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Selkirk Metals Financial News
Ruddock Creek Project E Zone Update
March 12, 2008 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Selkirk Metals Corp. ("Selkirk" or the "Company")
is pleased to provide the following summary of the results from the
2007 E Zone drilling on the Ruddock Creek Property. The E Zone is
located at the eastern end of the 5.5km long Ruddock Creek Sulphide
Horizon ("RCSH"). The RCSH is a near continuous zone of
zinc-lead bearing massive to semi massive sulphide mineralization which
has been traced through numerous surface exposures, and is illustrated
on the Overview Figure on the Company's website, www.selkirkmetals.com.
E-Zone:
The E Zone is a planar sheet of massive sulphides dipping to the
northwest at 45 degrees and plunging to the west at approximately 40
degrees.
Detailed drilling at the eastern end of the E Zone has shown the
mineralized body to be in excess of 1 kilometer down plunge to the west
and up to 400m wide with the massive sulphide varying in thickness from
less than 5m to over 35m. Sufficient drilling to constrain the width of
the mineralized horizon has only been completed over the easternmost
150 m of the deposit. Sulphides occur as a series of semi massive to
massive lenses of sphalerite and galena hosted by calc silicates with
interlayered pegmatite bodies. The metamorphic event, which produced
the pegmatites has also remobilized the sulphides resulting in
recrystalization and local thickening of the massive sulphide horizons.
The E Zone remains open down plunge to the west. The 2007 drill program
was designed to infill some areas of wide spaced drilling and define
the northern and southern edges of the eastern E Zone.
Structurally, the deposit is continuous with the exception of the west
dipping E fault, which cuts the massive sulphides about 600 m west of
the surface outcrop. In the immediate area of the fault, the E Zone
shows evidence of thinning due to movement along the fault plane, and a
small offset due to rotation of the units.
The following table highlights the significant results from the 2004,
2005 and 2006 drill programs on the E Zone, along with results from the
infill holes completed in 2007:
| E ZONE DRILL RESULTS |
| DRILL HOLE |
FROM
(m) |
TO
(m) |
INTERVAL (m) |
ZINC
(%) |
LEAD
(%) |
| RD-04-101 |
86.00 |
92.07 |
6.07 |
15.91 |
2.02 |
| |
97.50 |
101.50 |
4.00 |
14.32 |
2.90 |
| RD-04-102 |
69.00 |
84.50 |
15.50 |
11.19 |
2.09 |
| |
92.60 |
110.00 |
17.40 |
16.28 |
3.31 |
| |
115.98 |
123.00 |
7.02 |
17.94 |
4.50 |
| RD-04-103 |
87.17 |
94.75 |
7.58 |
10.55 |
2.08 |
| |
108.40 |
112.25 |
3.85 |
14.27 |
2.69 |
| RD-04-104 |
62.10 |
65.00 |
2.90 |
12.26 |
2.36 |
| |
74.10 |
84.43 |
10.33 |
11.37 |
2.51 |
| RD-04-105 |
132.00 |
142.30 |
10.30 |
7.56 |
1.56 |
| RD-04-106 |
116.00 |
126.79 |
10.79 |
4.18 |
0.59 |
| RD-04-107 |
142.25 |
159.32 |
17.07 |
15.02 |
3.37 |
| RD-04-108 |
133.13 |
143.83 |
10.70 |
13.42 |
2.56 |
| RD-04-109 |
180.14 |
187.17 |
7.03 |
20.43 |
5.49 |
| |
191.42 |
198.05 |
6.63 |
7.67 |
1.70 |
| RD-04-110 |
184.76 |
203.92 |
19.16 |
8.96 |
1.96 |
| RD-04-111 |
197.50 |
202.00 |
4.50 |
6.82 |
1.37 |
| |
213.00 |
221.03 |
8.03 |
12.21 |
2.95 |
| RD-05-112 |
679.80 |
683.63 |
3.83 |
3.85 |
0.77 |
| RD-05-113 |
708.50 |
722.55 |
14.05 |
15.79 |
3.33 |
| RD-05-115 |
724.20 |
728.20 |
4.00 |
12.98 |
2.70 |
| RD-06-116 |
125.85 |
131.95 |
6.10 |
9.81 |
1.92 |
| RD-06-117 |
130.29
141.07
155.91 |
136.10
145.10
162.55 |
5.80
4.00
6.60 |
12.79
9.47
4.98 |
2.33
1.44
0.73 |
| RD-06-118 |
115.80 |
116.58 |
0.80 |
12.39 |
0.17 |
| RD-06-119 |
157.00
167.00
178.38
192.50 |
161.07
174.39
183.36
198.56 |
4.07
7.39
4.98
6.06 |
7.20
14.78
4.22
9.33 |
1.00
3.16
0.76
2.07 |
| RD-06-121 |
91.08
117.09
124.05 |
100.84
118.49
129.79 |
9.76
1.40
5.74 |
5.80
15.71
6.78 |
1.32
2.76
1.53 |
| RD-06-122 |
146.35 |
152.51 |
6.16 |
6.93 |
1.26 |
| RD-06-123 |
144.75
157.10
187.75 |
151.35
167.35
189.50 |
6.60
10.25
1.75 |
3.79
16.35
5.16 |
0.71
3.65
0.88 |
| RD-06-127 |
244.84 |
252.10 |
7.30 |
4.92 |
0.92 |
| RD-06-129 |
283.40 |
288.78 |
5.40 |
3.09 |
0.81 |
| RD-06-131 |
259.03 |
263.21 |
4.20 |
