Lara Reports Encouraging Results From Sampling And Trenching At Campos Verdes In Brazil
Lara Exploration Ltd. ("Lara") is pleased to provide results from surface sampling at its Campos Verdes Gold Project in Brazil, where channel sampling of weathered rock exposures in the old artisanal workings has returned several high-grade gold intercepts up to 2.00 meters at 133.6g/t gold at the João Neves pit. Trench sample results indicate presence of anomalous gold intercepts that are restricted to the immediate area of the old workings, however there is one significant intercept of 2 metres at 5.50 g/t gold in a trench 450 metres to the northeast on the trend coincident with the axis of the gold-in-soil anomaly. See Table 1 below for details.
Table 1: João Neves gold target channel and trench sample intersections
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Trench Length Local Grid From To Interval Grade
(m) Position (m) (m) (m) (g/t gold)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
T9 33.6 9765 NE No significant result
--------------------------------------------------------------------
T7 76 9800 NE No significant result
--------------------------------------------------------------------
T8 63 9800 NE 16 18 2 1.40
--------------------------------------------------------------------
C01 100 9810 NE 12 14 2 1.63
--------------------------------------------------------------------
36 38 2 8.30
--------------------------------------------------------------------
50 54 4 1.87
--------------------------------------------------------------------
60 62 2 1.04
--------------------------------------------------------------------
T6 114 9840 NE 46 50 4 2.33
--------------------------------------------------------------------
C02 26 9860 NE 6 8 2 1.39
--------------------------------------------------------------------
8 10 2 133.6
--------------------------------------------------------------------
20 22 2 44.8
--------------------------------------------------------------------
T1 148 9900 NE 64 66 2 1.11
--------------------------------------------------------------------
112 114 2 1.95
--------------------------------------------------------------------
T2 98 10000 NE No significant result
--------------------------------------------------------------------
T3 64 10100 NE No significant result
--------------------------------------------------------------------
T4 84 10250 NE 68 70 2 5.50
--------------------------------------------------------------------
T5 28 10450 NE No significant result
--------------------------------------------------------------------
C: Channel; T: Trench; Intervals reported at a cut-off grade of
1 g/t goldThe Campos Verdes Project comprises a 24,948 hectare property covering Proterozoic-aged greenstones and associated granitoids with gold mineralization hosted by shear zones within granitoid rocks. Artisanal gold mining was carried out at the Joao Neves site over a period of a few months in the mid-nineties before being closed down by the state government environmental agency. Systematic gold exploration was only initiated in the area in mid-2006 with geological mapping, soil gridding and channel sampling across the old diggings and some 708 metres of shallow trenching in the area of the old workings and at wide-spaced intervals to the northeast along the soil gold anomaly trend. Preliminary interpretation of the results suggests the presence of discrete zones of mineralization across widths of 50 metres perpendicular to the NNE strike trend. This trend is characterized by sheeted quartz veining hosted within intensely sheared and potassic altered rocks with wide areas of sericitic alteration and locally biotite-rich rocks. Detailed structural mapping will be carried out to determine the orientation of the higher grade gold zones.,/p>
Modesto Gold Target
Trenching at the Modesto gold target, located in the southwest of the project area, indicated a near surface mineralized zone of low grade with an interval of 4 metres at 0.63 g/t gold correlated with the anomalous interval obtained in close-by pit which indicated 2 metres at 1.5 g/t gold from the depth of 2 to 4 metres in the pit. No further work will be conducted on this target.
Quality Control
Michael Bennell, Vice President Exploration of Lara, a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has verified the data disclosed herein, including sampling, analytical and test data underlying the information or opinions contained in this release.
Lara employs a QA/QC protocol on all aspects of the sampling and analytical procedures. Sampling procedures for stream sediment, soil, rock grab, channel and trench sampling includes the insertion of about 15% QA-QC samples comprising blanks, field and laboratory duplicates, and industry-certified standards. Samples have been prepared and analyzed by the following accredited laboratories: ALSChemex, Acme and Lakefield-Geosol.
Forward-Looking Statement
Some statements in this report contain forward-looking information. These statements address future events and conditions and, as such, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results could be significantly different from those projected.
Lara is a well-funded junior exploration company with fourteen (copper-gold-nickel) projects in Brazil and an oxide copper deposit in Peru. Lara's common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "LRA". All dollars are in Canadian currency unless otherwise stated.
On behalf of the Board
Miles Thompson, President & CEO
For further information on Lara Exploration please consult our webpage www.laraexploration.com or contact: Miles Thompson or Kim Casswell Corporate Secretary on (604) 669-8777
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.