Eldorado Exploration Update
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/25/12 -- Norm S. Pitcher, President of Eldorado Gold Corporation (TSX: ELD)(NYSE: EGO) ("Eldorado", the "Company" or "We"), is pleased to provide an update on selected exploration results received since our previous News Release 12-17 on June 27, 2012. These results include assays from drilling in Turkey, Greece, Romania and China and include a new style of mineralization at the Piavitsa project in Greece and a new high grade intercept from below the previously mined Qinglongtan pit at the Tanjianshan mine in China.
Efemcukuru, Turkey
At the Efemcukuru minesite, drilling of the Kestane Beleni Northwest Extension target is complete, and drilling is now focused on the Kokarpinar vein and on the open down-dip extension on the South Ore Shoot of the Kestane Beleni vein. New results from Kokarpinar include a high-grade near-surface intersection from drillhole KV-423 (0.8m @ 283.0 g/t Au and 110.0 g/t Ag) and multiple high-grade intersections from the Kestane Beleni Vein. Results are pending from step-out holes that were drilled to follow up on previously announced Kokarpinar drillhole KV-419 (1.64m @ 298.35 g/t Au and 3.54 g/t Ag).
Kokarpinar Vein
Interval Au Ag Pb Zn
Drillhole From To (m) (g/t) (g/t) (%) (%)
KV-423 225.20 226.00 0.80 283.00 110.00 0.03 0.11
KV-432 296.00 300.00 4.00 2.14 4.49 0.05 0.08
KV-437 292.00 293.00 1.00 6.51 7.10 0.05 0.16
KV-455 256.00 257.80 1.80 4.61 1.90 0.03 0.05
KV-467 250.40 251.00 0.60 7.15 45.20 5.01 3.04
KV-459 222.55 227.50 4.95 6.84 pending
Kestane Beleni Vein, Northwest Extension
KV-433 215.15 216.50 1.35 29.70 24.10 0.88 2.02
KV-441 224.25 225.00 0.75 6.15 12.10 0.79 1.79
KV-444 170.86 172.58 1.72 27.46 19.61 1.61 2.23
KV-447 240.27 241.48 1.21 65.59 63.40 2.26 4.56
KV-448 183.83 186.20 2.37 7.39 37.90 2.88 1.20
Kestane Beleni Vein, South Ore Shoot
KV-491 37.40 38.68 1.28 22.90 8.70 0.69 0.51
Piavitsa Project, Greece
The Piavitsa prospect is a gold+silver rich, polymetallic carbonate replacement prospect geologically similar to the Olympias deposit. Three drills are currently active at the project; all holes drilled to date that have reached planned depth have intersected zones of massive sulfide, disseminate sulfide, or manganese oxide within the targeted interval along the Stratoni Fault. In addition, two drillholes have intersected multiple zones with rhodochrosite+sulfide veins in the hangingwall to the Stratoni Fault; preliminary results from these veins include an intercept grading 2.32 g/t Au over 20.3 m (PHG-078). Banded epithermal textures in these veins represent a mineralization style not previously recognized in the area.
Significant new drillhole intercepts at Piavitsa include:
Piavitsa replacement-style or disseminated zones along Stratoni Fault
Interval Au Ag Pb Zn
Drillhole From To (m) (g/t) (g/t) (%) (%)
PHG065 436.00 440.00 4.00 2.05 19.20 0.35 0.46
PHG066 207.00 210.00 3.00 9.57 18.10 0.02 0.03
PHG067A 62.00 66.00 4.00 2.12 3.50 0.02 0.05
PHG067A 81.00 83.00 2.00 5.33 4.20 0.00 0.01
PHG070 209.00 232.00 23.00 4.35 85.30 2.92 1.68
including 215.00 223.00 8.00 11.19 228.40 8.27 4.65
PHG073 42.00 54.00 12.00 2.21 37.00 0.44 1.70
including 48.00 52.00 4.00 4.98 49.10 0.98 3.43
PHG076 184.90 185.40 0.50 42.40 25.00 0.11 0.29
Piavitsa epithermal vein mineralization
PHG078 86.70 107.00 20.30 2.32 11.40 0.31 0.56
including 97.00 102.00 5.00 4.19 24.35 0.89 1.61
Skouries Deposit, Greece
Four drills are currently active at the Skouries Cu-Au porphyry project, completing both infill drilling of areas peripheral to the deposit and confirmation drilling in the high-grade deposit core. Results have been received from the first two infill drillholes, both of which document modest Au and Cu values from schistose country rock outside of the current resource model.
