VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 7, 2011) - Luna Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:LGC)(BVLAC:LGC) ("Luna Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce additional positive assay results from 22 new holes from the recently completed resource drill program at the Piaba gold deposit, Aurizona. An updated drill plan map and 3D Corebox model showing the drill hole locations in the deposit have been uploaded to the Luna Gold website at www.lunagold.com or to view directly click below.
Significant intercepts:
- 68.00 meters @ 2.46 g/t Au including 11.00 meters @ 6.02 g/t Au and 3.00 meters @ 5.04 g/t Au in BRAZD368 (Section 1100E – New East Extension)
- 50.00 meters @ 3.87 g/t Au including 7.00 meters @ 8.47 g/t Au and 1.00 meter @ 53.30 g/t Au in BRAZD360 (Section 0600W – Deposit Centre)
- 13.00 meters @ 33.63 g/t Au including 4.00 meters @ 104.83 g/t Au in BRAZD367 (Section 1600W – New West Extension)
To view Updated Drill Plan Map click on: www.lunagold.com/i/pdf/Piaba_Drill_Plan_Map_190711.pdf
Luna Gold's President & CEO, John Blake, comments, "The 40,000 meter drill program is now complete and we are on track to finalize the NI 43-101 resource update in early December 2011. These recent results are excellent in both grade and width which are significantly above the 1.36 g/t Au average grade of the current NI 43-101 reserve. In addition most of the holes reported here are new discoveries along eastern and western strike extensions to the Piaba deposit that lie outside the boundary of the 2009 resource update. We are strongly positioned to increase the Company's gold resources through upgrading inferred resources to the measured and indicated categories and by the addition of new ounces at depth and along strike."
Of the current 40,000 meter drill program, which commenced in August 2010, assays from 94 diamond drill holes totaling 24,577 meters have been received and samples from 40 additional holes are currently at the assay lab and assays will be delivered within 15 days. Today's assay results are for 22 drill holes totaling 5,088 meters drilled on 12 sections covering a strike extent of 3.1 kilometers of the Piaba deposit. In two holes, core was not recovered from surface. Significant mineralized intercepts from holes drilled across the deposit are tabulated below.
| SECTION | HOLE ID |
AZI | DIP | START DEPTH (M) |
END DEPTH (M) |
FROM (M) |
TO (M) |
INT (M) |
AU (G/T) UNCAPPED |
| 1200E | BRAZD381 | 168 | -74 | 0.00 | 137.10 | 22.00 | 26.00 | 4.00 | 3.17 |
| 1100E | BRAZD368 | 168 | -81 | 0.00 | 356.54 | 192.00 | 224.00 | 32.00 | 1.75 |
| Including | 210.00 | 222.00 | 12.00 | 3.10 | |||||
| 228.00 | 296.00 | 68.00 | 2.46 | ||||||
| Including | 230.00 | 241.00 | 11.00 | 6.02 | |||||
| And | 263.00 | 266.00 | 3.00 | 5.04 | |||||
| And | 283.50 | 285.00 | 1.50 | 14.56 | |||||
| BRAZD383 | 168 | -65 | 0.00 | 193.71 | 98.00 | 104.00 | 6.00 | 1.12 | |
| 119.00 | 126.00 | 7.00 | 1.09 | ||||||
| 132.00 | 135.00 | 3.00 | 1.56 | ||||||
| 1000E | BRAZD363 | 168 | -73 | 0.00 | 295.76 | No significant Intercepts | |||
| 0900E | BRAZD362 | 168 | -69 | 0.00 | 280.11 | 4.00 | 10.00 | 6.00 | 1.14 |
| 202.00 | 217.00 | 15.00 | 1.21 | ||||||
| 224.00 | 228.00 | 4.00 | 1.02 | ||||||
| BRAZD369 | 168 | -61 | 0.00 | 234.17 | 8.00 | 14.00 | 6.00 | 1.81 | |
| 132.00 | 138.00 | 6.00 | 1.62 | ||||||
| 141.00 | 172.00 | 31.00 | 2.65 | ||||||
| Including | 158.00 | 159.00 | 1.00 | 6.32 | |||||
