Tumi Resources Limited - Tumi Resources completes deep penetrating pulse EM geophysical survey at Sala, Sweden
2006-09-28 12:29 ET - News Release
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VANCOUVER, Sept. 28 /CNW/ - Tumi Resources Limited ("Tumi" and/or the "Company") (TSXv-TM; OTCBB - TUMIF; Frankfurt - TUY). David Henstridge, President, is pleased to announce the completion of a deep penetrating, pulse electromagnetic (PEM) ground geophysical survey (the "Survey") over the Company's wholly-owned Sala property located in the Bergslagen District, Sweden. Approximately 44 line kms of detailed geophysical recordings were collected.
Sala, now a historical mine site, was Europe's largest silver producer since the 16th Century; it ceased production in the early part of the 20th Century. Historical records show it was likely that greater than 200 million ozs of silver were recovered from Sala with grades as high as 7,000 g/t. The sulphide ore is hosted dominantly in limestone and dolostone. The host rocks have been folded and faulted with the underlying metamorphosed felsic volcanics and pyroclastics. The series of shafts along the Sala orebodies trend more or less in a north-south direction, apparently controlled by fault structures. Longitudinal sections indicate that the ore zone at Sala (as indicated by mined-out workings) plunges gently to the north.
There is a strong possibility that there are other mineralized horizons at depth, along strike or in parallel structures that do not come to surface. A large portion of the property south of the historic mines is in flat-lying land with little exposure; the limestone/volcanic contact zone has been projected into this area. As the Sala mineralization is conductive, the ground PEM survey will locate any undiscovered mineralization within the field. The data collected from the ground EM survey is currently being processed by the geophysical contractor and results will be available soon. The Company has made arrangements with a drill company to be available to immediately drill any defined EM targets.
The qualified person for Tumi's projects, David Henstridge, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, has visited the Sala project in the Bergslagen District, Sweden, and has verified the contents of this news release.
On behalf of the Board,
"David Henstridge"
David Henstridge, President & CEO |
