| Infrastructure drills 74.7 m of 0.26% Cu at Kope 2013-01-16 09:32 ET - News Release Mr. Mason Douglas reports INFRASTRUCTURE MATERIALS CORP. ANNOUNCES NEW COPPER-GOLD DISCOVERY ON KOPE SCHEELITE PROJECT IN NEVADA Infrastructure Materials Corp. has made a new copper-gold discovery at its Kope scheelite project in Nevada. The company's wholly owned subsidiary, Silver Reserve Corp., has completed a preliminary review of assay and geochemical data from reverse-circulation drilling on the project to further delineate the potential of gold, copper, silver and lead mineralization on the project. During September and October 2012 the Company completed 2,311.9 meters (m) (7,578 ft) of drilling in 19 reverse circulation holes at the Project. Holes were located to test geological and geophysical targets identified by the Company in previous exploration programs. Hole ID From m To m Interval Cu % Au g/t Other Host m CPR2 86.9 161.5 74.7 0.26% skarn, gossan incl 138.7 161.5 22.9 0.49% 0.42% Zn and 86.9 103.6 16.8 0.34% CPR8 0.0 35.1 35.1 0.39% skarn, intrusive incl 10.7 35.1 24.4 0.53% incl 15.2 27.4 12.2 0.91% incl 21.3 25.9 4.6 1.64% CPR9 3.0 9.1 6.1 2.34 jasperoid, gossan incl 3.0 6.1 3.1 572 ppm antimony (Sb) 7.6 19.8 12.2 0.51% Zn CPR11 7.6 16.8 9.1 2.42 93.6 g/t Ag jasperoid, skarn incl 9.1 15.2 6.1 0.28% Sb CPR13 0.0 18.3 18.3 0.40 intrusive incl 6.1 18.3 12.2 0.49 CPR14 3.0 19.8 16.8 0.55 intrusive CPR17 36.6 54.9 18.3 1.72 gossan, limestone incl 42.7 54.9 12.2 2.52 incl 42.7 45.7 3.0 8.92 24.8 g/t Ag Drilling has identified copper and gold mineralization hosted both in the intrusive and in adjacent sediments. In addition to those elements reported in this news release, a complex suite of anomalous elements including antimony, bismuth, cobalt, cadmium, gallium, germanium, molybdenum, indium, selenium, tellurium, tin and tungsten were found to form zones in and surrounding the mineralization. The Company notes the substantial spacing between holes with significant intersections; CPR2 and CPR8 are approximately 1,000m (3,300 ft) apart with no infill drilling to test copper mineralization. CPR9 is on a northeast line between CPR11 500m to the northeast and CPR17 300m to the southwest also without infill drilling to test gold mineralization. It is not clear that these gold intersections are on the same mineralized structure. Phase II drilling will conduct both step out and infill drilling to more clearly delineate these zones. These results have presented the Company with multiple target areas. The Mag grid will be extended to the south in late January to further delineate target areas south of CPR2. It is assumed that this geophysical work will lead to a better understanding of the area. It is anticipated that phase II drilling will start in the late spring of 2013. "The Company is particularly encouraged by these results since they both confirm historical work and identify directions for future testing of the mineralization. The results also confirm the multi-commodity potential of the Project," notes Mason Douglas, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer. Analytical work was conducted by Inspectorate America, which is an ISO 9001 Certified laboratory widely recognized as an expert in geochemical analysis and assaying. The assay method used by Inspectorate America for gold is Fire Assay with Atomic Adsorption finishing. Inspectorate America uses Aqua Regia digestion with ICP for all other elements assayed. The Company has implemented a quality assurance and quality control program to ensure that sampling and analysis of all samples are conducted in accordance with the best possible practices. About the Kope Scheelite Project The Project consists of 101 mineral claims located in Mineral County, Nevada, approximately 11 miles northeast of the town of Mina. Previous exploration efforts include recent Time Domain Electro-Magnetic (TDEM) surveys that offered evidence of the presence of conductive structures on the Project with potential mineralization present within a porphyry system. The Kope Scheelite Project is located in the Walker Lane, a structural belt which prolifically hosts many significant deposits, including Nevada Copper Corp.’s recently developed Pumpkin Hollow deposits (total Measured and Indicated copper resource of 3.1 billion kilograms (6.8 billion pounds) for the combined Western and Eastern Deposits (Western Open-Pit Deposits: 664 million tonnes, averaging 0.37% Cu with a 0.15% cutoff; and Eastern Underground Deposits: 45.9 million tonnes averaging 1.45% Cu with a 0.75% cutoff - source: Nevada Copper Corp. news release dated October 19, 2012). Infrastructure Materials Corp. believes the Pumpkin Hollow deposits are an analogue for the copper mineralization at the Company's Kope Scheelite Project. Initial exploration appears to indicate that the Kope Scheelite Project may have some higher grade gold mineralization that in places differentiates it from the mineralization style at Pumpkin Hollow. Pumpkin Hollow and the nearby Yerington mine are located approximately 100km (60 miles) northwest of the Kope Scheelite Project. The historical Yerington mine, operated by Anaconda from 1953 to 1978, produced more than 147 million tonnes (162 million tons) of ore grading 0.6% copper. John Harrop, P.Geo., FGS of Coast Mountain Geological Ltd., a qualified person as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, reviewed and approved the technical disclosures of this press release on behalf of the Company. Infrastructure Materials Corp. is a Reno, Nevada based exploration stage mining company that is directing its efforts to the exploration and development, if warranted, of cement grade limestone deposits in strategic locations in the United States and Canada and precious metal properties located in Nevada. We seek Safe Harbor. |