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The La Mine project is located in Northern Haiti. EMX's La Mine project is covered by two exploration permits totaling 187.5 square kilometers, and is located along a segment of prospective geologic terrain similar to, and on trend with, the world-class Pueblo Viejo gold-silver deposit in the neighboring Dominican Republic.
At the La Mine prospect located in the northernmost license of the La Mine project, EMX
 reconnaissance mapping and geochemical sampling identified anomalous levels of gold, silver, and copper mineralization that extend over 500 meters of vertical extent and 1.7 kilometers of strike length. First pass rock grab samples returned anomalous levels of gold, silver, and copper mineralization, with the gold assays averaging 0.71 g/t. Two outstanding rock samples from silica cap outcrops yielded 6.49 g/t gold and 238 g/t silver, and 2.49 g/t gold, 40.4 g/t silver, and 0.30 % copper. These results highlight that the La Mine property has the potential to host a significant gold, silver, and copper mineralized system.
Within the La Mine prospect sub-area, the UNDP (1980) identified all three styles of mineralization:
- A zone of steeply dipping massive barite with sulfides and trench sampling results over 17 meters averaging 7.6 g/t Au, using a 1.0 g/t cutoff.
- A massive sulfide type of mineralization, including a boulder assaying 8.4% Cu, 1.2% Zn, 4.8 g/t Au, and 64.9 g/t Ag. The source of the boulder has yet to be identified.
- The third style of mineralization consists of an extensive stockwork vein zone that is reported to be 3 kilometers long (north-south) and approximately 100 to 200 meters wide. The stockwork mineralization was reported to contain 5 to 30% sulfides composed of pyrite-chalcopyrite sphalerite.
At the Colombo prospect, the UNDP reported intrusive hosted stockwork zones, with up to 7.5 g/t Au reported from rock chip samples. The Rivieres des Barres prospect is also reported to contain stockwork style mineralization, and a strong copper in soil anomaly (UNDP, 1980). The Company has reviewed the historic UNDP results, and considers them to be reliable and relevant.
The Treuil prospect is located in the license south of the La Mine project. There, native copper has been noted throughout the region and copper oxide outcrops are noted within the prospect area (see photos below). High Grade copper occurrences have been sampled including: 5 meters at 10.2% copper. Further work is planned to define the nature and extent of mineralization noted at Treuil for 2008.
oxides in altered volcanic and sedimentary rocks from the Treuil project, Haiti
EMX continues to systematically evaluate the La Mine and Treuil gold and copper-gold projects, while pursuing additional quality business opportunities in Haiti.
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