Trade Winds Files NI 43-101 Report For Silu Lead-Zinc Property In China
Vancouver, B.C., September 18, 2008 – Trade Winds Ventures Inc. (TSX-V:
TWD; FSE: TVR) is pleased to announce today it has filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com)
an independent National Instrument 43-101 compliant Technical Report on
the Silu Lead-Zinc Property in Guangxi, P. R. China. The report is
also available on the Company’s website (www.tradewindsventures.com).
Guangxi Entercor Mining Corp. (“GEMC”), a Joint-Venture Company between
Western China Mining Corp. (60%), a Trade Winds subsidiary, and Wuxuan
Panlong Lead & Zinc Mining Co. Ltd. (40%), a subsidiary of Shenzhen
Stock Exchange listed mining company Shenzhen Zhongjin Linnan Nonfemet
Co., Ltd., is currently preparing the drill locations for the planned
diamond drill and decline development program scheduled to begin on the
Silu property in November, 2008.
The Silu project consists of exploration permits covering a N-S
trending rectangular area about six kilometers long in Wuxuan County,
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, P.R. China, acquired by GEMC in
2008. The Silu property contains a potential strike length of over 6
km of the mineralized structure also observed at our partner’s nearby
producing Panlong Zn-Pb mine and 1,000 tpd mill located 6 km to the
northeast. According to the location of former artisan mining
including both open-pit mining of oxidized ore and underground mining
of sulphide ore, the Zn-Pb mineralized zone on the property is over 2
km long. Therefore, this structure will be the focus for future
exploration on the property. On the Silu property along strike of the
favourable zone there are at least four confirmed old artisanal areas
where zinc was mined up to the year 2000.
Alex Burton of Burton Consulting Inc. (“Burton”), the author of the
technical report, reported that the exploration and historical
production results on the property to date are of sufficient merit to
recommend an exploration program including exploration drilling and
development of a decline on the first of the four known zones of zinc
mineralization along three kilometres of strike length out of the six
kilometre long outline of this historically artisanal-mined property.
The recommended work program by Burton is subdivided into two work
phases. One phase includes defining selected diamond drill targets. The
other phase comprises the development of a decline and drift along the
structure, with several crosscuts through the mineralized zone. The
total costs for the recommended work program are estimated at
approximately $875,000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Ian D. Lambert, CEO/President (604) 648-6225
Colin Robson, Investor Relations Toll Free (866) 698-9187 ext 231 or (604) 648-6223
Email: info@tradewindsventures.com
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