Wealth Minerals Ltd. (the "Company" or "Wealth") (TSX VENTURE:
WML)(OTCQX: WMLLF)(PINK SHEETS: WMLLF)(FRANKFURT: EJZ), is pleased
to announce final diamond drill results from its 100%-owned Bororo
Nuevo Uranium Project ("BN") located in Chubut Province, Argentina.
Alpha Zone Drilling
An additional four drillholes targeting the recently discovered
paleo-channel at Alpha Zone have each intersected significant
uranium mineralization (Table 1), including drillhole B11-A-10,
which returned 11.8 metres @ 1.03 lbs/ton U3O8(0.044% uranium)
including 3.0 metres @ 3.59 lbs/ton U3O8 (0.152% uranium). Stepout
drillholes B11-A-11 to -13 successfully traced mineralization to
both the west and south and mineralization remains open in both of
these directions.
To date, eleven out of the thirteen holes drilled at Alpha zone
have successfully intersected significant uranium mineralization
and have defined a minimum approx. 400 metre wide, north-south
trending paleo-channel system that dips shallowly (approximately 5
degrees) to the south (Figure 1:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/wml-0818-fig-1.pdf).
Uranium mineralization consists of autunite, carnotite and rare
uraninite hosted in pebble conglomerates, sandstones and siltstones
of the productive Los Adobes Formation - host to the past-producing
Cerro Condor and Los Adobes deposits as well as the Cerro Solo
uranium deposit.
Table 1: Alpha Zone Drill Intersections(i)
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From To Interval lbs/ton
Hole (metres) (metres) (metres) U3O8(ppm) U3O8 U (%)
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B11-A-10 8.7 20.5 11.8 514.4 1.03 0.044
incl. 15.0 18.0 3.0 1796.5 3.59 0.152
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B11-A-11 0.0 10.4 3.0 178.9 0.36 0.015
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incl. 5.9 8.8 2.9 481.0 0.96 0.041
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B11-A-12 24.0 37.3 13.3 180.5 0.36 0.015
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incl. 25.1 31.1 6.0 277.8 0.56 0.024
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B11-A-13 30.0 46.8 16.8 136.8 0.27 0.012
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incl. 31.3 34.3 3.0 443.2 0.89 0.038
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(i)Intersections given represent approximate true widths.
One of four drillholes (426.65 metres) targeting high-level
(greater than 95th percentile) radon soil-gas anomalies in an area
covered by pediment at 'Area 78' intersected anomalous levels of
uranium mineralization up to 0.28 lbs/ton U3O8 (0.014% uranium)
over 0.70 metres at a depth of 121.30 from surface indicating
potential for additional buried channels on the property. Fourteen
drillholes (711.45 metres) targeting outcropping high-grade uranium
mineralization at Delta, Gamma and Beta zones did not intersect any
significant uranium mineralization (Figure 2:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/wml-0818-fig-2.pdf).
Bororo Nuevo Property Overview
The Bororo Nuevo property is the flagship of the Company's five
uranium properties in the productive San Jorge Basin, which is host
to the past-producing Cerro Condor and Los Adobes deposits as well
as the Cerro Solo uranium deposit. The San Jorge Basin lies within
the Patagonian Provinces of Santa Cruz and Chubut and is readily
accessible via an all-season paved road and a network of
well-maintained gravel roads. The Company currently owns, or has
the exclusive right to acquire, 76 'minas' and 'cateos'
(concessions) that total approximately 600,000 hectares (6,000
square kilometres) representing the largest land position in the
San Jorge Basin.
The BN property consists of 4 minas and 6 cateos that total
approximately 35,500 hectares (355 square kilometres). To date,
nine large zones of mineralization have been discovered within a
uranium fairway measuring 12 by 4 kilometres and less than 12% of
the property has been mapped and prospected. The stratigraphy is
known to be productive and the continued success of surficial
exploration programs at BN clearly highlights the uranium-rich and
underexplored nature of the San Jorge Basin.
Future Work
The Company is actively seeking joint venture partners to
advance the Bororo Nuevo project while its efforts and resources
are concentrated on the high-grade, advanced stage Rodeo de los
Molles rare earth element project.
