Nov 5 2012
IMX Resources Limited ('IMX' or 'the Company') reports that a recent drilling campaign along the Ntaka - Lionja ultramafic trend, which extends 8km south from the Ntaka Hill Nickel Sulphide Project in Tanzania, has intersected new high grade and disseminated nickel sulphide mineralisation.
New diamond drilling has extended the nickel mineralisation in the Lionja ultramafic intrusion 400m to the west from previous drilling and indicates an area of potential nickel mineralisation over a 500m by 600m area. Four diamond drill holes totalling 1,049.1m were drilled to target extensions to the Lionja intrusion where previous drilling had reported up to 2.25m at 2.03% Ni and 0.41% Cu(1) (Figure 2). All holes intersected wide intervals of disseminated nickel sulphide mineralisation which exhibit high nickel tenors similar to the Ntaka Hill sulphide zones. In addition, high grade nickel sulphides were intersected in two holes with a best nickel grade of 7.1% Ni and 0.44% Cu over 0.6m within a wider 5m zone grading 1.07% Ni and 0.1% Cu from 210m (NAD12-052). As with the Ntaka Hill intrusion, the Lionja high grade lens occurs within a wider disseminated nickel sulphide halo (Table 1).
MD Neil Meadows said "These latest results are great news for the Company. To date, our exploration activities have been largely focussed on the high-grade zones at Ntaka Hill. The Lionja intrusion at the southern end of the 8km Ntaka-Lionja stratigraphic package represents the second mineralised ultramafic intrusion in the project and has the potential to host significant nickel mineralisation of a similar style and tenor to Ntaka Hill. This may have major implications for the growth of resources as well as the size and scale of the future development of our Ntaka Hill Nickel Sulphide Project."
The Lionja nickel mineralisation appears to be present over a significant strike and dip extent with new drilling showing potential for wider intervals and higher grade to the south. A large portion of the mineralisation remains open and untested with further drilling required in order to define potentially economic zones of mineralisation closer to surface.
Two nickel-copper soil anomalies were also tested by two diamond drill holes totaling 229.4m with no significant results reported.
NEIL MEADOWS, Managing Director
Competent Persons / Qualified Person / NI 43-101 Statement
Information in this report relating to exploration results is based on data collected under the supervision of, or compiled by Patricia Tirschmann, P. Geo., who holds the position of Vice President, Exploration and is a full time employee of IMX Resources. Ms. Tirschmann is a registered member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario and has sufficient relevant experience as a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101 and a competent person under the Australian JORC (2004). Ms. Tirschmann consents to the inclusion of the data in the form and context in which it appears, and approves this disclosure.
Quality Control
The drilling was completed by Capital Drilling (Tanzania) Limited. Drill core samples (NQ) are cut in half by a diamond saw on site. Half of the core is retained for reference purposes. Samples are generally 1.0 metre intervals or less at the discretion of the site geologists. Sample preparation is completed at the ALS Chemex preparation lab in Mwanza, Tanzania. Sample pulps are sent by courier to the ALS Chemex analytical laboratory in Vancouver, Canada. Blank samples and commercially prepared and certified Ni sulphide analytical control standards with a range of grades are inserted in every batch of 20 samples or a minimum of one per sample batch. Analyses for Ni, Cu and Co are completed using a peroxide fusion preparation and ICP-AES finish (Analytical Code ME-ICP81). Analyses for Pt, Pd, and Au are by fire assay with an ICP-AES finish (Analytical Code PGM-ICP23).
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