Adamera Intersects High-Grade Gold at the Poland China Project
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Oct 16, 2013 09:49AM
High Grade GOLD and SILVER Exploration in Washington State
Vancouver, BC, October 16, 2013 - 
Adamera Minerals  Corp. (TSX V: ADZ) 
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 announces that it has completed a 404 metre, 12  hole geological drill program and structural analysis on the Poland China  property in Washington State (
See news release dated July 11,  2013
). High-grade gold mineralization appears to occur in plunging  silicified shoots within an extensive shallow dipping graphitic shear zone.  
Several short reconnaissance holes adjacent to the historic Poland  China mine were drilled towards the south to obtain geological information on  the local strata and structures in areas lacking outcrop. The exception, DDH-10,  drilled in an eastward direction at -50
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, intersected 29.6 g/t gold over  0.4 meters within a 3.7 metre zone averaging 4.5 g/t gold at a depth of 4.6  metres. Mineralization in DDH-10 is more consistent with the high-grade gold  zones observed in the mine workings. Several of the geological holes drilled  southward along strike of the historic mine also intersected mineralized zones  with gold values ranging from 1-4.6 g/t over at least a one metre drill  interval.
"This initial exploration program using a low cost,  lightweight drill was successful in defining targets by providing geological  information in an area with little outcrop exposure,"
 says Mark Kolebaba,  President and CEO of Adamera Minerals Corp. 
"This type of drilling, coupled  with detailed structural analysis, has advanced our knowledge significantly as  
shear hosted mineralization has not previously been recognized on the  property. This model
 provides a viable and sizable exploration target on the  Poland China project." 
The high
-grade gold ore shoots and  down-dip extensions of the shear zone will be the principle targets during the  next phase of exploration at Poland China. This model will be tested by step-out  drilling around DDH-10 in an attempt to follow the high-grade gold  mineralization down-dip within the shear zone. A gradient array survey recently  completed over part of the property is being interpreted to target resistive  highly silicified zones with high-grade gold. 
A 
possible  geological analogue to Poland China is the large Macraes gold deposit in New  Zealand where gold occurs in a variably mineralized shear zone with several  stacked graphitic horizons extending several kilometres. At Macraes, high-grade  gold zones assaying up to approximately 90 g/t occur locally. The Overall  deposit is reported to be over 3 million ounces with an average grade of 1.13  g/t.  
Core samples were
 sent to Acme Analytical Laboratories  Ltd. for analysis. Samples were partially digested using an aqua regia  solution.  Sample splits of 15 grams were analyzed for gold using  ICP-MS.
The structural analysis and interpretation including project  data review was performed by Scott Close, P.Geo of Ethos Geological. 
Scott  Close, P.Geo, and Jim Ebisch, P.Geol are the Qualified Persons as defined by  National Instrument 43-101 reviewing the data in this release.  
Adamera's strategy in Washington State is to discover high-grade  gold mineralization near established infrastructure. Specifically, the company  is targeting areas near the Kinross Kettle River Mill. The Kinross mill is  reported to be operating at half capacity with ore shipped 70 kilometres from  the 1.3 million ounce Buckhorn mine which has only 2 years mine life remaining.  Average grade of the Buckhorn mine is 11.3 g/t gold and production costs are  reported to be between $420 and $500 per ounce. The Poland China property is  only 80 kilometres by paved road to the Kinross Mill.
On beha
lf  of the Board of Directors,
Mark Kolebaba
President &  CEO
For additional information please contact:
Heather  Kays 
Manager, Corporate Communications 
Tel: (604)  689-2010 
Fax: (604) 484-7143 
Email: 
info@Adamera.com
 
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