ISM stepping up explorationTORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2010) - Inspiration Mining Corporation (the "Corporation") (TSX:ISM)(FRANKFURT:OI8) is pleased to announce that it is proceeding with the exploration of its Langmuir Nickel, Cleaver gold and Desrosiers rare earth properties.
Langmuir Property
Based on the recommendation of Micon International Limited in its National Instrument 43-101 compliant resource estimate report (the "Micon Report") for the Langmuir North Deposit and the Langmuir No 1 Deposit (a copy of which can be viewed under the Corporation's profile on the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com)), the Corporation intends to commence a diamond drilling program.
The Micon Report indicated resources of 1,733,000 tonnes grading 0.51% nickel, and 8,324,000 tonnes grading 0.40% nickel in the Langmuir 1 and Langmuir North deposits, respectively for a total of 10,057,000 tonnes and identified at least four (4) exploration target areas of mineralization that are believed to hold the potential to host an additional 20 to 40 million tonnes of nickel mineralization of similar grades.
The proposed diamond drilling program will focus on the four (4) targets as outlined in the Micon report along with additional exploration targets that were discovered during a program of geochemical and geophysical surveying.
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