Playfair Mining Ltd.: Drilling Underway at Seal Lake Copper Silver Project
February 17 2011 - 7:30AM
Marketwired
Drilling is underway at Playfair Mining Ltd.'s (TSX VENTURE: PLY)
100% owned copper-silver Seal Lake project located in central
Labrador, Canada.
The extensive Seal Lake property covers a sediment hosted
stratiform copper-silver system in the Central Mineral Belt of
Labrador. Some 136 copper-silver occurrences, showings and
prospects are known on Playfair's 16,825 ha property. The majority
of the 16 showings and 9 prospects occur within a consistent and
laterally extensive stratigraphic horizon - the basal gray shale of
the Upper Adeline Island Formation. The overall stratigraphy and
host rocks at Seal Lake are similar to the rocks hosting the
world-famous White Pine copper-silver district in Michigan.
Playfair's 4,000m program is planned to test the basin-wide
continuity of copper-silver occurrences previously drilled in 1956
and 1972. The first target area is located near the west end of the
property. Drilling in this area will test a 10km strike length with
holes spaced 1km apart. The second target area is located near the
east end of the property. Drilling in the second area will test a
5km strike length with holes spaced 1km apart.
Highlights of previous work on the property are 6.4m of 2.5%
Copper at Adeline Island, 11.3m of 1.0% Copper and 30.4 gpt Silver
(including 4.9m of 2.5% Copper and 93.0 gpt Silver) at Ellis, 6 km
east of Adeline Island and 11.0m of 2.9% Copper and 45.9 gpt Silver
at Whiskey Lake, about 30 km east of Adeline Island.
In addition to the Seal Lake copper-silver exploration
opportunity, Playfair has four properties with substantial
high-grade tungsten deposits. Playfair's four tungsten deposits
have all had significant work completed on them. Two of the
deposits (Risby and Grey River) have NI 43-101 compliant resource
estimates while the other two deposits (Lened and Clea) have
historical noncompliant NI43-101 resource calculations. Playfair
continues to believe that there is a strong case for an impending
global Tungsten shortage, as is evidenced by the continued strong
rebound in the price of Tungsten.
Tungsten has recently traded to an all-time high of $365 per
Metric Ton Unit (or $16.56 per pound), an increase of 50% over
recent lows. Please see our website for an internet link for the
spot Tungsten price.
Visit our website at www.playfairmining.com for more information
and recently added Seal Lake related drill program photos and
videos.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
D. Neil Briggs, Director
Michael Moore, PGeo, is the qualified person who has reviewed
the technical information contained in this news release on behalf
of the company.
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currently available to Playfair management. Such statements reflect
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factors including, without limitations, exploration and development
risks, expenditure and financing requirements, title matters,
operating hazards, metal prices, political and economic factors,
competitive factors, general economic conditions, relationships
with vendors and strategic partners, governmental regulation and
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and one-time events. Should any one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize or change, or should any underlying
assumptions prove incorrect, actual results and forward-looking
statements may vary materially from those described herein.
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Contacts: Playfair Mining Ltd. D. Neil Briggs Director 604
687-7178 or Toll Free: 888-244-6644 604 687-7179 (FAX)
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