Vancouver, British Columbia, January 18, 2013 (TSX Venture: EMX; NYSE MKT: EMXX) – Eurasian Minerals Inc. (the “Company” or “EMX”) is pleased to announce results from the first two holes of the 2012-2013 drill campaign at the Akarca gold-silver project in northwest Turkey. The results include an oxide intercept starting at surface of 36.4 meters averaging 5.67 g/t gold and 53.31 g/t silver, with a sub-interval of 2.15 meters averaging 89.34 g/t gold and 835.16 g/t silver that represents the highest grade intercept drilled to date on the property (true widths interpreted as 60-75% of reported interval length). The bonanza intercept highlights the project’s high-grade gold-silver exploration potential. In addition, the Company’s recent programs of geologic mapping and surface sampling have identified several new zones of gold-silver mineralization for follow-up drilling.
Akarca is 100% controlled by EMX, and is available for partnership. The Company is currently in advanced discussions with a number of potential partners interested in the property. Please see the attached map for more information.
Current Program Results. EMX initiated a drill program in December, 2012 to test new target concepts, as well as extend gold-silver mineralization identified from previous exploration. The first two holes were drilled at the Sarikaya Tepe prospect, which is a zone of surface-exposed quartz veining, silicification, and gold-silver mineralization coincident with a steep north-northwest trending ridge. A summary of drill results from Sarikaya Tepe are given in the table below.
Drill Hole | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) | AuEq (g/t) | Comments |
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AKC-69 | 3.6 | 78.8 | 75.2 | 0.60 | 4.48 | 0.68 | Sarikaya Tepe, TD = 124.5 m. Angle hole drilled across the zone from the east that is predominantly oxidized from surface to 59.4m. True width interpreted to be approximately 60-75% of reported interval. |
including | 69.4 | 78.8 | 9.4 | 2.00 | 4.60 | 2.08 | |
AKC-70 | 0 | 36.4 | 36.4 | 5.67 | 53.31 | 6.64 | Sarikaya Tepe, TD = 150.4 m. Angle hole drilled across the zone from the east that is predominantly oxidized from surface to 71.8m. True width interpreted to be 60-75% of reported interval. |
including | 23.6 | 25.75 | 2.15 | 89.34 | 835.16 | 104.53 | |
59.1 | 72.9 | 13.8 | 0.38 | 8.18 | 0.53 |
Notes: Intervals reported at a nominal 0.2 g/t Au cutoff. Au equivalent calculated as 55:1 Ag:Au ratio, and assumes that metallurgical recoveries and net smelter returns are 100%.
Previous drilling at Sarikaya Tepe was angled across the zone from the west due to a lack of access from the top of the ridge. For the current campaign, EMX constructed a drill road on the top of Sarikaya Tepe and during excavation a new, 200 meter long, conglomerate-hosted zone of veining and silicification was discovered on the east side of the prospect. This new zone is an additional target for follow-up exploration.
Elsewhere on the property, EMX continued with geologic mapping, soil sampling, drill road construction, and trenching (please refer to attached map).
- Recent extensions to soil sample grids identified new vein and silicified zones north of Sarikaya Tepe and west of Percem Tepe.
- Drill road construction at Fula Tepe exposed a broad corridor of silicification, quartz veining and mineralization. Trench samples across the Fula Tepe trend yielded nearly continuous mineralization along 200 meters of drill road, including 168.6 m @ 0.66 g/t gold with 8.66 g/t silver, and 7 m @ 5.29 g/t gold with 27.61 g/t silver. To the north, additional across-trend sampling extended the width of Fula Tepe with trench intervals of 38.2 m @ 1.19 g/t gold with 6.70 g/t silver, and 20 m @ 0.29 g/t gold with 3.17 g/t silver. Trench sampling to the south further broadened the mineralized corridor with 31.3 m @ 0.65 g/t gold.
- Drill road construction at Arap Tepe exposed silicification, quartz veining and mineralization that extended the overall width of the zone at surface. Follow-up trench sampling across the zone returned gold intervals of 55.5 m @ 1.27 g/t and 14.5 m @ 0.42 g/t from one drill road, and 38.5 m @ 0.29 g/t and 23.5 m @ 0.26 g/t from a second road exposure.