AURELIO INTERCEPTS 185 FT AVERAGING 1.67% Cu AT MAN AREA OF HILL COPPER-ZINC PROJECT, ARIZONA
LITTLETON, COLORADO, November 8, 2007 News Release #07-22
Aurelio Resource Corporation (OTCBB : AULO, Frankfurt : F3RA) is pleased to announce results from recent infill drilling in the MAN Area of the Company's wholly-owned Hill copper-zinc project, located in the Turquoise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona. These results, shown in Table 1, confirm the prior drilling undertaken in the late 1980s by Santa Fe Pacific Mining, Inc. and continue to validate the company's discovery. The MAN Area mineralized zone remains open along strike and at depth.
Table 1
2007 Drilling Results, Hill Copper-Zinc Project (MAN Area)
Drill Hole
From
To
Length
Copper
Zinc
Silver
BR07-24
340 ft
525 ft
185 ft
1.67%
0.43%
9.0 ppm
Including:
435 ft
500 ft
65 ft
4.08%
0.10%
15.1 ppm
BR07-25
235 ft
410 ft
175 ft
1.45%
0.45%
1.8 ppm
Including:
290 ft
390 ft
100 ft
2.29%
0.11%
1.8 ppm
BR07-26
425 ft
515 ft
90 ft
1.12%
0.04%
4.8 ppm
Including:
455 ft
500 ft
45 ft
1.95%
0.06%
8.3 ppm
Also:
535 ft
560 ft
25 ft
3.05%
0.02%
5.0 ppm
Each of the above three drill holes encountered significant zones of zinc mineralization, either outside of or overlapping with the intervals of high-grade copper intervals reported above. These intervals are shown in Table 2 below.
Table 2
2007 Drilling Results, Hill Copper-Zinc Project (MAN Area)
Drill Hole
From
To
Length
Zinc
BR07-24
345 ft
435 ft
185 ft
0.80 %
BR07-25
385 ft
450 ft
65 ft
1.70 %
BR07-26
160 ft
195 ft
35 ft
0.62 %
Assay results are pending from two additional holes recently drilled in the MAN Area. In addition, gold assays for all of the above drill holes are pending.
Drilling has now shifted to an un-drilled stretch of connecting ground between the South Courtland and MAN areas of the Project where strong alteration and turquoise veining has been observed at the surface.
About The Company
Aurelio Resource Corporation is a mineral exploration and development company focused on achieving mid-tier producer status. The Company's wholly-owned Hill Copper-Zinc Project, Arizona contains a number of potentially low-cost, bulk-tonnage, open-pit-mineable deposits close to surface containing significant amounts of copper, zinc, silver and gold. The Company recently announced an independent estimate of the mineralized material at the MAN Area of the Project totaling 63.8 million tons at an average grade of 0.56% copper-equivalent. Aurelio has also acquired the rights to explore, and an option to purchase, the Gavilanes gold porphyry deposit in Durango, Mexico.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Aurelio Resource Corporation
Contacts:
Stephen Doppler Diane Dudley
President & CEO Investor Relations
303-795-3030 303-945-7273 (direct)
800-803-1371 303-945-7270 (fax)
For additional information, please visit our website (www.AurelioResource.com) and/or send an email to DianeD@AurelioResource.com.
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