Qualified Person & QA/QC Controls
R. Scott Heffernan, M.Sc., P.Geol., Wealth's Vice-President,
Exploration, and a qualified person as defined by National
Instrument 43-101, has supervised the preparation of the scientific
and technical information that forms the basis for this news
release and has approved the disclosure herein. Mr. Heffernan is
not independent of Wealth by virtue of being an officer and
shareholder and a holder of incentive stock options.
Wealth's work programs are supervised by R. Scott Heffernan,
P.Geol., Wealth's Vice-President, Exploration, who is responsible
for all aspects of the work, including the quality control/quality
assurance program. On-site personnel at the project rigorously
collect and track samples which are then sealed and shipped to Alex
Stewart Assayers Argentina S.A. (ASA) laboratory facilities in
Mendoza, Argentina for analysis. ASA's quality system complies with
the requirements for the International Standard ISO 9001:2000.
Analytical accuracy and precision are monitored by the analysis of
reagent blanks, reference material and replicate samples. Quality
control is further assured by the use of international and in-house
standards. Finally, representative blind blank and duplicate
samples are forwarded to ASA for additional quality control.
Laboratory results are received in parts per million uranium.
The conversion factor used to convert parts per million uranium to
pounds per short ton U3O8 is 1.179, which was verified with the
Saskatchewan Research Council (ppm uranium x 1.179 = ppm U308;
10,000 ppm uranium = 1% = 20 lbs/ton uranium).
About Wealth Minerals Ltd.
Wealth is a Canadian based mineral exploration company with
listings on the TSX Venture, OTCQX and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges.
The Company's primary focus is on the exploration and development
of its advanced-stage Rodeo de los Molles rare earth element
project in San Luis Province, Argentina.
For further details on the Company readers are referred to the
Company's web site (www.wealthminerals.com) and its Canadian
regulatory filings on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of WEALTH MINERALS LTD.
Hendrik Van Alphen, President & CEO
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements and
forward-looking information (collectively, "forward-looking
statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian and US
securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of
historical fact, included herein including, without limitation,
statements regarding the anticipated content, commencement and cost
of exploration programs, anticipated exploration program results,
the discovery and delineation of mineral
deposits/resources/reserves, the possibility of finding a suitable
joint venture partner to continue work at Bororo Nuevo and
successfully concluding a joint venture transaction, business and
financing plans and business trends, are forward-looking
statements. Although the Company believes that such statements are
reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will
prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are typically
identified by words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, intend,
estimate, postulate and similar expressions, or are those, which,
by their nature, refer to future events. The Company cautions
investors that any forward-looking statements by the Company are
not guarantees of future results or performance, and that actual
results may differ materially from those in forward looking
statements as a result of various factors, including, but not
limited to, variations in the nature, quality and quantity of any
mineral deposits that may be located, dilution, the volatility of
the Company's common share price and volume; variations in the
market price of any mineral products the Company may produce or
plan to produce, the Company's inability to obtain any necessary
permits, consents or authorizations required for its activities,
the Company's inability to produce minerals from its properties
successfully or profitably, to continue its projected growth, to
raise the necessary capital or to be fully able to implement its
business strategies, and other risks and uncertainties disclosed in
the Company's Management Discussion and Analysis filed with certain
securities commissions in Canada, and other information released by
the Company and filed with the appropriate regulatory agencies. All
of the Company's Canadian public disclosure filings may be accessed
via www.sedar.com, and readers are urged to review these materials,
including the technical reports filed with respect to the Company's
mineral properties.
Cautionary Note Concerning Similar or Adjacent Mineral
Properties
This press release contains information with respect to adjacent
or similar mineral properties in respect of which the Company has
no interest or rights to explore or mine. The Company advises US
investors that the US Securities and Exchange Commission's mining
guidelines strictly prohibit information of this type in documents
filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned that the Company has no
interest in or right to acquire any interest in any such
properties, and that mineral deposits on adjacent or similar
properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on the Company's
properties.
This press release is not, and is not to be construed in any way
as, an offer to buy or sell securities in the United States.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this press release, which has been prepared by
management.
Contacts: Wealth Minerals Ltd. John Kocela 604-331-0096
604-408-7499 (FAX) info@wealthminerals.com
www.wealthminerals.com
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