Drilling turns up copper, gold

Drilling at the Samarskoye project, 40 miles north of Karaganda in central Kazakhstan, continues to deliver copper-gold values for Kazakhstan Minerals (KMC-T).

Five rigs are drilling off a large porphyry system at the property, and the company now believes it has two distinct copper-gold deposits, rather than the eastern and western limb of one deposit.

Work to date has concentrated on the Western zone, which is described as a complex north-south-trending breccia structure containing high-grade copper-gold zones.

Development drilling on this zone will attempt to develop a more complete picture of the geometry of the high-grade breccia zones.

The company describes the Eastern zone as a classic porphyry copper system, and drilling here will concentrate on defining a near-surface reserve, as well as testing for possible connections between the two zones.

Kazakhstan Minerals has a 50% interest in the property under a joint-venture agreement. In return, it must complete a feasibility study as well as arrange project financing.

Drill results are as follows:

Hole ZoneIntervalWidthCopperGold

(m)(m)(%)(g/t)

120Western184.6-701.1516.50.700.31

121Western124.0-144.720.71.410.87

128Western215.0-401.0186.01.10na

123Western353.0-580.0227.00.880.23

116Western564.0-653.089.01.131.18

122Eastern281.0-304.023.00.620.15

410.0-423.613.60.610.48

126Eastern434.0-504.470.40.640.45

584.5-614.029.51.070.67

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