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| October 31, 2003 Final Drill Results from Initial Drill Program at the Northeast Zone | |||||
| Vancouver (October 31, 2003) - Imperial Metals Corporation (III:TSX) reports it has received the final drill results from the recent 16 hole diamond drill program in the Northeast Zone at Imperial's 100% owned Mount Polley property. Diamond drill holes WB03 14, WB03 15 and WB03 16 all intersected significant intervals of copper, gold and silver, including 135.0 metres grading 1.16% copper, 0.35 g/t gold and 9.58 ppm silver in WB03 15, the most southerly of the holes drilled in this program. Significant intervals from the recent program are provided in the following table. A drill and trench plan is available on the Company's website: www.imperialmetals.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drill Interval Silver Hole # Metre Interval Length Copper % Gold g/t ppm WB03 01 3.05 - 60.00 56.95 2.54 1.15 17.40 WB03 02 2.60 - 79.10 76.50 0.74 0.34 5.00 WB03 03 1.50 - 195.00 193.50 1.33 0.44 10.60 WB03 04 0.61 - 159.00 158.39 0.34 0.21 2.66 WB03 05 3.70 - 37.50 33.80 0.49 0.30 5.32 WB03 06 7.10 - 220.00 212.90 0.98 0.32 6.18 including 7.10 - 110.00 102.90 1.94 0.57 11.71 WB03 07 13.40 - 217.50 204.10 1.02 0.40 7.31 including 13.40 - 126.30 112.90 1.72 0.56 12.33 WB03 08 7.30 - 81.10 73.80 0.98 0.31 8.04 WB03 09 0.00 - 132.50 132.50 1.04 0.24 6.53 including 62.50 - 132.50 70.00 1.69 0.39 10.38 WB03 10 21.30 - 163.60 142.30 1.16 0.40 8.20 WB03 11 24.38 - 205.00 180.62 1.00 0.40 7.30 WB03 12 0.00 - 15.20 15.20 0.72 0.23 6.65 WB03 13 abandoned WB03 14 44.30 - 213.30 169.00 1.06 0.37 6.65 including 55.00 - 90.00 35.00 2.02 0.79 12.81 WB03 15 30.00 - 165.00 135.00 1.16 0.35 9.58 including 47.50 - 120.00 72.50 1.82 0.55 16.17 WB03 16 15.20 - 127.50 112.30 0.63 0.20 4.02 including 15.20 - 37.50 22.30 1.41 0.48 9.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Drilling on the Springer and Bell deposits and trenching in the Northeast Zone continues. Patrick McAndless, a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, supervised the preparation of the technical information in this release. Samples are being analyzed by Acme Analytical Labs Ltd. in Vancouver, BC. -30-
For further information contact: Brian Kynoch, President - 604.669.8959; Patrick McAndless, Vice President Exploration -- 604.488.2665; or Sabine Goetz, Investor Relations - 604.488.2657 / info@imperialmetals.com | |||||
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