Colt Resources Inc. Reports on the Granting of a Concession in Portugal's
Iberian Pyrite Belt and an Extension on the Penedono Concession
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The Santa Margarida do Sado concession consists of 360.46 km2 of prospective ground situated on the western extension of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, where the favorable basement geology is concealed under Tertiary cover sediments of the Lower Sado Basin. The IPB extends for more than 250 km from southern
The Santa Margarida do Sado concession is located in southern
Adjacent ground surrounding Colt's concession in currently held by Redcorp Ventures Ltd. and Metallica Mining AS. Previous neighboring companies included Lundin Mining Corp and Iberian Resources Ltd.
Three known VMS deposits are located in the immediate area of Colt's new concession: Lousal, Caveira and Lagoa Salgada. The Lousal mine (approximately 8 km to the south) was active until 1988 and produced a reported historical resource of around
Approximately 6 km to the north east, is the Lagoa Salgada deposit, equally concealed under the Tertiary cover sediments of the Lower Sado Basin, and which was discovered in 1992 by the Portuguese Geological Survey IGM, based on drill testing a gravity anomaly. Currently being explored by Redcorp, this deposit has a reported drill indicated and inferred resource in the order of
Respectively at 35 km and 75 km to the south east of COLT's concession are located the giant Aljustrel and Neves-Corvo VMS deposits, both in operation and each one comprising at least 5 massive sulphide lenses summing up to nearly
The area now granted to COLT at Santa Margarida do Sado was not explored for its possible underlying VMS deposits until 1990, when the Portuguese Geological Survey IGM first carried out ground geophysical surveys there. Subsequent explorers included Rio Tinto Plc, and more recently Redcorp Ventures Ltd, but both of these companies concentrated around the Lagoa Salgada discovery.
As a result of these past exploration programs, the Santa Margarida do Sado concession has a good exploration data base, comprising mainly aeromagnetic survey, ground gravity survey, some sparse geophysical surveys by other methods, and some scout drill holes. It is believed that the data compilation and assessment of this data base should reveal ready to drill targets.
The concession period is for an immediate term of 4 years with a 50% area reduction at the end of the 2nd and 3rd year. The required minimum investment for the 1st year is
Colt will immediately begin a program of data compilation and assessment in preparation for an active exploration program to explore for potential massive sulphide deposits which historically should contain some combination of copper, lead, zinc, gold and silver.
Colt is also pleased to report that a time extension for an initial 2 year period followed by an additional 1 year period has been granted by the Portuguese government on their Penedono gold concession. The original 5 year term for the concession expires Oct.29, 2009, but with this new extension, Colt will have adequate time to complete their exploration programs and consider the necessary production decisions required under Portuguese law. The Penedono concession is now composed of 102.47 km2.
The technical portions of this news release have been prepared and approved by J.W. Murton, P. Eng., a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
Colt Resources Inc. Re-appoints Board of Directors at AGM ---------------------------------------------------------
Colt Resources Inc. ("Colt" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the completion of its 2009 Annual General Meeting ("AGM"). Shareholders unanimously re-appointed Nikolas Perrault, Aurelio Useche,
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For further information: Nikolas Perrault, President & CEO, Colt Resources Inc., (514) 501-2985, (514) 394-0009, Fax (514) 394-0888, [email protected]; Aurelio Useche, CMA, MBA, Director & CFO, Colt Resources Inc., (514) 824-8559, [email protected]
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