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December 6th, 2010, VANCOUVER, B.C. – ASHBURTON VENTURES INC. (ABR-TSX:V) (ARB-FRANKFURT) (“Ashburton” or the "Company”) is pleased to announce high silver assays for samples taken along the Upper Vein area of its Deep Creek Project located 112 kilometres north of Elko, Nevada. Samples from the Upper Vein were previously reported to have gold contents as high as 1,180 g/t, with visible gold observed in several samples (see news releases dated October 5th, 14th and 28th, 2010). Silver assays for the same samples are as high as 828 grams per tonne silver, as shown in the table below.
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UPPER VEIN AREA – NEW SILVER ASSAYS |
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New Ag Assays, grams/tonne |
Prior Au Assays, grams/tonne |
Sample Weight, kg |
Approx. Vein Width, meters |
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828 |
1180 |
1.78 |
<1 |
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249 |
355 |
1.04 |
0.2 |
|
123.5 |
94.3 |
2.37 |
0.2 |
|
38.4 |
56.3 |
3.19 |
0.15 |
|
38.3 |
40.1 |
2.10 |
0.6 |
|
30.2 |
16.75 |
0.97 |
0.2 |
|
18.8 |
47.9 |
3.04 |
1 |
|
13.2 |
42.5 |
2.34 |
1.2 |
|
7.6 |
9.79 |
2.47 |
0.4 |
|
6.4 |
2.91 |
2.35 |
0.4 |
|
5.5 |
7.03 |
3.01 |
0.4 |
|
1.7 |
0.94 |
6.34 |
0.9 |
“The high silver assays at Deep Creek add an additional, exciting component to the economics of the project,” states Mike England, Company president. “We are very encouraged by these high assays, and will continue to assess the silver potential of the veins at Deep Creek as an important part of its total precious metals package.”
Samples from Deep Creek are prepared and analyzed for gold by ALS Chemex Laboratories, North Vancouver, British Columbia, using the fire assay protocols Au-AA24, Au-AA25, and Au-GRA22 that provide detection ranges of 0.005-10, 0.01-100 and 0.05-1000 ppm gold, respectively. Silver assays were obtained using the aqua regia digestion protocol Ag-AA46, with a detection range of 1-1,500 ppm silver.
The technical contents of this release were approved by Ashburton director and qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, Dr. Tom McCandless, P.Geo.
Ashburton Ventures is a junior exploration company actively seeking mineral opportunities for the benefit of all its stakeholders. For more information visit the Company’s website located at www.ashburtonventures.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Michael England, President
For further information contact:
Telephone:
(604) 683-3995
Forward-Looking Statement:
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involves inherent risk and uncertainty affecting the business of Ashburton
Ventures Inc. Actual results may differ materially from those currently
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