Orezone Resources Inc. (OZN)

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Orezone Essakane Satellite Gold Deposit Yields Positive Results
Thursday May 1, 7:45 am ET


Reverse Circulation drilling at Falagountou returns 22 m of 1.83 g/t


OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(MARKET WIRE)--May 1, 2008 -- Orezone Resources Inc. (Toronto:OZN.TO - News)(AMEX:OZN - News) is pleased to announce the results of a recently completed 31 hole, 2,820 m Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling program on the Falagountou Deposit located 8 km east of the Essakane Main Zone (EMZ) in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The program was designed to advance and verify the geological model of two mineralized zones that had been previously outlined by the Company. The recent drilling has confirmed the geological model and intersected higher grade mineralization in several areas including 13 m of 2.46 g/t and 22 m of 1.83 g/t.[b/]


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