Guatemala

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AUQ Aurogin Resources' El Sastre amenable to heap leaching

2004-10-18 12:21 ET - News Release

Mr. John Paterson reports

AUROGIN RESOURCES LTD.: COLUMN TESTING PROGRAM COMPLETED CONFIRMS EXCELLENT HEAP LEACHING CHARACTERISTICS

Aurogin Resources Ltd. has received final results from the metallurgical testing program on the mineralized material from the company's El Sastre gold deposit in Guatemala. The testwork demonstrated that the material is amenable to heap leaching and that very high recoveries can be expected.

The testwork was performed by the Minerals Engineering Centre of Dalhousie University in Halifax, N.S. Column, bottle roll and percolation testing was carried out on a bulk sample taken from the property in July and all gold recoveries were greater than 92 per cent. The column test was run on unagglomerated, minus-two-inch material and gave a recovery of 97 per cent in 15 days. The percolation through the column was good and there was very little turbidity in the pregnant solution. There was no evidence of settling (slumping) of the material in the column.

At the Rambler copper/gold project in Newfoundland, drilling is scheduled to commence this week with three new targets being tested.

The program was carried out under the supervision of John H. Paterson, PEng, president and qualified person for Aurogin.