cnw







TORONTO, Oct. 10, 2013 /CNW/ - Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX: WM) announced today that Lonmin Plc ("Lonmin"), has approved and committed
to fund $3.1M to explore for platinum group elements, copper, nickel
and gold on the Sudbury Camp Joint Venture ("SCJV") and North Range
Joint Venture "(NRJV") with Wallbridge in Sudbury, Ontario. Exploration
will include drilling and geophysics and will follow Lonmin's 2014
fiscal year from October, 2013, through September, 2014.


"Lonmin, as the third largest primary platinum producer in the world, is
one of Wallbridge's largest shareholders and is a supportive partner of
Wallbridge in exploring for PGEs in Sudbury," stated Marz Kord,
President & CEO of Wallbridge, "They continue to invest in the quality
of our projects and our team expertise and together we look forward to
finding the next significant ore deposit in Sudbury."


Albert Jamieson, Lonmin's Chief Commercial Officer responsible for
Exploration said, "Following last year's encouraging field program,
Lonmin looks forward to continuing to support and work with Wallbridge
on its portfolio of prospective properties around the Sudbury Basin."


Sudbury Camp Joint Venture (SCJV)


On the SCJV, Lonmin has approved the funding of a $1.6M exploration
program. Work will start in October, 2013, and will focus mainly on
Wallbridge's Trill and Skynner Lake properties.


Wallbridge's Trill property is located on the western rim of the Sudbury
Basin, about 12 kms northwest of Vale's Totten mine and KGHM
International's Victoria project and 600 m west of Vale's Trill and
Trill Depth Ni-Cu-PGE deposits. The Trill property is being explored
for offset dyke style Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization, which is typically
hosted within inclusion bearing phases of quartz diorite within Offset
dyke structures.


The Trill offset dyke was found by Wallbridge and Lonmin in 2005, along
with discovery of the Trill showing, a high grade Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide
lens that outcrops at surface. The Trill showing includes a 140 m long
mineralized trend with highlight drill hole intersections including
6.41 g/t Pt + Pd + Au, 0.79 % Cu and 1.20 % Ni over 10.3 metres in
WTR-012, and 8.11 g/t Pt + Pd + Au, 1.01 % Cu and 0.81 % Ni over 8.76
metres in WTR-028.


Work to date at Trill includes shallow drilling of the Offset dyke,
mostly testing the near surface mineralization at the Trill showing
(figure above). In 2013 Wallbridge traced the surface expression of the
Trill offset dyke a further 3.5 kms from the Trill showing towards the
SIC. Work in 2014 will include a large loop EM ground geophysical
survey to test for conductors over the newly constrained strike length
of the Trill offset dyke. This will be followed by drilling and
borehole geophysics to test any conductors and to systematically test
the strike length of the dyke to depth.


Wallbridge's Skynner Lake property is located on the East Range of the
Sudbury Basin, 2.5 kms north of Vale's Victor-Capre mine development
project, 8 kms northwest of Glencore's Nickel Rim South Mine, and 1 km
southeast of KGHM International's Podolsky Mine. The Skynner Lake
property is being explored for footwall style Cu-PGE mineralization,
similar to that at Victor-Capre and Nickel Rim South. Footwall style
PGE-Cu mineralization is typically hosted by Sudbury breccia structures
in the footwall to mineralized embayments at the base of the Sudbury
Igneous Complex (SIC).


In 2013, Wallbridge and Lonmin completed 3,026 metres of drilling on the
Skynner Lake property, which identified an extensive Sudbury breccia
structure which lies in the footwall of mineralization along the base
of the SIC.


This year's program will continue with drilling and borehole geophysics
to test this structure for footwall style PGE-Cu mineralization.


The SCJV between Wallbridge and Lonmin was formed in 2002 to explore for
PGEs, copper and nickel on Wallbridge properties in Sudbury, Ontario.
Currently, the SCJV includes 7 properties covering 163 square
kilometres including Skynner Lake, Foy, Windy, Cascaden, Trill, Trill
West and Creighton South.


Under the terms of the SCJV Agreement, Lonmin must fund a minimum of $1
million in expenditures each year to maintain the option to earn up to
a 50 % interest in any property, based on its proportionate spend, at
the point at which an Indicated Resource is established on that
property. Lonmin then has the option to earn an additional 15 %
interest on that property by funding work through completion of a
feasibility study and securing the Wallbridge portion of financing
through to commercial production.


North Range Joint Venture (NRJV)


On the NRJV, Lonmin has approved and agreed to fund a $1.5M exploration
program. Work will start in October, 2013.


Since 2007, Wallbridge has defined 66 kilometres of offset dykes on the
NRJV and these are being explored for offset style massive sulfide
Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization, similar to that at Vale's Totten and Copper
Cliff projects.


920 kms of airborne geophysics was completed in 2013 and Wallbridge now
has a total of over 15,000 kms of airborne geophysics covering the
North Range of the Sudbury basin. The airborne surveys have identified
numerous conductive anomalies, many associated with the newly defined
offset dykes and some of which are associated with disseminated
Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization found within the dyke. Very little drilling
has been completed on these properties.


The 2014 program will include ground based EM geophysics surveys to
follow-up several areas of Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization identified at
surface to confirm and constrain a number of the airborne conductors.
This will be followed by drilling and borehole geophysics to test the
targets for Ni-Cu-PGEs.


The NRJV between Wallbridge and Lonmin was formed in 2012 to explore for
PGEs, copper and nickel on Wallbridge's North Range package of
properties in Sudbury, Ontario. Currently the NRJV includes 15
properties covering 392 square kilometres. These properties have had
very little previous exploration and offer large-scale discovery upside
in Canada's most established mining district.


Under the terms of a private placement subscription agreement (see
Wallbridge press release, June 28, 2007), which provided CAN$3.9
million of funding for the initial exploration of these properties,
Lonmin earned the right to enter into a joint venture on any of the
North Range Properties. Under the terms of the 2012 NRJV agreement,
Lonmin may earn up to a 50% interest by spending twice Wallbridge's
expenditures on any property which if fully vested would be in excess
of $8M. Lonmin can then earn up to a 65% interest by making additional
expenditures.




About Wallbridge Mining




Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (WM:TSX) is an established junior company, formed in 1996, whose mission is to
explore and develop platinum group elements (PGE's) in mining friendly
jurisdictions of North America.




Wallbridge is currently exploring and developing a large package of
properties in Sudbury, Ontario: Canada's premier mining district. These
include the pre-feasibility stage Broken Hammer development project and
significant exploration joint ventures with partners Lonmin Plc, Impala
Platinum Holdings Limited and Glencore Xstrata.




In 2005, Wallbridge created Duluth Metals Limited (TSX:DM) to explore
and develop projects in Minnesota, USA. Duluth Metals has since defined
the world's largest undeveloped sulfide PGEs, copper and nickel deposit
which it is developing through Twin Metals Limited, a joint venture
with copper producer Antofagasta Plc. Wallbridge currently retains 10.1
million shares of Duluth Metals (8.1%).




In 2010, Wallbridge created Miocene Metals Limited (TSXV:MII) to explore
and develop seven porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum projects in British
Columbia, Canada, within a previously under-recognized belt of
Miocene-age intrusions. These projects are early stage with large
mineralized structures and alteration zones that are ready for drilling
with potential for large tonnage deposits. Wallbridge currently retains
28.4 million shares of Miocene Metals (40.5%).