TORONTO, Oct. 15 - Temex Resources Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange:TME, Frankfurt:TQ1) ("Tem
ex" or "the Company&qu
ot;). Temex and its partners announce considerab
le progress related to their recent activities in the area of, and immediatel
y adjacent to the Noront Double Eagle Ni-Cu-PGE Discovery in the Webequie area of northern Ontario.
Claim acquisitio
n activities have now been completed under the original joint venture with MacDonald Mines Exploratio
n Ltd. ("Mac
Donald&quo
t;) although staking of additional target areas continues with other parties. A number of large claim groups were acquired by Temex and its partners before and since the release of the initial assay results from Noront's significan
t new Ni-Cu-PGE discovery. A total of approximat
ely 1500 claim units covering some 24,000 hectares were acquired under the initial joint venture arrangemen
t. In some instances the claim boundaries are adjacent to the boundary of the Noront Double Eagle Property and in other instances the claims are well removed from the main Noront Property covering features thought to be geological environmen
ts similar to the geological environmen
t that host the Noront Ni-Cu-PGE discovery. It is believed that the claims acquired have never subjected to any previous exploratio
n for Ni-Cu-PGE mineraliza
tion and for the most part the properties have not been covered by any kind of modern magnetic and electromag
netic geophysica
l survey. Since the entire area is essentiall
y blanketed with overburden cover even near surface mineraliza
tion cannot be directly detected. The exceptions to the lack of available basic geophysica
l survey data are the claim groups immediatel
y adjacent to the Noront, Fancamp and Spider et al properties where some modern airborne geophysica
l survey data exists. This limited available data indicates the presence of geophysica
l targets that are similar in scope the geophysica
l features near the Double Eagle Ni-Cu-PGE discovery that warrant diamond drill testing and which are expected to be drill tested over the ensuing two months.
Comprehensive Exploration Program UnderwayBased on the significan
t results recently reported by Noront, Temex and MacDonald have dedicated significan
t resources to rapidly advancing the timelines for an aggressive initial exploratio
n program on these extensive new properties over the period from now until the end of the year. Additional exploratio
n will be undertaken in early 2008.
The initial exploratio
n program will consist of a combinatio
n of ground and airborne geophysica
l surveying followed immediatel
y by diamond drilling. The partners report that airborne geophysica
l surveying will commence this week and further report that geophysica
l crews and support staff have been dispatched to the base of operations in the town of Webequie. The diamond drill equipment required for the exploratio
n program is already on site and it is expected that drilling operations will commence in approximat
ely two weeks.
Helicopter supported staking crews continue to acquire additional mining claims at this time pursuant to new joint venture staking arrangemen
ts.
Bruce Durham, P.Geo., is the designated Qualified Person responsibl
e for the preparatio
n of this News Release.
Temex is a well-funde
d Canadian exploratio
n company focused on advancing its precious metal, diamond, nickel and uranium projects in Manitoba and Ontario.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
"Ian Campbell&q
uot;
Ian Campbell
President and CEO
*The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release*ContactsIan Campbell or Bruce Durham
Executive Chairman at (416) 862-2246 or visit the Company's website at
www.temexcorp.com