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Tinka completes Luminaria six-hole drill program


2006-03-06 11:13 ET - News Release

Mr. Andrew Carter reports

TINKA INTERSECTS BELOW SURFACE MINERALIZATION AT LUMINARIA, PERU

Tinka Resources Ltd. has completed the first-stage six-hole diamond drill program at the Luminaria project. Results of the first four holes were reported on Feb. 8, 2006. The two final holes were drilled in the southern area of the project.

Hole LDD5 targeted a fault zone in the known area of surface mineralization and intersected a six-metre mineralized section of silicified biotite diorite between 60 metres and 66 metres depth. This interval averaged 3.3 grams per tonne gold and included a two-metre section that ran 5.82 grams per tonne gold. The company believes the intersection, which is approximately the true thickness of the zone, is a continuation of the surface mineralization dipping from east to west at an angle of approximately 45 degrees.

Hole LDD6 was drilled south of LDD5 and targeted a geophysical anomaly, but no significant assay values were returned.

All drill core was sampled in two-metre intervals using a diamond saw on site. The samples were transported by company personnel to Plenge Laboratories in Lima. The samples were analyzed for multielements using ICP instrumentation, and gold was tested by conventional fire assay-atomic absorption finish. The company randomly inserted a known standard into the sample sequence. All samples that assayed greater than 0.1 gram per tonne gold were sent to International Plasma Labs Ltd. in Vancouver as a routine quality control check.

The company will now evaluate all drill data to determine the future work program.

The company's qualified person, John Nebocat, PEng, has verified the contents of this news release.

We seek Safe Harbor.

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