Five New Prospecting Licences

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Connemara Mining Company plc
14 April 2015
 

 

14th April 2015

 

Connemara Mining Company plc ("Connemara")

Five New Prospecting Licences

 

Connemara Mining (AIM: CON) is pleased to announce the acquisition of five new prospecting licences covering 187 sq km on the Innisowen peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland.  This area contains the former the Glentougher Lead Silver mine.  The area is considered by Connemara geologists to be prospective for high grade gold mineralisation and also have potential for base metal deposits.  Rock samples containing up to 104g/t gold were identified in 2011 by the previous licence holder, but no high grade outcrop was discovered.  The release of the Tellus Survey data confirmed the presence of elevated gold in the area and highlighted further target areas for investigation.  A total of 16 target areas have been identified by Connemara from historic work and the latest Tellus Survey data.  An initial prospecting programme is commencing in the coming days with first results expected in July.

 

The chairman, John Teeling, "This move by Connemara furthers the aggressive stance we are taking in discovering Ireland's next gold deposit.  It is worth noting that the new licence block is located within the Scottish-Irish Gold Belt along trend from the discovery by Dalradian Gold where they have recently announced an inferred gold resource of 3.5 million ounces."

 

 

 

Connemara is a diversified exploration company with principal assets in gold, zinc and lead exploration licences in Ireland.  The company holds interests in 35 licenses covering an area of approximately 1, 350 sq km.

 

This announcement has been reviewed and approved by the Company's technical director Graham Reid (P.Geo) in his capacity as the Qualified Person for the purposes of the AIM Guidance Note for Mining, Oil and Gas Companies issued by the London Stock Exchange.  Mr Reid is a Professional Member of The Institute of Geologists of Ireland (IGI) and The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) and has over 30 years' experience in mineral exploration and site investigation fields.

 

 


Enquiries:

 

Connemara Mining Company Plc


John Teeling, Chairman

+353 1 833 2833

Jim Finn, Director


Westhouse Securities Limited


Martin Davison

+44 (0) 20 7601 6100

Robert Finlay


Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers Limited


Jason Robertson

+44 (0) 1293 517744

Blytheweigh

+44 (0) 20 7138 3204

Tim Blythe

+44 (0) 7816 924 626

Halimah Hussain

+44 (0) 7725 978 141

Camilla Horsfall

+44 (0) 7817 841 793

PSG Plus


Aoife Ross

+353 1 661 4055

Alan Tyrrell

+353 1 661 4055

 

www.connemaramining.com

 

 


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