Amur Minerals Corporation (AIM: AMC), an exploration and development company focused on East Russia, announces the results of its resource update for the Maly Krumkon deposit located on its Kun-Manie nickel copper licence in eastern Russia. Using the 2007 drill results, SRK Consulting has estimated the Maly Krumkon deposit to be substantially larger, in terms of both total tonnes of ore and tonnes of contained nickel and copper, than was reported at year end 2006.
Highlights:
- The infill and step out drilling has defined a total of 26.3 million tonnes of ore within the combined resource classes of Indicated and Inferred, as defined by the JORC Code. This represents an increase of some 140% over last year’s resource estimate for the Maly Krumkon deposit;
- The total estimated contained nickel and copper has been increased to 136,500 tonnes and 37,700 tonnes respectively. This represents an increase of some 170% for nickel and 150% for copper compared to that previously reported;
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