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To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (8319)8/15/2006 8:45:45 AM
From: TobagoJack  Respond to of 217661
 
thks, j



To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (8319)8/15/2006 1:46:44 PM
From: energyplay  Respond to of 217661
 
SSRI increased their reserve estimates 116 % for their Mexican silver-copper-zinc-lead mine. They also found a very high grade deposit, which was not factored into of the reserve upgrade.

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Silver Standard Hits 70.5 oz./ton Silver and 25.2% Base Metals Over 33.5 Feet at Pitarrilla in Mexico
Tuesday August 15, 6:30 am ET

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(MARKET WIRE)--Aug 15, 2006 -- Silver Standard Resources Inc. (TSX:SSO.TO - News)(NASDAQ:SSRI - News) is pleased to report an exceptional drill intersection at its wholly-owned Pitarrilla silver project in the state of Durango, Mexico.

PD-152 intersected 534.8 feet averaging 6.7 ounces of silver per ton (163.0 meters averaging 230.1 grams of silver per tonne) including 51.5 feet averaging 49.8 ounces of silver per ton (15.7 meters averaging 1,706.1 grams of silver per tonne), 6.92% zinc, 6.00% lead and 5.57% copper.

Within this 51.5-foot high-grade silver and base metal intersection is an interval that measured 33.5 feet averaging 70.5 ounces of silver per ton (10.2 meters averaging 2,416.7 grams of silver per tonne), 8.62% zinc, 8.84% lead and 7.73% copper, including a 12.3-foot silver- and copper-rich interval averaging 76.3 ounces of silver per ton (3.7 meters averaging 2,615.8 grams of silver per tonne), 8.21% zinc, 1.84% lead and 14.06% copper.

Below this interval is 14.4 feet of silver-lead-zinc-rich mineralization averaging 87.0 ounces of silver per ton (4.4 meters averaging 2,983.9 grams of silver per tonne), 11.34% zinc, 18.58% lead and 4.02% copper. Assays are pending for a 40-meter section at the bottom of PD-152.