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Condor Resources PLC
13 April 2012
Condor Resources Plc
7(th) Floor
39 St. James's Street
London
SW1A 1JD
Telephone +44 020 74081067
Fax: +44 020 74938633
13th April 2012
Condor Resources Plc
("Condor" or "the Company")
SRK Consulting Consolidated Mineral Resource Estimate on
1,620,000 oz gold at 5.6g/t JORC Resource at La India Project,
Nicaragua
Condor (AIM:CNR), a gold exploration company focused on
delineating a large commercial resource on its 100%-owned La India
Project in Nicaragua, is pleased to announce the release of a
detailed Technical Report on the Mineral Resource Estimate for La
India Project by SRK Consulting (UK) Limited ("SRK"), which is
available on the Company's website www.condorresourcesplc.com
The focus of the technical report is to consolidate the Mineral
Resource Estimates completed by SRK during 2011, on 3 of the 6
Concessions which constitute the La India Project, these are
summarised in Table 1.
The Mineral Resource on the La India Project stands at 8.94 Mt
at 5.6 g/t for 1,620,000 oz gold, including 1.16 Mt at 7.1 g/t for
264,000 oz gold in the Indicated Mineral Resource category with the
balance in the Inferred category as announced on 30(th) December
2011. All Mineral Resources are reported assuming an in-situ
cut-off-grade ("ISCOG") of 1.5g/t based on a long term price of
US$1,200/oz, and is split between the 3 main concessions as
detailed in Table 1 below
Table 1: Summary of the Mineral Resources at La India Project,
reported 30th December 2011
Concession Classification Tonnage Grade Metal Date Reported
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Mt (g/t) (koz)
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Indicated 30(th) December
La India & Inferred 7.37 5.7 1,353 2011
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Espinito 6(th) December
Mendoza Inferred 0.98 6.7 209 2011
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5(th) October
Cacao Inferred 0.59 3.0 58 2011
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Indicated 30(th) December
Total & Inferred 8.94 5.6 1,620 2011
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The technical report is based on the historical exploration and
66 diamond core drill holes for 11,905 m drilling completed between
January and November 2011, focused on the La India Concession. The
current estimate represents an increase in the Mineral Resource of
37 % increase in contained gold on the La India concession,
compared to the previous estimate of 4.82Mt at 6.4 g/t for 988,000
oz reported 13(th) April 2011. In addition Mineral Resources have
been estimated of the Company's Cacao concession and the acquired
(3(rd) November 2011) Espinitio-Mendoza Concession which now form
part of the La India Project.
The reporting standard adopted for the reporting of the Mineral
Resource Statements for the La India Project is that defined by the
terms and definitions given in "The 2004 Australasian Code for
Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore
Reserves (the "JORC Code") as published by the Joint Ore Reserves
Committee of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,
Australian Institute of Geoscientists and Minerals Council of
Australia". The JORC Code is an internationally recognised
reporting code as defined by the Combined Reserves International
Reporting Standards Committee.
SRK considers the mineralised veins in the current estimate to
be reasonably understood and the strike extents typically known
from the current exploration. There is potential to add Mineral
Resources on some veins along strike where limited or no drilling
has been completed below high-grade trench results (namely within
Mestiza Veinset), and at depth where high-grade intersections have
recently been drilled (La India - California veins), and which
could materially impact on the overall project from both a
technical and economic perspective. Further potential lies in the
discovery of additional hanging wall or footwall veins which run
parallel to the main structures, such as the California vein,
particularly the up-dip extensions of these to surface. Further
delineation of the shallow parallel veins will enable Condor to
complete further studies on the economic viability of potential
Open Pit mining on portions of the La India Project. Additional
upside exists following up on high-grade trench results from
previous exploration campaigns, with diamond drilling, which is
currently considered a lower priority.
In addition to recommendations of future drilling targets and
work to be undertaken to progress La India Project to a
pre-feasibility study. SRK also recommends that Infill drilling
from the existing 100x100 m grid to 50x50 m is warranted to
increase the knowledge of the geological complexity of the veins,
and gain a better understanding of the structural controls on the
deposit.
Since incorporating data for this Mineral Resource Estimate the
Company has drilled a further 12 drillholes for 2,651 m that were
completed at the end of 2011. The drilling was focused on the
America Vein Set, testing the down-dip extension of the Guapinol
and America Veins. It is anticipated these results will add
additional Mineral Resources and will be included in the 2012
Mineral Resource update.
Competent Person's Declaration
The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration
Results and database is based on information compiled by and
reviewed by Dr Luc English, the Country Exploration Manager, who is
a Chartered Geologist and Fellow of the Geological Society of
London, and a geologist with sixteen years of experience in the
exploration and definition of precious and base metal Mineral
Resources. Luc English is a full-time employee of Condor Resources
plc and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of
mineralization and type of deposit under consideration, and to the
type of activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent
Person as defined in the June 2009 Edition of the AIM Note for
Mining and Oil & Gas Companies. Luc English consents to the
inclusion in the announcement of the matters based on their
information in the form and context in which it appears and
confirms that this information is accurate and not false or
misleading.
