Mountain Boy Receives Updated Technical Report-Reports Increase in Grade and Ounces at its Silver Coin Project, BC
April 13 2011 - 2:30PM
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Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: MTB) (or the "Company") is
pleased to announce that it has filed an updated NI 43-101
technical report in regard to the Company's Silver Coin project,
located near the town of Stewart, British Columbia (the "Report").
The Report was prepared by Minarco-Mine Consult ("Minarco") and is
available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). The Report includes an updated
resource estimate incorporating the assay results of eighteen holes
that the Company's joint venture partner drilled during the fall of
2010 which had not previously been reported or included in resource
estimates. This updated resource estimate represents an overall
increase in the average gold grade of 10.9% and an 11.1% increase
in the number of resource ounces compared with those previously
reported. In comparison, gold resources have increased by category
as follows: from 191,300 measured ounces (oz), 644,300 indicated oz
and 655,200 inferred oz, to 218,410 measured oz, 624,006 indicated
oz and 813,273 inferred oz. The updated resource estimate
incorporates a total of 732 drill holes (88,645 meters) plus 76
trenches (1,447 meters). The Silver Coin project includes 26
contiguous claims with a net area of 1247 hectares and is a joint
venture with Jayden Resources Inc. (Jayden 70% with an option to
earn an additional 10%).
Resource Estimate
Using a base case cut-off grade of 0.3 grams gold per ton
("gpt") the Report identifies the following gold, silver and zinc
resource:
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SILVER COIN CLASSIFIED RESOURCES
April 2011
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0.3 g/t Au Ag Zn
Au Cut-off Tonnes (g/t) (g/t) (%) Au (oz) Ag (oz) Zn (lbs)
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Measured 4,372,225 1.55 6.53 0.26 218,410 918,417 25,531,741
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Indicated 19,759,025 0.98 5.57 0.15 624,006 3,537,769 65,642,277
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M & I 24,131,250 1.08 5.74 0.17 842,416 4,456,186 91,174,018
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Inferred 32,443,840 0.78 6.41 0.18 813,273 6,691,185 128,006,920
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At the 0.3 gpt cut-off grade the estimated Measured and
Indicated resource is 24.13 million tons grading 1.08 gpt gold for
a total of 842,416 ounces of gold, 4.45 million ounces of silver
and 91.17 million pounds of zinc. The estimated Inferred resources
comprise an additional 813,273 ounces of gold, 6.69 million ounces
of silver, and 128 million lbs of zinc.
The resource remains open along strike to the north and south.
The two southernmost holes from the 2010 drilling, both located
within 150 metres (m) of the currently modeled southern pit
boundary, intersected excellent intervals of gold mineralization
including 55m grading 8.42 gpt gold in hole SC10-311 as reported in
the Company's news release of October 14, 2010. Readers are advised
to access the Report for detailed technical information.
Work Plan
The Company's joint venture partner plans to conduct a major
in-fill drilling program at Silver Coin during the 2011 exploration
season with the primary goal of upgrading the inferred resource to
the indicated or measured categories. Such activities will both
support completion of a prefeasibility study and potentially
increase the size and grade of the resource. Based on, and subject
to the success of the proposed 2011 program, the Company's joint
venture partner is planning to produce a prefeasibility study by
the first quarter of 2012. The Company's joint venture partner is
also planning on undertaking several of the recommendations
contained in the Report including geotechnical drilling, continued
baseline environmental studies, waste rock studies to determine if
the waste is potentially acid forming, complete the site-based
studies to support a prefeasibility study and metallurgical testing
to include comminution tests, locked cycle tests, optimization of
the flow sheet, zinc recovery testing and additional testing to
optimize the cyanide recovery from concentrate. The Company's joint
venture partner also plans to initiate groundwater hydrology and
chemistry testing in existing and new wells on the property.
Ed Kruchkowski, P. Geo., a qualified person under National
Instrument 43-101, has prepared this release and is charge of the
exploration program on behalf of the companies.
About Mountain Boy Minerals
Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. is a Canadian based mineral
exploration company with diverse property and resource holdings
around the Stewart region in British Columbia's golden triangle. It
owns 30% of the Silver Coin project, a gold-silver-base metals
project that has a new 43-101 compliant resource calculated. The
Company is also exploring silver-base metals on its American Creek
and Bear Valley properties as well as copper-gold on their Stewart
area claims.
For further information, please contact Company investor
relations at 604-681-0710, Ed Kruchkowski at 250-636-9232 or visit
the website at http://www.mountainboyminerals.ca (The Company
website is being changed at present and will be available
shortly).
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Ed Kruchkowski, Director
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This document includes
forward-looking statements as well as historical information.
Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the
continued advancement of the company's general business
development, research development and the Company's development of
mineral exploration projects. When used in this document, the words
"anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intent", "may",
"project", "plan", "should" and similar expressions may identify
forward-looking statements. Mountain Boy believes that their
expectations reflected in these forward looking statements are
reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties and no
assurance can be given that actual results will be consistent with
these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could
cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking
statements include the potential that fluctuations in the
marketplace for the sale of minerals, the inability to implement
corporate strategies, the ability to obtain financing and other
risks disclosed in our filings made with Canadian Securities
Regulators.
The Toronto Stock Exchange has not yet reviewed and does not
take responsibility for the adequacy of the content of this news
release.
Contacts: Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. Ed Kruchkowski Investor
Relations 250-636-9232 www.mountainboyminerals.ca
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