| And | 171.00 | 172.00 | 1.00 | 54.10 | |||||
| BRAZD375 | 168 | -50 | 0.00 | 183.22 | 8.00 | 14.00 | 6.00 | 1.01 | |
| 104.00 | 127.00 | 23.00 | 2.14 | ||||||
| Including | 110.00 | 114.00 | 4.00 | 7.96 | |||||
| And | 119.00 | 120.00 | 1.00 | 5.36 | |||||
| 0800E | BRAZD356 | 168 | -80 | 0.00 | 308.02 | 4.00 | 12.00 | 8.00 | 1.03 |
| 94.00 | 96.00 | 2.00 | 1.09 | ||||||
| 168.00 | 170.00 | 2.00 | 2.37 | ||||||
| 204.00 | 206.00 | 2.00 | 1.03 | ||||||
| 0700E | BRAZD359 | 168 | -80 | 0.00 | 344.69 | 82.00 | 84.00 | 2.00 | 3.94 |
| BRAZD370 | 168 | -76 | 0.00 | 261.20 | No significant Intercepts | ||||
| 0400E | BRAZD374 | 168 | -71 | 50.00 | 347.61 | 194.00 | 206.00 | 12.00 | 1.27 |
| Including | 198.00 | 200.00 | 2.00 | 5.28 | |||||
| 0600W | BRAZD360 | 168 | -50 | 50.00 | 253.72 | 100.00 | 132.00 | 32.00 | 1.93 |
| Including | 110.00 | 118.00 | 8.00 | 3.18 | |||||
| And | 126.00 | 128.00 | 2.00 | 12.80 | |||||
| 157.00 | 165.00 | 8.00 | 1.07 | ||||||
| Including | 163.00 | 164.00 | 1.00 | 4.16 | |||||
| 169.00 | 219.00 | 50.00 | 3.87 | ||||||
| Including | 185.00 | 192.00 | 7.00 | 8.47 | |||||
| And | 206.00 | 207.00 | 1.00 | 53.30 | |||||
| 1600W | BRAZD358 | 168 | -85 | 0.00 | 281.74 | 217.00 | 234.00 | 17.00 | 3.14 |
| Including | 224.00 | 228.00 | 4.00 | 6.44 | |||||
| And | 231.50 | 232.00 | 0.50 | 13.70 | |||||
| BRAZD365 | 168 | -77 | 0.00 | 154.39 | 92.00 | 98.00 | 6.00 | 1.15 | |
| 102.00 | 110.00 | 8.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| 116.00 | 139.00 | 23.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Including | 126.00 | 127.00 | 1.00 | 3.55 | |||||
| BRAZD367 | 168 | -50 | 0.00 | 120.06 | 34.00 | 36.00 | 2.00 | 7.62 | |
| 50.00 | 70.00 | 20.00 | 2.47 | ||||||
| Including | 58.00 | 60.00 | 2.00 | 12.40 | |||||
| 73.00 | 86.00 | 13.00 | 33.63 | ||||||
| Including | 74.00 | 78.00 | 4.00 | 104.83 | |||||
| 1700W | BRAZD361 | 168 | -88 | 0.00 | 185.60 | 118.00 | 154.00 | 36.00 | 1.33 |
| Including | 128.50 | 130.00 | 1.50 | 6.47 | |||||
| 137.00 | 141.00 | 4.00 | 3.45 | ||||||
| BRAZD364 | 168 | -78 | 0.00 | 91.72 | 8.00 | 30.00 | 22.00 | 2.74 | |
| Including | 12.00 | 18.00 | 6.00 | 5.34 | |||||
| 36.00 | 44.00 | 8.00 | 1.14 | ||||||
| 50.00 | 74.00 | 24.00 | 2.52 | ||||||
| Including | 58.00 | 63.00 | 5.00 | 7.45 | |||||
| 1800W | BRAZD366 | 168 | -84 | 0.00 | 197.00 | 88.00 | 107.00 | 19.00 | 1.03 |
| Including | 88.00 | 90.00 | 2.00 | 5.53 | |||||
| 122.00 | 135.00 | 13.00 | 3.32 | ||||||
| Including | 127.00 | 127.50 | 0.50 | 58.20 | |||||
| 138.00 | 162.00 | 24.00 | 1.44 | ||||||
| Including | 138.00 | 140.00 | 2.00 | 4.15 | |||||
| And | 151.00 | 151.50 | 0.50 | 14.70 | |||||
| And | 157.00 | 158.00 | 1.00 | 4.12 | |||||
| BRAZD371 | 168 | -62 | 0.00 | 131.20 | 97.00 | 101.00 | 4.00 | 1.58 | |
| BRAZD376 | 168 | -76 | 0.00 | 241.00 | 36.00 | 40.00 | 4.00 | 1.45 | |
| 150.00 | 170.00 | 20.00 | 1.80 | ||||||
| Including | 156.00 | 157.00 | 1.00 | 5.12 | |||||
| And | 163.00 | 164.00 | 1.00 | 14.90 | |||||
| 177.00 | 198.00 | 21.00 | 2.01 | ||||||
| Including | 177.00 | 179.00 | 2.00 | 11.98 | |||||
| And | 190.00 | 191.00 | 1.00 | 5.65 | |||||
| 226.00 | 228.00 | 2.00 | 1.41 | ||||||
| 1900W | BRAZD372 | 168 | -77 | 0.00 | 271.90 | 34.00 | 36.00 | 2.00 | 3.72 |
| 48.00 | 50.00 | 2.00 | 1.63 | ||||||
| 118.00 | 120.00 | 2.00 | 1.09 | ||||||
| BRAZD379 | 168 | -62 | 0.00 | 217.20 | 94.00 | 104.00 | 10.00 | 3.51 | |