The Mineral Resource estimate has been completed by Ben Parsons,
a Senior Resource Geologist with SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd, who is a
Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,
MAusIMM(CP). Ben Parsons has some eleven years experience in the
exploration, definition and mining of precious and base metal
Mineral Resources. Ben Parsons is a full-time employee of SRK
Consulting (UK) Ltd, an independent Consultancy and has sufficient
experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and
type of deposit under consideration, and to the type of activity
which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined
in the June 2009 Edition of the AIM Note for Mining and Oil &
Gas Companies. Ben Parsons consents to the inclusion in the
announcement of the matters based on their information in the form
and context in which it appears and confirms that this information
is accurate and not false or misleading.
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For further information please visit www.condorresourcesplc.com
or contact:
Condor Resources Mark Child, Executive Luc English, Country
plc Chairman and CEO Manager Nicaragua
+44 (0) 20 7408 1067 & El Salvador
+505 8854 0753
Beaumont Cornish Roland Cornish. James
Limited Biddle
+44 (0) 20 7628 3396
Ocean Equities Will Slack
Limited +44 (0) 20 77864385
Farm Street Media Simon Robinson
+44 (0) 7593 340107
About Condor Resources Plc:
Condor Resources plc is an AIM listed exploration company
focused on developing gold and silver resource projects in Central
America. The Company was admitted to AIM on 31(st) May 2006 with
the stated strategy to prove up JORC Resources in Nicaragua and El
Salvador. Condor has six 100% owned concessions in La India Mining
District ("La India Project"); three 100% owned concessions in
three other project areas and 20% in the Cerro Quiroz concession in
Nicaragua. In El Salvador, Condor has 90% ownership of four
licences in two project areas.
Condor's concession holdings in Nicaragua currently contain an
attributable JORC compliant resource base of 1,707,000 ounces of
gold equivalent at 5.5 g/t in Nicaragua and an attributable
1,004,000 oz gold equivalent at 2.6g/t JORC compliant resource base
in El Salvador. The Resource calculations are compiled by
independent geologists SRK Consulting (UK) Limited for Nicaragua,
and Ravensgate and Geosure for El Salvador.
Disclaimer
Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents
of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website
(or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this
announcement.
Technical Glossary
Diamond core drilling A drilling method in which
penetration is achieved
through abrasive cutting
by rotation of a diamond
encrusted drill bit. This
drilling method enables
collection of tubes of
intact rock (core) and
when successful gives
the best possible quality
samples for description,
sampling and analysis
of an ore body or mineralised
structure.
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Gold Equivalent Gold equivalent grade
is calculated by dividing
the silver assay result
by 60, adding it to the
gold value and assuming
100% metallurgical recovery
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Grade The proportion of a mineral
within a rock or other
material. For gold mineralisation
this is usually reported
as grams of gold per tonne
of rock (g/t)
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g/t grams per tonne
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Inferred Mineral That part of a Mineral
Resource Resource for which tonnage,
grade and mineral content
can be estimated with
a low level of confidence.
It is inferred from geological
evidence and assumed but
not verified geological
and/or grade continuity.
It is based on information
gathered through appropriate
techniques from locations
such as outcrops, trenches,
pits, workings and drill
holes that may be limited,
or of uncertain quality
and reliability
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Indicated resource that part of a Mineral
Resource for which tonnage,
densities, shape, physical
characteristics, grade
and mineral content can
be estimated with a reasonable
level of confidence. It
is based on exploration,
sampling and testing information
gathered through appropriate
techniques from locations
such as outcrops, trenches,
pits, workings and drill
holes. The locations are
too widely or inappropriately
spaced to confirm geological
and/or grade continuity
but are spaced closely
enough for continuity
to be assumed
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Intercept Refers to a sample or
sequence of samples taken
across the entire width
or an ore body or mineralized
zone. The intercept is
described by the entire
thickness and the average
grade of mineralization
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JORC Australian Joint Ore Reserves
Committee, common reference
to the Australasian Code
for reporting of identified
mineral resources and
ore reserves
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Mineral Resource A concentration or occurrence
of material of economic
interest in or on the
Earth's crust in such
a form, quality, and quantity
that there are reasonable
and realistic prospects
for eventual economic
extraction. The location,
quantity, grade, continuity
and other geological characteristics
of a Mineral Resource
are known, estimated from
specific geological knowledge,
or interpreted from a
well constrained and portrayed
geological model
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oz Troy ounce
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Mt Million tonnes
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