures, grade estimation parameters, and resulting mineral resource estimation and classification. Parameters, methods and assumptions applied to the resource model include: 1) threedimensional geologically constrained geostatistical grade model, 2) drill hole defined grade continuity verified through variogram analysis, 3) capping of assay grades over 10 grams/tonne gold and two percent copper, and 4) gold and copper grade estimation by ordinary kriging interpolation.
Behre Dolbear concluded that the Eurasian resource model has been developed following accepted industry practices, and meets NI 43-101 specifications and requirements. A summary of the audited Kuru Tegerek South Deposit mineral resources, using a gold equivalent cutoff based upon assumed metal prices of US$ 369/oz gold and US$ 1.09/pound copper, and metal recoveries of 79% gold and 73% copper is given below.
Behre Dolbear’s report concluded that the Kuru Tegerek property merits advancement to the prefeasibility stage. Behre Dolbear noted that there is significant near-surface exploration potential, particularly at the Northwest and Northeast Deposits, and recommended additional drilling for both targets. In addition, Behre Dolbear recognized the exploration potential for an underground target at the Northeast Deposit’s Red Zone (see Company press release dated November 10, 2004).
The Kuru Tegerek property represents a substantial asset, and the Company will continue exploring during the coming field season with the objective of adding to the current resource base.
Mr. Dean Turner, P.Geo., a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and consultant to the Company, has reviewed and verified the technical mining information contained in this news release.
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David M. Cole
President and Chief Executive Officer
Phone: (303) 979-6666
Email: dave@eurasianminerals.com
Website: www.eurasianminerals.com
Kim C. Casswell
Corporate Secretary
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Email: kcasswell@eurasianminerals.com
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Forward-Looking Statement
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