HIGH GRADE GOLD-COPPER INTERSECTIONSFROM NEW DEFLECTOR DRILLING...

HIGH GRADE GOLD-COPPER INTERSECTIONS
FROM NEW DEFLECTOR DRILLING PROGRAMME
2 May 2006
• Outstanding intersection of 5.00m @ 43.5 g/t Au and 2.1% Cu.
• Additional high grade intercepts returned from West Lode:
- 4.00m @ 8.21 g/t Au
- 0.17m @ 123.4 g/t Au and 2.6% Cu
- 4.50m @ 12.47 g/t Au and 0.38% Cu, which includes 1.7m @ 31.1 g/t Au and 0.7% Cu
- 4.62m @17.60 g/t Au and 0.2% Cu
- 1.66m @ 20.17 g/t Au and 0.6% Cu including 0.32m @ 94.2 g/t Au
- 1.34m @ 25.74 g/t Au and 2.1% Cu
• Diamond drilling programme returning significant high-grade results from both in-fill and resource extension drilling.
Batavia Mining Limited (ASX: BTV) today announced significant initial results from the recently commenced in-fill and resource extensional drilling programme at the Deflector Gold-Copper Project at Gullewa in Western Australia, including an outstanding best intersection from the new programme of 5.00m @ 43.5g/t Au and 2.1% Cu.
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The drilling programme commenced in mid-March 2006 with two key objectives:
• in-fill drilling targeting the upper portion of the Deflector resource in the West Lode, which is aimed at increasing the level of confidence in this portion of the resource and upgrading it to the Indicated category; and
• resource extensional drilling which is being conducted both along strike and, more importantly at depth focusing on targets beneath West Lode with the objective of increasing the Mineral Resource to a level of 1M oz Au Eq.
Significant, high-grade results have so far been received from both components of the drilling programme, which is currently 40% complete. These included high-grade intercepts from the West Lode including 4.00m @ 8.21g/t Au, 0.17m @ 123.4g/t Au and 2.6% Cu, 4.62m @ 17.60g/t Au and 0.2% Cu and 1.66m @ 20.17 g/t Au and 0.6% Cu, including 0.32m @ 94.2g/t Au. Full details of the drilling results received to date are provided in the table overleaf.
Batavia is aiming to complete this drilling programme by the end of May 2006, to be followed by resource modelling. Further results from the ongoing programme will be announced as soon as they are received.
Assay results to date are summarised below:
te Diamond Infill and Extensional Drilling Programme
Collar
Direction
Hole
Downhole
Lengths
(m)
From Depth (m)
Au (g/t)
Cu
%
Lode
ID
mN
mE
mRL
Dip
Azimuth
4.00
349.00
8.21
<0.1
West
19280
9580
280
90
-60
1.00
376.00
1.13
<0.1
BDRCD049(E)
1.00
380.00
4.29
<0.1
BDRCD050(E)
1.22
178.06
9.72
2.3
West
19020
9680
280
90
-60
BDRCD051(I)
1.20
208.30
2.15
0.7
West
19240
9675
280
90
-60
1.02
211.80
4.46
1.1
2.00
214.50
3.78
0.9
2.00
217.50
5.11
1.8
0.17
222.91
123.4
2.6
1.70
256.80
31.1
0.7
1.80
259.50
1.80
0.3
1.00
266.60
2.36
0.1
BDRCD053(I)
4.62
295.60
17.6
0.2
West
19270
9640
280
90
-58
0.
18
331.66
18.47
1.9
0.
32
333.00
94.25
2.1
BDRCD054(I) 1.
34
252.55
25.74
2.1
West
19180
9650
280
90
-58
0.90
256.74
3.68
0.3
BDRCD073(I) 3.
00
193.00
5.30
0.2
West
19460
9695
280
89
-58
5.00
200.00
43.53
2.1
Notes: All drill intervals stated represent downhole lengths
Au analytical method, FA50/AAS
Cu analytical method, AX/AAS
(I) Infill Drilling
(E) Extensional Drilling
For further information please contact Mr Greg Durack at our Perth office on +618 9327 0980.
Yours faithfully
BATAVIA MINING LIMITED
The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Neil Biddle, who is a member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Neil Biddle is a Director of Batavia Mining Limited. Neil Biddle has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Neil Biddle consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Managing Director
Greg Durack
Drill Hole Location Plan