Trevali hits thick mineralization at Halfmile (April 29, 2011)

Vancouver – Trevali Mining (TV-T) has hit the thickest mineralized intercept yet at its polymetallic Halfmile project in New Brunswick.

The initial test results from a 2,500-metre drill program on the Upper zone of the project show thicker zones of massive sulphide, plus new zones of high-grade copper in the hangingwall.

Hole 10-04 hit 29.3 metres carrying 6.87% zinc, 2.23% lead, 0.46% copper, 52.01 grams silver per tonne and 0.86 gram gold per tonne, hole 11-07 cut 15.11 metres averaging 5.88% zinc, 1.65% lead, 0.61% copper, 40.62 grams silver and 0.41 gram gold, and hole 11-08 returned 23.3 metres grading 6.43% zinc, 1.92% lead, 0.34% copper, 42.8 grams silver and 0.47 gram gold.

A February 2009 resource estimate on Halfmile established an indicated resource of 6.26 million tonnes grading 8.13% zinc, 2.58% lead, 0.22% copper and 30.78 grams silver, plus an inferred resource of 6.08 million tonnes averaging 6.69% zinc, 1.83% lead, 0.14% copper and 20.51 grams silver, all using a 5% capped zinc-equivalent cutoff grade.

Trevali Mining only formally secured the Halfmile project in early April after completing a merger with Kria Resources, which was the owner of the project as well as the Stratmat lead-copper-silver-zinc project.

The company, before known as Trevali Resources, issued 21 million shares to Kria shareholders to give them roughly 24% of what is now Trevali Mining.

Commenting at the time, Trevali CEO Dr. Mark Cruise stated that “Trevali now possesses an enhanced production pipeline with two new polymetallic mines planned to come on stream over the next several months, first in New Brunswick, Canada, at the Halfmile deposit, followed by the Santander mine project in west-central Peru.”

To advance its Santander mine, the company recently signed a US$30 million debt facility with the New York branch of WestLB AG, though the deal is still subject to the bank’s due diligence and approval from Trevali’s board of directors.

Trevali’s share price closed up 13¢ or 7.6% at $1.85 on the latest news. The company has a 52-week share price range between $1.25 and $2.51 and 89.8 million shares outstanding.