/C O R R E C T I O N From Source - Ivanhoe Mines Ltd./
29 September 2005 - 2:03AM
PR Newswire (US)
In TO156, "Falcon(TM) airborne exploration survey begins on 28,000
square kilometres in Mongolia's South Gobi region", transmitted at
09:06e today, the "Final Assays" table has been revised and
replaced. Full corrected copy follows: ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, Sept.
28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ivanhoe Mines' Deputy Chairman Edward
Flood announced today that BHP Billiton, the world's largest
diversified mining company, has commenced its Falcon(TM) airborne
gravity gradiometer survey to explore the Falcon Gobi Project, an
exploration joint-venture covering approximately 28,000 square
kilometres of Ivanhoe's non- core exploration ground in southern
Mongolia. BHP Billiton's Falcon gravity gradiometer survey is a
proprietary airborne system that can cover large, remote areas
rapidly and cost effectively. It provides a new dimension in
exploration for copper and gold deposits in Mongolia with its
ability to "see through" the surface cover to identify gravity
anomalies, which then can be explored in detail with ground
geophysics, sampling and drilling. The airborne survey of the
Ivanhoe ground is expected to take approximately three months.
Ivanhoe and BHP Billiton entered into the Falcon Gobi Project in
May, 2005. The project covers approximately 22% of Ivanhoe's land
holdings in this region. Ivanhoe's advanced exploration and
development-stage projects - Oyu Tolgoi, Kharmagtai, Nariin Sukhait
and Bronze Fox - are not included in the Falcon Gobi Project. Under
the terms of the agreement, BHP Billiton has the right to earn up
to 50% of all minerals found on the project, other than coal, by
spending US$8 million in exploration costs. BHP Billiton will use
its proprietary Falcon system and solely fund a major geophysical
survey of a minimum of 30,000 line kilometres over the whole or
selected parts of the Falcon Gobi Project. BHP Billiton will fund
all aspects of the survey, inclusive of mobilization, as well as
processing and interpretation, using the most advanced and
proprietary techniques. Following BHP Billiton's vesting in the
project, a 50/50 joint venture will be established between BHP
Billiton and Ivanhoe, and the parties will contribute all further
exploration and development costs on a pro-rata basis. Oyu Tolgoi
Drilling Update: Hugo Far North copper and gold mineralization
extended an additional 150 metres to the north
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Mr. Flood also announced that Ivanhoe has intersected approximately
42 metres of high-grade copper and gold mineralization in hole
EGC053, approximately 175 metres north-northeast from the previous
northern-most intersection in hole, EGD008. Hole EGC053, at a
down-hole depth of 1340 metres, intersected 42 metres of 2.07 g/t
gold and 2.62% copper (3.96% copper equivalent, based on US$0.80
copper and US$350 gold) at the top of the deposit. Drilling
down-dip of hole EGD053 also is underway as a step-out hole 150
metres to the north. The open-ended Hugo Far North Deposit has now
been extended to at least 600 metres north of the Ivanhoe/Entree
joint venture property boundary into the Shivee Tolgoi property and
brings the total length of the high-grade deposit to over 2.5
kilometres. Step-out and infill drilling is ongoing with four
deep-hole-capacity drilling rigs. In addition, in-fill Hole OTD1218
intersected 46 metres of 0.16 g/t gold and 1.34% copper (1.45%
copper equivalent) starting at 1182 metres, followed by 114 metres
of 2.64 g/t gold and 4.33% copper (6.04% copper equivalent). OTD
1218 is located approximately 90 metres northeast along strike of
hole EGD006A and is approximately 150 metres northeast along strike
from the joint-venture boundary. The intersection also is 60 metres
southwest of the previously announced intersection in hole EGD016C,
which encountered 193.1 metres of 1.08 g/t gold and 3.06% copper
(3.76% copper equivalent) at a down-hole depth of 1324 metres and
hole EGD016E, which intersected 44 metres of 0.93 g/t and 3.30%
copper (3.91% copper equivalent), approximately 250 metres
vertically up-dip of hole EGD0016C. The Shivee Tolgoi property is
owned by Entree Gold Inc. and is subject to Ivanhoe having the
right to earn up to 80% of resources discovered on the property.