Mar. 25, 2010 (TheNewswire.ca) --
Vancouver, B.C. - JOURNEY RESOURCES CORP. (OOTC:JNYRF) (TSXV:JNY) ("Journey" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the Company has received preliminary metallurgical results from its Charay property located in Mexico.
The main exploration target on the Charay property is the El Padre vein, a high-grade gold-silver epithermal quartz vein. Two bulk samples taken from the El Padre vein in January 2010 were shipped to Laboratorio Tecnologico de Metalurgia in Hermosillo, Sonora for metallurgical testing. Head assays from the bulk samples were announced in Journeys' February 3rd, 2010 news release. The Company has now received results from preliminary gravity and bottle-roll leach metallurgical tests for both samples.
Six cyanide leach tests on three different grind sizes show excellent gold recoveries of 69% to 94%, with all samples using - 60 and - 100 mesh showing gold recoveries in excess of 90%. Each bottle-roll test was for 72 hours. These tests suggest that the mineralization at Charay may be amenable to agitated leaching methods. Advantages of agitated leaching over heap leaching include, amongst other things: i) drastically shorter leach times (hours vs months), ii) higher overall gold recoveries (>90% vs <75%), and iii) smaller aerial footprint for the leaching facilities.
Calc Head Assay Head % Extraction
Au Ag Au Ag Au Ag
ppm ppm ppm ppm
CH-BULK-1-10 MESH 9.09 135.2 8.23 124.0 74.26 37.86
CH-BULK-1-60 MESH 8.86 137.6 8.23 124.0 90.52 64.40
CH-BULK -1-100 MESH 8.60 139.9 8.23 124.0 94.42 71.41
CORE COMPOSITE-10 MESH 19.42 137.3 19.84 122.0 69.16 28.65
CORE COMPOSITE-60 MESH 18.00 125.4 19.84 122.0 91.89 72.09
CORE COMPOSITE-100 MESH 18.56 138.1 19.84 122.0 92.03 71.03
Journey is awaiting preliminary flotation test results. Additional metallurgical testing is planned in order to determine optimal grind-size, leach duration and flotation parameters for maximum gold-silver recoveries.
The Company, and its subsidiary Minerales Jazz S.A. de C.V. (Jazz), is continuing with its planned metallurgical, pilot-mining and drilling program announced in its February 3rd, 2010 release. The pilot-mining will entail a mining operation involving an initial 35,000 tonnes of material that lies at surface.
In 2008, the Company acquired an option on the Charay property, which comprises three mineral concessions covering approximately 380 hectares located in northern Sinaloa State, Mexico, approximately 250 km northwest of the state capital Culiacan. In 2005, Vane Minerals Group drilled 27 shallow holes on the property, nineteen of which targeted and intersected mineralized epithermal quartz veining along a 240 meter strike length of the El Padre vein. The drill-tested zone averages 18.75 gm/T Au and 120.15 gm/T Ag across a width of 1.14 meters and to a drill-depth of 50 meters.
The qualified person for the project, Phil Van Angeren, P.Geol, is evaluating historical data and developing a drilling and bulk sampling program with the goal of defining a geological resource sufficient to commission a feasibility study for the project. A 43-101 compliant report is currently being prepared for Journey.
About Journey Resources Corp.
Journey Resources Corp. www.journeyresourcescorp.com is a mineral-exploration resource company trading on the TSX Venture Exchange (Symbol : JNY) and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Symbol : JL4). The Company is currently exploring four advanced exploration-stage projects; the Musgrove Gold Project, the Charay Gold Project, the Vianey Mine Silver Project and the Silver Mountain Project. The Musgrove Project is a prospect for a disseminated gold bulk-tonnage surface project similar to the Beartrack Mine, a nearby former gold producer. The Charay property consists of concessions totaling 380 hectares, located in Sinaloa, Mexico. The Vianey Mine Project consists of concessions totaling 5,022 hectares in Guerrero State west of Mexico City, Mexico. In addition, the Company owns 100% right, title and interest in and to certain mining claims comprising the Silver Mountain Property in Lima, Peru. The Silver Mountain Property is an advanced stage exploration property covering approximately 1,684 hectares, located approximately 75 kilometers east of Lima City and 50 kilometers south of Peru Copper's Toromocho property and Pan American Silver (NASDAQ:PAAS) (TSX:PAA) ´s Morococha Mine.
ON BEHALF OF JOURNEY RESOURCES CORP.
"Jatinder (Jack) Bal"
JATINDER (JACK) BAL
President & CEO
JOURNEY RESOURCES CORP.
For further information on Journey Resources Corp., contact Jack Bal at (604) 633-2442, toll free 1-800-667-1442, e-mail jackbal@journeyresourcescorp.com, or visit our website at www.journeyresourcescorp.com.