Skouries infill
Interval Au Cu
Drillhole From To (m) (g/t) (%)
SOP-99A 8.00 102.00 94.00 0.30 0.27
including 68.00 84.00 16.00 0.52 0.41
SOP-100 24.00 116.00 92.00 0.32 0.31
SOP-100 202.00 214.00 12.00 0.37 0.54
Certej Deposit, Romania
At the Certej deposit in Romania, both the West Pit and the Link Zone drilling programs have been completed. Drilling has now shifted to deeper conceptual targets peripheral to the deposit and to outlying prospects. Results from the West Pit drilling program include numerous mineralized intervals, which align within a broad westnorthwest-trending corridor flanking the historically-mined Kaiser Vein. The Link Zone program, which tested targets below the resource model between the West and Main pit areas of the deposit, similarly produced numerous moderate to high-grade intervals.
Certej West Pit
Interval Au Ag Pb Zn
Drillhole From To (m) (g/t) (g/t) (%) (%)
CJSD425 80.00 86.00 6.00 1.51 1.67 0.00 0.02
CJSD426 76.00 80.00 4.00 3.20 4.25 0.00 0.02
CJSD427 129.00 135.00 6.00 1.41 2.17 0.00 0.02
CJSD428 83.00 93.00 10.00 1.09 3.70 0.00 0.14
CJSD429 81.00 85.00 4.00 3.00 6.25 0.00 0.09
CJSD429 140.00 142.00 2.00 11.27 5.25 0.00 0.01
CJSD430 164.00 167.00 3.00 4.03 1.57 0.00 0.01
CJSD435 1.00 9.00 8.00 1.42 8.38 0.15 0.00
CJSD436 87.00 90.00 3.00 8.35 61.63 0.50 0.26
CJSD437 112.00 126.00 14.00 2.05 4.88 0.04 0.12
CJSD437 112.00 121.00 9.00 2.42 6.40 0.06 0.17
CJSD438 148.00 153.00 5.00 1.90 39.00 1.07 0.99
CJSD438 183.00 186.00 3.00 3.12 62.57 1.31 0.12
CJSD438 275.00 279.00 4.00 2.86 7.38 0.10 0.23
CJSD438 285.00 297.00 12.00 1.94 7.48 0.09 0.26
Certej Link Zone
CJSD439 148.00 154.00 6.00 2.99 12.53 0.02 0.04
CJSD439 248.00 264.00 16.00 2.36 31.83 1.09 1.02
CJSD441 0.00 30.00 30.00 4.09 17.07 0.17 0.20
CJSD441 67.00 70.00 3.00 4.76 62.33 0.43 1.36
CJSD442 162.00 167.00 5.00 14.21 8.20 0.12 0.25
CJSD442 262.00 263.00 1.00 14.30 6.00 0.22 0.40
CJSD443 276.00 283.00 7.00 3.05 0.64 0.00 0.02
CJSD444 77.00 81.00 4.00 3.62 8.23 0.11 0.30
CJSD445 273.00 281.00 8.00 2.44 5.50 0.11 0.09
CJSD445 312.00 313.00 1.00 11.60 15.10 0.78 0.83
CJSD446 321.00 327.00 6.00 2.37 6.37 0.09 0.52
Tanjianshan, China
Drilling of previously untested areas beneath the north end of the previously-mined Qinglongtan open pit at the Tanjianshan project has intersected high gold grades along the same contact that hosted the original deposit. Additional drilling in late 2012 will test this new zone of mineralization down plunge.
Qinglongtan North target
Interval Au
Drillhole From To (m) (g/t)
QD-278 233.0 243.0 10.0 2.87
QD-279 247.0 273.0 26.0 9.24
including 251.0 257.0 6.0 36.72
Qualified Person(s)
Dr. Peter Lewis, P.Geo., V.P. Exploration for Eldorado Gold Corporation, is the Qualified Person for the technical disclosure of exploration results in this news release. Dr. Lewis is the Qualified Person as defined in the National Instrument 43-101 (Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects) of the Canadian Securities Regulators, responsible for preparing or supervising the preparation of the scientific or technical information contained in this document and verifying the technical data disclosed in the document relating to exploration results. Dr. Lewis consents to the inclusion in this news release of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Assay results reported in this release district were diamond drill core samples prepared at Eldorado's sample preparation facilities at in Turkey, Greece and China and at the ALS sample preparation laboratory in Romania. The prepared samples were sent to and assayed at various ACME and ALS analytical facilities worldwide. For all projects, analyses were done on sawn half core samples. Analysis for gold used fire assay (AA finish or Gravimetric Finish) whereas AA and ICP methods were used for Ag, Cu, Pb and Zn analyses. Assay quality was monitored and controlled by the regular insertion of standard reference materials, blank samples and duplicate samples prior to shipment from the respective sample preparation site.
Eldorado is a gold producing, exploration and development company actively growing businesses in Turkey, China, Greece, Brazil and Romania. With our international expertise in mining, finance and project development, together with highly skilled and dedicated staff, we believe that our Company is well positioned to grow in value as we create and pursue new opportunities.
ON BEHALF OF ELDORADO GOLD CORPORATION
Norm S. Pitcher, President
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