INDONESIA – Positive Miwah drilling

Initial diamond drilling at East Asia Minerals’ flagship Miwah Gold Project in Aceh Province, Northern Sumatra, has returned positive intersections.
Results from the first two diamond drill holes include 3.29 grams/tonne gold over 66 metres in a wider interval of 158 metres @ 1.71 grams/tonne.
Another hole encountered 1.97 grams/tonne gold over 57.1 metres, including 2.78 grams/tonne over 38.3 metres.
The results support the interpretation of shallow out-flowed, laterally extensive gold mineralization controlled by multiple northerly trending higher-grade feeder structures that cut steeply through the 1.2km-long (east-west) Miwah Gold Zone.
The two holes were drilled in opposite directions from a common drill pad about 200 metres east of the currently mapped western end of the Main Miwah Gold Zone. The mineralization is open.
East Asia’s president and CEO Michael Hawkins says, “We are greatly encouraged by the width and tenor of the Miwah gold mineralization.
“The mineralization we intercepted supports the company's earlier confidence that high-grade structural feeder controls on the Main Miwah Gold Zone will result in higher overall grades than the 1.2 grams/tonne gold average from surface channel sampling.
“We have achieved 3D drill core validation of the potential for a large lateral gold deposit along the 1.2km Miwah Gold Zone.
“In addition, the South Miwah Bluff Gold Zone appears to represent exposure of the underlying higher-grade gold-bearing structures and displays the upside potential for continued exploration of the prospective Miwah land tenement.
“It is our intention to test these zones over the coming months, and with success, to progress towards drill definition of NI43-101 compliant resources.”
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