Table 1. Mineralized drill intercepts from the ongoing Aurizona resource drill program. Intervals are calculated as composites using a 0.30 gram/tonne Au cut-off and maximum 2 meter internal waste. True widths to be established. Intervals lower than 1.00 g/t Au are not shown.
Luna Gold's VP Exploration, Titus Haggan, states, "These latest results are of major significance because they extend the Piaba deposit strike by 600 meters east of the 2009 resource boundary limit (Section 600E) including an interval of 68.00 meters @ 2.46 g/t Au including 11.00 meters @ 6.02 in BRAZD368 (Section 1100E) and 31.00 meters @ 2.65 g/t Au in BRAZD369 (Section 0900E). Similarly new mineralized intervals have been intersected beyond the 2009 western limit of the deposit including 10.00 meters @ 3.51 g/t Au in BRAZD379 (Section 1900W)." See updated plan map for location of these new gold intercepts. SRK Denver has been retained to prepare the updated resource and reserve upgrades in conjunction with Luna Gold staff.
About Luna Gold Corp.
Luna Gold is actively engaged in the operation, exploration, acquisition and development of gold opportunities in Brazil. The company currently has a gold mining operation, Aurizona Gold Mine in Maranhão, Brazil, a gold development project, the Cachoeira project in Para, Brazil and the Company is exploring in a large strategically placed greenfields land position in Maranhão, Brazil.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
LUNA GOLD CORP.
John Blake, President and CEO
Regulatory Footnotes
Luna operates a rigorous QA/QC protocol on all aspects of sampling and analytical procedure. Drill core is checked, logged, marked for sampling and sawn in half. One half of the HTW (71 mm diameter) core is maintained for future reference and one half of the core is sent for analysis. Samples are collected at approximately 2 meter intervals, which is reduced to 1 meter interval or less when a mineralized zone is encountered. All core and samples are stored in secure locked areas. Samples are transported from the Aurizona project to the ACME Labs sample preparation facility in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso and Goiania, Goias accompanied by Luna personnel. Samples are assayed at ACME Labs in Santiago, Chile using a 50 gram fire assay with AAS finish. Each sample batch contains 10% of randomly inserted internal control samples consisting of certified analytical standards, blanks (barren rock) and duplicates. These QA/QC procedures provide several measures of data quality and assure the Company that the assay data is representative of the original sample. Additional technical information about the Aurizona Project is available in our technical report dated September 1, 2010, filed on SEDAR.
Titus Haggan Ph.D., EurGeol Certified Professional Geologist #746, Luna's Vice President Exploration is the Qualified Person as defined under National Instrument 43-101 responsible for the scientific and technical work on the exploration program and has supervised the preparation of and reviewed the technical disclosure in this press release. Non-qualified persons currently work on Luna's exploration programs under the guidance of Titus Haggan. Dr. Haggan takes responsibility for work, information and advice generated by non-Qualified persons and has taken the steps required to ensure that the work, information and advice is sound.
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