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| | Wed Sep 3, 2008
First Gold Bar of 2008 Shipped from Site
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| | Prize Mining Corporation ("Prize") (TSXV:PRZ) is pleased to announce that excellent progress is being made on processing the 10,000 tonne gold-rich bulk sample from the Yellowjacket Zone of its Atlin Gold Property, BC. A total of 2142 tonnes have been milled to date in 9 sample blocks with a range of weights from 199 to 321 tonnes (average is 238 tonnes). The milling process has produced a total of 17.593 tonnes of concentrate from the nine blocks, which represents an average of 0.82% of the initial block weight. This concentrate is then further concentrated on a Diester table, producing a clean, high-grade gold concentrate plus an intermediate-grade gold concentrate. Table concentrates have returned an average weight of 21 kilograms per block. A portion of the high-grade gold table cut for two of the blocks (A27 and B27) has been smelted on site, producing a 6.842 kilogram (220 ounce) gold bar. A bullion assay of the gold fineness of the bar, and hence its value, is pending.
The gold bar was produced from a portion of clean table concentrate collected from Blocks A27 and B27, with the majority of the table concentrate still remaining, requiring further clean up and de-magnetizing to enable this concentrate to be poured into additional gold bars. This is also true of the table concentrates from the other 250 tonne blocks processed to date. The block concentrate that represents middlings is re-processed over the magnetic separator with the non-magnetic portion reporting to the high or intermediate grade concentrate. The magnetic portion is retained as a magnetic gold concentrate for shipment to smelter. The following table relates block weights with concentration amounts.
| Block # |
Dry Block
Weigh (tonnes) |
Concentrate
Weight (tonnes) |
Table Concentrate
(kilograms) |
Magnetic Concentrate
(kilograms) |
| A15 |
243.200 |
1.406 |
25.2 |
47.3 |
| A16 |
255.600 |
1.391 |
7.5 |
48.2 |
| A25 |
199.025 |
1.781 |
1.9 |
20.9 |
| A26 |
321.280 |
2.715 |
18.7 |
20.8 |
| A27 |
263.553 |
1.599 |
36.4 |
20.1 |
| A28 |
223.529 |
2.781 |
17.3 |
21.8 |
| A29 |
217.868 |
1.751 |
18.0 |
35.0 |
| B27 |
204.166 |
1.914 |
36.1 |
18.6 |
| C27 |
213.830 |
2.255 |
58.6 |
19.5 |
The 10,000 tonne gold-rich bulk sample is being run through a Knelson designed processing plant as forty individual blocks averaging approximately 250 tonnes. In order to calculate gold content of each block, full gold cleanup is done at the end of each block run. Over the past week Prize has completed processing the very high grade gold-rich Blocks B27 and C27. Blocks A33 and A21 have been grizzlied and crushed to 2 inch minus in preparation to begin feeding into the processing plant. C21 will be the 11th "official" block processed in 2008.
The much anticipated Semi-Autogenous Grinding (SAG) Mill arrived on site last week and is currently being set up for implementation into the existing ball mill and concentrator circuit. A millright was on site for three days to ensure proper alignment of the mill and gears. Once welding of feed and discharge shutes is completed the SAG mill will be fully functional and will allow for a two to three-fold increase in block production.
Weekly updates will be provided by news release during the course of the Yellowjacket Zone bulk sample (trial mining) program.
Additional details and information regarding past work conducted on Prize's Atlin Property is set out in past news releases issued and technical reports published by Prize, all of which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com or visit the Prize Mining Corporation website at www.prizemining.com.
QUALITY ASSURANCE /QUALITY CONTROL (QA/QC)
Prize follows a rigorous Quality Assurance/Quality Control program consisting of inserting standards, blanks and duplicates into the sample stream submitted to ACME Laboratory Ltd. for analyses.
Ms. Linda Dandy, P.Geo., the project supervisor of Prize's trial mining program on the Yellowjacket Zone of the Atlin Gold Property, is Prize's nominated Qualified Person responsible for monitoring the supervision and quality control of the programs completed within the Atlin Gold Property. Ms. Dandy has reviewed and verified the technical information contained in this news release.
About Prize Mining
Prize Mining Corporation is a Tier One Company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (symbol: PRZ-V). The Company is exploring for Gold in the Atlin area of British Columbia, Canada and its Nickel-Copper-Palladium and Platinum project on the Muskox Layered Intrusion in Nunavut, Arctic Canada.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF
PRIZE MINING CORPORATION
"Harry McGucken"
Harry McGucken
President and CEO
For further information:
Jamie Mathers, Investor Relations
Phone: 604-684-4743
Toll Free: 1-866-684-4743
Email: info@prizemining.com
Website: http://www.prizemining.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking information including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations and potential mineral recovery processes. Forward-looking information includes disclosure regarding possible future events, conditions or results of operations that is based on assumptions about future economic conditions and courses of action, and therefore, involves inherent risks and uncertainties. When used in this news release the words "estimated", "plan", "anticipated", "expected", "intend", "believe", and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Prize to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievement expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For any forward-looking information given, management has assumed that the analytical results it has received are reliable, and has applied geological interpretation methodologies which are consistent with industry standards. Although management has a reasonable basis for the conclusions drawn, there can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate and actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is given as of the date it is expressed in this news release or otherwise. Prize undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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