High grade drill results at Kipushi
Ivanhoe Mines drills 13.7 m of 9.9% Cu at Kipushi 2014-09-05 07:39 ET - News Release Mr. Robert Friedland reports ADDITIONAL HIGH-GRADE ZINC AND COPPER ASSAY RESULTS RETURNED FROM DRILLING PROGRAM AT THE KIPUSHI MINE IN D.R. CONGO The second batch of assay results from Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.'s underground diamond drilling program at the Kipushi copper-zinc-germanium-lead and precious metals mine has returned more exceptionally high-grade zinc and copper drill intercepts. The majority of the new drill results are from the Serie Recurrente (Recurring Series) zone, which continues to return high-grade copper and zinc-rich intercepts. Results (all estimated true widths) include: KPU011: 16.1 metres grading 4.9 per cent copper, 5.8 per cent zinc and 23 grams per tonne (g/t) silver; KPU013: 13.7 metres grading 9.9 per cent copper, 12.1 per cent zinc, 37 g/t silver and 24 g/t germanium; KPU014: 8.7 metres grading 5.7 per cent copper, 22.5 per cent zinc, 33 g/t silver and 28 g/t germanium; KPU015: 9.7 metres grading 9.0 per cent copper, 0.5 per cent zinc and 30 g/t silver; KPU020: 5.2 metres grading 21.0 per cent copper, 2.3 per cent zinc, 190 g/t silver and 10 g/t germanium.