6.43 |
0.86 |
| RD-06-132 |
294.40 |
299.51 |
5.10 |
4.21 |
0.98 |
| RD-06-134 |
221.10
228.94 |
223.46
235.61 |
2.36
6.67 |
4.53
4.45 |
1.24
0.70 |
| RD-06-135 |
236.29 |
248.73 |
12.44 |
9.39 |
1.87 |
| RD-06-138 |
328.30
328.30 |
337.10
330.00 |
8.80
1.70 |
4.01
13.51 |
0.76
2.57 |
| RD-06-139 |
369.18 |
374.07 |
4.89 |
4.70 |
0.87 |
| RD-06-140 |
566.63 |
570.69 |
4.10 |
9.22 |
2.13 |
| RD-06-141 |
558.45 |
571.38 |
12.90 |
7.48 |
1.49 |
| RD-06-143 |
471.80 |
477.77 |
6.00 |
3.05 |
0.61 |
| RD-06-146 |
277.71 |
286.92 |
9.20 |
4.32 |
0.81 |
| RD-06-147 |
270.3
294.00
305.60 |
275.73
297.60
308.00 |
5.40
3.60
2.40 |
5.04
6.71
11.53 |
0.49
1.56
0.64 |
| RD-06-148 |
214.46 |
241.10 |
26.60 |
5.43 |
0.96 |
| RD-06-150 |
685.30
711.56 |
703.50
714.92 |
18.20
3.40 |
6.50
8.46 |
1.03
1.40 |
| RD-06-152 |
648.80 |
671.40 |
22.60 |
11.70 |
2.27 |
| RD-06-153 |
681.22 |
685.93 |
4.70 |
6.43 |
0.98 |
| RD-07-173 |
323.14 |
326.66 |
3.52 |
1.25 |
0.22 |
| RD-07-174 |
375.95 |
381.30 |
5.35 |
7.52 |
1.57 |
| RD-07-175 |
432.65 |
436.17 |
3.52 |
2.70 |
0.55 |
| RD-07-183 |
141.25 |
156.90 |
15.65 |
2.50 |
0.37 |
| RD-07-184 |
214.58 |
228.86 |
14.28 |
5.73 |
0.91 |
| RD-07-185 |
187.35 |
197.43 |
10.08 |
4.25 |
0.22 |
|
212.38 |
218.18 |
5.80 |
1.76 |
0.09 |
Three pads were utilized to drill 9 holes, RD-07-173 to 175 and 180 to
185 which were completed in 2007. Pad F is located along the southeast
edge of the mineralization and was used for holes RD-07-180, 181, 182
and 183. Holes 180 to 182 did not intersect the Zone, and confirmed the
updip edge of the mineralization. RD-07-183 was sub vertical and
intersected a thick section of the Zone consisting mostly of
semi-massive sulphides with up to 8.8% Zinc and 1.7% Lead over 0.78m.
Pad K was established at approximately the mid point of the known
mineralization in the E Zone. Holes RD-07-173 to 175were drilled from
this location to test the E Zone as it approaches the E Fault.
Intersections of between 3m and 5.3m were recorded with individual
assays up to 14.9% Zinc and 3.5% Lead over widths of up to 0.5m
confirming that the Zone has been affected by the fault but appears to
be continuous.
The third pad was located along the northeastern edge of the E Zone to
provide better control of the limits of mineralization and to tighten
the drill spacing in this area. Holes RD-07-184 and 185 also
intersected thick sections of mostly semi-massive sulphides likely
reflecting the northern edge of the RCSH. Narrow lenses of massive
sulphides are present within these intervals, including up to 15.96%
Zinc and 3.67% Lead over 1.6m in RD-07-184, and 9.6% Zinc and 0.20%
Lead over 1.55m in RD-07-185.
Now that the final results from the 2007 drilling of the E-Zone have
been received, they will be compiled with the historic database and
utilized to calculate an updated Resource for the E Zone. The
underground development and diamond drilling program is continuing with
drilling scheduled to commence in late spring. This program will allow
for the drilling of the deposit at the density necessary to complete a
Resource calculation for the entire E Zone as it is currently known. In
addition, work will commence on the engineering and design criteria
necessary to complete a scoping and feasibility study towards
development of the deposit.
Operations on the Ruddock Creek Property are being conducted under the
supervision of the Company's Qualified Persons (as defined by NI
43-101), Jim Miller-Tait, P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration and Tom
Colbourne, P.Eng., Vice President of Mining. Acme Analytical
Laboratories Ltd. was engaged to carry out the analytical work on all
samples. The analytical procedure utilized was the Group 7AR 23
multi-element assay by ICP-AES methods. The Ruddock Creek Property is
located 100 km north-northwest of Revelstoke in the Kamloops and
Revelstoke Mining Divisions, British Columbia.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors:
(signed) "Gordon Keevil"
Gordon Keevil, President
For further information on Selkirk Metals Corp. please visit our website at www.selkirkmetals.com.
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