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Nuestra Señora Drilling Reports 13.80 metres grading 168.22 g/t Ag, 4.34% Zn, 0.65% Cu, 1.52% Pb and 0.07 g/t Au and adds Fifth Drill to the Project
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Vancouver, April 17, 2007 - Scorpio Mining Corporation (TSX:SPM) is pleased to report additional drill results from the 9th Level of the Nuestra Señora Silver-Zinc deposit, targeting the main Nuestra Señora body.
Scorpio currently has three underground drills operating, two dedicated to infill drilling to upgrade the resource categories and one for exploration. A fourth drill, on surface, is targeting the Santa Teresa and Santa Domingo areas. It has completed two drill fences approximately 250 metres to the northeast of the Nuestra Señora portal entrance. Results will be made public once assays are received. A second surface drill will be on site next week to commence a regional program to the east of Santa Teresa, targeting prospective areas delineated by the geological mapping program.
Table 1 - Drill Results - Nuestra Señora Zone
Hole #
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From
(m)
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To
(m)
|
Length
(m)
|
Ag
(g/t)
|
Au
(g/t)
|
Cu
%
|
Pb
%
|
Zn
%
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NS9L-06-01 |
73.50 |
81.00 |
7.50 |
58.20 |
0.09 |
0.06 |
1.04 |
2.37 |
NS9L-06-02 |
75.00 |
82.60 |
7.60 |
112.97 |
0.14 |
0.02 |
2.26 |
1.98 |
Including |
80.00 |
82.60 |
2.60 |
239.46 |
0.32 |
0.03 |
5.07 |
4.24 |
Including |
81.00 |
82.00 |
1.00 |
502.00 |
0.53 |
0.05 |
10.55 |
7.92 |
NS9L-06-05 |
39.90 |
58.50 |
18.60 |
128.99 |
0.05 |
0.52 |
1.20 |
3.37 |
Including |
43.70 |
57.50 |
13.80 |
168.22 |
0.07 |
0.65 |
1.52 |
4.34 |
Including |
43.70 |
44.50 |
0.80 |
287.00 |
0.14 |
2.67 |
3.86 |
12.80 |
Including |
53.50 |
57.50 |
4.00 |
417.93 |
0.13 |
1.39 |
2.28 |
7.67 |
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63.60 |
69.50 |
5.90 |
165.75 |
0.16 |
0.69 |
1.50 |
3.54 |
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72.70 |
79.40 |
6.70 |
180.40 |
0.09 |
0.59 |
2.09 |
4.08 |
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86.70 |
87.70 |
1.00 |
75.00 |
0.04 |
0.26 |
0.15 |
1.62 |
NS9L-06-06 |
4.50 |
6.00 |
1.50 |
67.00 |
0.11 |
0.78 |
0.58 |
4.90 |
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91.50 |
93.00 |
1.50 |
133.00 |
0.13 |
0.00 |
0.61 |
0.02 |
NS9L-06-07 |
33.10 |
51.60 |
18.50 |
56.66 |
0.06 |
0.21 |
0.75 |
2.07 |
Including |
47.80 |
51.60 |
3.80 |
136.55 |
0.09 |
0.59 |
0.77 |
4.00 |
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55.50 |
74.20 |
18.70 |
136.84 |
0.08 |
0.51 |
0.86 |
2.14 |
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59.40 |
74.20 |
14.80 |
163.32 |
0.09 |
0.63 |
1.07 |
2.56 |
Including |
60.40 |
62.00 |
1.60 |
315.00 |
0.16 |
1.05 |
1.54 |
3.88 |
Including |
70.00 |
73.00 |
3.00 |
341.33 |
0.14 |
1.01 |
2.63 |
4.53 |
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78.70 |
80.10 |
1.40 |
57.00 |
0.01 |
0.39 |
0.07 |
0.20 |
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111.30 |
112.70 |
1.40 |
197.00 |
0.04 |
0.02 |
0.58 |
0.25 |
NS-UG-06-124 |
49.00 |
52.00 |
3.00 |
224.00 |
0.14 |
0.40 |
2.16 |
3.16 |
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127.50 |
131.30 |
3.80 |
143.47 |
0.16 |
0.46 |
0.23 |
0.12 |
Including |
130.00 |
131.30 |
1.30 |
274.00 |
0.16 |
0.90 |
0.42 |
0.15 |
NS-UG-06-125 |
31.30 |
34.90 |
3.60 |
65.50 |
0.02 |
0.18 |
1.60 |
3.48 |
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48.50 |
57.40 |
8.90 |
109.57 |
0.06 |
0.33 |
2.18 |
3.64 |
NS-UG-06-126 |
50.60 |
52.30 |
1.70 |
168.35 |
0.06 |
0.51 |
1.67 |
3.43 |
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132.10 |
134.50 |
2.40 |
163.00 |
0.09 |
0.47 |
0.30 |
0.20 |
NS-UG-06-127 |
46.50 |
57.60 |
11.10 |
103.10 |
0.06 |
0.33 |
2.61 |
4.78 |
Including |
46.50 |
56.40 |
9.90 |
113.05 |
0.06 |
0.36 |
2.89 |
5.26 |
Including |
48.10 |
50.60 |
2.50 |
234.48 |
0.11 |
0.84 |
7.39 |
13.08 |
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117.50 |
118.80 |
1.30 |
123.00 |
0.08 |
0.13 |
0.29 |
0.25 |
NS-UG-06-130 |
143.30 |
148.20 |
4.90 |
96.76 |
0.05 |
0.68 |
0.76 |
2.43 |
Including |
145.70 |
148.20 |
2.50 |
152.68 |
0.06 |
1.06 |
1.23 |
3.31 |
Drillhole data in the table reflects down hole core lengths and actual (uncut) grades. True widths cannot be reliably estimated at this time. Further information on the Company and the Nuestra Señora project is available on the Scorpio Mining web site at: www.scorpiomining.com.
President, Mr. D. Roger Scammell, PGeo, is the Company's Qualified Person for the Nuestra Señora project. Mr. Scammell is responsible for the current exploration and development program and has reviewed the content of this release. All technical information for the Nuestra Señora property is obtained and reported under a formal quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) program. Samples are shipped to the ALS Chemex preparation laboratory in Hermosillo, Mexico for drying, crushing and pulverizing. ALS Chemex, Hermosillo then sends the pulps by air-freight to ALS Chemex, Vancouver for assaying. Systematic assaying of standards and blanks are performed for the precision and accuracy; check assays are regularly conducted by SGS Lakefield Research. Details of the QA/QC program are available on the Company's website.
ON BEHALF OF SCORPIO MINING CORPORATION
Peter J. Hawley
Chairman & CEO
For further information contact:
Glenn Little, Jackson Little Holdings Ltd: 604-930-4375; 1-888-930-4375
Email: jlconsulting@telus.net
Rich Kaiser, YES International: 1-800-631-8127; 001-757-306-6090 (outside North America)
Email: yes@yesinternational.com
This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical facts, that address future exploration drilling, exploration activities and events or developments that the Company expects, are forward looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include metal prices, exploration success, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. |
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