West Timmins drills 24.85 metres of 8.86 g/t Au at Rusk

2009-03-31 05:28 ET - News Release

Mr. Darin Wagner reports

WTM REPORTS 8.86 G/T (0.26 OZ/T) GOLD OVER 24.85 METRES (81.58 FEET) FROM RUSK ZONE-IS HISTORY BEING REPEATED IN TIMMINS, ONTARIO

West Timmins Mining Inc. (WTM) has encountered multiple high-grade gold intercepts from continuing drill testing of its Thunder Creek joint venture in Timmins, Ont. The results are highlighted by the highest grades and thickest intercepts to date from the Rusk zone -- 8.86 grams per tonne (g/t) (0.26 ounce per ton) gold over 24.85 metres (81.58 feet) including 19.55 g/t (0.57 ounce per ton) gold over six metres (19.68 feet). In addition, the deepest hole to date from the property intersected a 122.15-metre (400.65-foot) gold mineralized interval from the Porphyry zone which includes high-grade zones returning 5.8 g/t (0.17 ounce per ton) gold over 13.65 metres (44.77 feet) and 5.29 g/t (0.15 ounce per ton) gold over 12.85 metres (42.28 feet).

WTM president and chief executive officer Darin Wagner said: "We are thrilled with today's results and the implications for further expansion of the Rusk and Porphyry gold zones at Thunder Creek. The continuity to depth of the high-grade gold mineralization in the Rusk and Porphyry gold zones is a hallmark of the historic and world-class Hollinger, McIntyre and Dome gold deposits, around which the Timmins camp was built. Over the last century, the Timmins camp has been the most productive high-grade gold camp in North America. It's now clear we are dealing with another major gold-bearing system in this historic camp. As the Timmins camp heads into its second century, these results, the development of the Timmins West deposit, and the recent results from our adjacent wholly owned Thorne and Hwy 144 properties, all confirm the West Timmins district as the next frontier for growth."