209
- 475Howe Street
Vancouver, BC Canada V6C 2B3
TEL: (604) 681-7748 • FAX: (604) 681-0568
Canadian Venture Exchange Symbol: PBX
EMAIL: [email protected]
WEB SITE: www.internationalpbx.com
OCTOBER 13, 2004
NEWS RELEASE- EXPLORATION UPDATE
The company would like to thank
shareholders for their patience throughout the summer while
the company proceeded with its sampling programs on its gold
properties, Tierra de Oro and Sierra Pintada, as well as the
Tabaco property wherein the precious metal component of the
property, which was not drilled in our last program in 2003,
was assessed. These projects are all now drill ready.
The Tabaco property was acquired because of an historic resource
(non NI43-101) of 18 million tonnes of over 1 per cent leachable
copper based on a 57 hole program in 1963-64. Subsequent bench
and bulk testing in 1990 indicated very good recovery and
unusually low acid consumption in comparison with the usual
Chilean oxide operation. Access is excellent and the property
elevation is only 6000 feet. Power and water are all available
nearby. The strip ratio in this deposit is minimal with all
oxide present from surface to 30 metres, on average. The company
acquired the property when copper was trading at less than
$US.70 in management’s belief that, at that level, the
deposit had the potential to produce a healthy profit.
The drill program carried out in 2003 had two main objectives.
The first was to evaluate the veracity of the original drill
holes and this has been done to management's satisfaction.
The second was to test the underlying rock which produced
a moderate induced polarization anomaly over 2.5 km long.
The first hole, a discovery hole, intersected over 80 metres
of 1 per cent copper as coarse chalcopyrite in a skarn setting.
The original historic drilling was carried out over a strike
length of only 600 metres but the oxide development is, in
fact, present over 3km as might be expected from the IP response.
The original drilling did not penetrate the underlying chalcopyrite
mineralization in part responsible for the IP response.
This deposit has the potential to be very much larger than
suggested by the original drilling. The company has received
joint venture proposals, has been negotiating with private
mining group and is now being approached by major mining companies.
At $US1.45 per pound copper this property is a valuable asset
of the company that will be drilled off to NI43-101 standards
by the company barring an agreement extremely beneficial to
our shareholders.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
Gary Medford Phd. PGeo.
DIRECTOR
604 681 7748
Robert A Young and Associates 604
682 5123
Investor Relations 1 877 626 2121
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accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
The company relies on “forward-
looking” statement litigation protection.
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