Vancouver, British Columbia, December 14, 2009 (TSX Venture: EMX) - Eurasian Minerals Inc. (the “Company” or “EMX”) is pleased to provide a summary of 2009 exploration results from the Gezart gold property in Kyrgyzstan. This year’s results at Gezart’s Orgatash gold prospect include further increases in the size of the intrusion-hosted gold zone and bulk sample assays that suggest upside grade potential for previously reported drill and trench sample results. At the namesake Gezart prospect, where EMX discovered Orgatash-like mineralization last year, additional work has built on last year’s discovery, and established multiple zones of gold mineralization at surface.
Gezart Property Overview. The Gezart license occurs in the Kyrgyz Republic’s southern Tien Shan gold belt. Multiple styles of gold mineralization are developed over an extensive area within the 164 square kilometer license, including reduced granitoid-hosted, sediment-hosted, and skarn style mineralization. The areas of mineralization are aligned along the regional scale, northeast-trending Abshir structural zone. EMX first identified intrusion-hosted, gold-bearing quartz vein and stockwork mineralization at the Orgatash prospect in 2006; and this prospective bulk tonnage target type has been the focus of subsequent exploration through the 2009 field season.
Orgatash Prospect. This year’s work at Orgatash focused on expanding the mineralized zone, bulk sampling, and metallurgical testing. EMX’s previous trenching returned over 4000 meters of samples at a 0.3 g/t gold cutoff that defined a core gold mineralized zone with surface dimensions of 480 by 400 meters. All eleven EMX core holes, drilled in 2007-8, intersected significant (> 3 m at a 0.3 g/t Au cutoff), near-surface gold mineralization to depths of 50-100 meters. The significant drill intercepts total 387.7 meters, or 25.8%, of the 1501 total drilled meters, and average 1.17 g/t gold. Please see map accompanying this news release.