Drill Results - Orko Silver Hits 26 Metre IntercepOrko Silver Hits 26 Metre Intercept on Martha Vein
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Sep 8, 2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX News Network) --
Orko Silver Corp. (TSX VENTURE:OK) is pleased to announce that it has received further assay results from its on-going diamond drilling program at La Preciosa Project in Durango, Mexico.
Of particular note in this release for the Martha Vein is hole BP08-217, which yielded a true thickness of 5.52 metres grading gold 0.446 g/t and silver 306.0 g/t for a silver-equivalent of 332.7 g/t, plus lead 2.70 % and zinc 1.65 %.
Also, hole BP08-228 yielded 26.15 metres grading gold 0.111 g/t and silver 95.7 g/t for a silver-equivalent of 102.4 g/t, including a 5.85 metre portion grading gold 0.457 g/t and silver 199.8 g/t for a silver-equivalent of 227.3 g/t.
Gary Cope, President of Orko, adds, "We continue to expand the known Martha mineralization and we look forward to the next resource estimate, which should continue to grow the total resource at La Preciosa. We are also anticipating reporting additional assay results in the next few weeks."
The following Table is a summary of the Martha vein intercepts only, full details of each intercept follows this table.
Martha Vein Intercepts