Sabina and Teuton Drilling at Del Norte Hits High Grade Silver and a New Zone With Broad Widths of Gold Mineralization at "3 Oz Vein"
12/14/2006
THUNDER BAY, ON, Dec 14, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) --
SABINA SILVER CORPORATION (TSX-V: SBB) is pleased to announce results from a total of 3,060 m (10,038 ft) of recent drilling on the Del Norte project in the Stewart-Eskay Creek Mining District, British Columbia, Canada.
Highlights include:
* High-grade gold and silver values of up to 26.54 g/tonne gold (0.77 oz/ton) and 1,208 g/tonne silver (35.2 oz/ton) over 1.0m at depth on the new SP Vein.
* High-grade gold values of up to 26.77 g/tonne gold (0.78 oz/ton) over 0.70m within a broad interval of gold mineralization grading 2.52 g/tonne gold (0.07 oz/ton) over 32.40 meters in a new area in the southern portion of the Property historically called the "3 Oz Vein" showing.
The high-grade gold and silver values from the SP Vein are from an intersection located approximately 75m below surface where grab sample values of up to 3,910 g/t silver (114 oz/ton) and 19.5 g/t gold (0.57 oz/ton) were discovered this past summer (August 29, 2006).
The three holes drilled on the "3 Oz Vein" tested the vein/shear zone over a vertical distance of approximately 300 m on one section. True thickness of the "3 Oz Vein" is estimated to be approximately 29 m (95 feet). Surface samples from the "3 Oz Vein" returned values of up to 29.65 g/t gold (0.86 oz/ton). High-grade surface samples and the presence of high-grade gold values in Hole SDN-06-02 warrant additional exploration along this robust vein/shear zone which is open to the north and south and to depth.
Two current holes designed to test southward continuity of high grade silver and gold values in the LG Vein-K Zone area structure encountered last year in Hole 2005-02 were abandoned before reaching target depth due to complications arising from the glacier-borne drilling platform. The high-grade zone (114 oz/ton silver and 2.0 oz/ton gold over 2.8ft; reported November 21, 2005) remains to be tested further in a Future exploration program.
Final 2006 drill results are presented in Table 1.
Table 1: Assay Results from 2006 Drilling at the Del Norte Project, British Columbia
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--------------------------------------------------Hole True(SDN-) Zone From (m) To Interval Gold(g/t) Silver Width (m) (m) (g/t) Factor--------------------------------------------------06-01 EM Conductor NC--------------------------------------------------06-02 3 Oz Vn 78.33 126.01 47.68 1.77 10.4 .90-------------------------------------------------- incl 92.05 124.45 32.40 2.52 12.5-------------------------------------------------- incl 123.00 124.45 1.45 20.70 86.4-------------------------------------------------- incl 123.00 123.70 0.70 26.77 92.7--------------------------------------------------06-03 3 Oz Vn 75.29 153.60 79.24 0.68 2.6 .74-------------------------------------------------- incl 108.81 153.60 44.79 0.97 4.1-------------------------------------------------- incl 108.81 124.05 15.24 1.48 2.5-------------------------------------------------- incl 122.53 124.05 1.52 4.30 2.4--------------------------------------------------06-04 3 Oz Vn 85.50 243.68 158.18 0.44 3.5 .54-------------------------------------------------- containing 135.94 242.50 106.56 0.61 4.9-------------------------------------------------- and 151.49 157.58 6.09 1.67 5.4--------------------------------------------------06-05 LG Vein 79.70 83.60 3.90 0.43 0.5 u/k-------------------------------------------------- and 194.46 195.95 1.49 1.35 57.8-------------------------------------------------- and 231.82 233.65 1.83 0.86 94.4--------------------------------------------------06-06 LG Vein NC--------------------------------------------------06-07 LG Vein 39.00 51.70 12.70 0.17 1.5 u/k-------------------------------------------------- and 199.89 200.25 0.36 6.81 372.0-------------------------------------------------- and 264.45 267.15 2.70 0.43 6.0-------------------------------------------------- and 280.95 288.50 7.55 0.47 13.7--------------------------------------------------06-08 LG Vein 133.20 134.85 1.65 0.52 1.9 u/k--------------------------------------------------06-09 K-Zone NC--------------------------------------------------06-10 K-Zone 175.70 176.70 1.00 0.62 131.0 u/k-------------------------------------------------- and 200.25 201.65 1.40 0.76 30.2--------------------------------------------------06-11 SP Vein 73.25 77.30 4.05 7.22 305.4 .53-------------------------------------------------- incl 76.30 77.30 1.00 26.54 1208.0--------------------------------------------------06-12 SP Vein 135.20 143.80 8.60 0.90 14.6 .24-------------------------------------------------- incl 138.83 142.80 3.97 1.35 20.7--------------------------------------------------06-13 HG Zone NC--------------------------------------------------06-14 HG Zone NSV--------------------------------------------------06-15 HG Zone NC
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NC - Not completed; abandoned due to technical issues; NSV - no significant values; blank; u/k - unknown
Establishing a continuum between silver and gold-rich vein breccia type mineralization at Del Norte and precious metal-enriched exhalative mineralization typifying the Eskay Creek Deposit remains a priority for a 2007 exploration program at Del Norte.
Harvey Klatt, P.Geo. is the Qualified Person for Sabina Silver Corporation in charge of the 2006 exploration program on the Del Norte property and the application of a series of blanks, standards and duplicates in the sample stream as part of comprehensive quality assurance/quality control (Qa/Qc) standards. Mr. Klatt has reviewed the technical data contained herein and approved its dissemination in this news release. Pioneer Laboratories of Richmond, B.C., an accredited facility, assayed the Del Norte core.
The 2006 exploration program at Del Norte was funded by Sabina according to terms of an option agreement with Teuton Resources Corp. (TSX-V: TUO) whereby Sabina Silver can earn up to a 65% interest by spending $2.5 million on the property over four years and taking the project to a feasibility study.
Sabina Silver Corporation is a Canadian public mineral exploration and development company with assets at the Hackett River silver-zinc project in the Canadian Arctic, the Del Norte project in the Stewart-Eskay Creek Mining District, and several projects in the Red Lake gold camp.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
"Abraham Drost", P.Geo. President/Director
Note : * conversion of g/t (metric tonnes) x 0.029166 = oz/t (short tons)
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