DECEMBER 20, 2006 - 01:00 ET
Aquila Drills 23.9 Meters 1.98% Copper and 2.86% Zinc at the Pinwheel Zone and 32.3 Meters of 10.12% Zinc at the Main Zone Hinge
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - Dec. 20, 2006) - AQUILA RESOURCES INC. (TSX VENTURE:AQA)(FWB:JM4A) ("Aquila" or the "Company") today announced more high grade copper, zinc, gold and silver intercepts from the Pinwheel Zone plus thick zinc rich massive sulfide intercepts from the Main Zone Hinge at the Back Forty Project in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Highlights include:
Pinwheel Zone:
- 23.9 meters estimated true thickness of 1.98% copper, 2.86% zinc.
- 34.0 meters estimated true thickness of 2.2 g/t gold, 1.55% copper.
- 46.9 meters estimated true thickness of 2.1 g/t gold, 0.72% copper.
Main Zone Hinge:
- 21.7 meters (true thickness not known) of 7.36 % zinc.
- 32.3 meters of 10.12% zinc estimated true thickness.
- 43.9 meters of 7.47% zinc estimated true thickness.
Drill results from the Pinwheel Zone continue to produce significant copper and zinc grades from thick intercepts of near surface massive sulfides. Holes with no significant values are the result of defining the southern and eastern edges of the Pinwheel Zone. Nearly flat lying Pinwheel massive sulfides and gossan have been defined over a 130 by 80 meter area open to the west and northwest and with results still pending to the southwest.
Results from the Main Zone Hinge are also impressive with estimated true thicknesses of 43.9 meters of 7.47% zinc and 32.3 meters of 10.12% zinc. The Main Zone Hinge represents the thickened fold hinge of the plunging Main Zone massive sulfide and is an important connection between the near surface East and Pinwheel zones.
Results from drilling completed in 2006 are being incorporated into an updated database and geologic model, which will form the basis for an updated 43-101 compliant resource estimate to be released as soon as possible in 2007.
An up to date plan map of completed and pending holes is available on the company\'s website at
http://www.aquilaresources.com/projects.php#map.Sample preparation and analyses for this release were conducted by Accurassay Labs in Thunder Bay, Ontario on split drill core supplied by Aquila. Standards and blanks were inserted in the sample sequences with check assays and re-run\'s routinely conducted. Tom Quigley, P.Geo. and President of Aquila is the Qualified Person as described in National Instrument 43-101 for the Back Forty Project and is responsible for the content of this press release.
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Aquila Resources Inc. (Toronto)
Robin Dunbar
CFO
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Email: info@aquilaresourcesinc.com
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Aquila Resources Inc. (U.S.)
Thomas O. Quigley
President
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Email: toquigley@qwest.net
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