Val D’OR, QC, Hinterland Metals Inc. (TSXV:HMI) is pleased to announce that a drill has been mobilized to the Plateau PGE Project located 35km southeast of Matagami Quebec. The drilling will test a number of geophysical and geochemical targets derived from surveys completed earlier this year. The drilling will also test the extensions of the platinum and palladium (“PGE”) zone discovered by drilling in October 2006 (Hinterland Press Release November 21, 2006) and further tested early in 2007 (Hinterland Press Release March 13, 2007). A broad zone of PGE mineralization hosted within pyroxenite gabbro ranging from 6.7 to 31.1m wide was intersected by the latest drilling over a horizontal distance of 300m. Weighted average intersections of the zone vary from 0.10 to 1.07g/t PGE with maximum individual values up to 2.52g/t PGE. Drilling will commence immediately and will continue until the end of January 2008.
The analytical results stated in this press release were determined at Laboratoire Expert Inc. (“Expert”) in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec by fire assay, DCP-MS technique. Expert is not accredited but it is independent of Hinterland, maintains an internal quality control program and participates annually in CANMET round-robin proficiency testing. Mark Fekete, P.Geo is the designated “qualified person” as defined in Section 1.2 in and for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 responsible for the preparation of this release.
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For more information please contact:
Mark Fekete, President at Toll Free 1-877-874-8182
E-mail: info@hinterlandmetals.com
Website: www.hinterlandmetals.com
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