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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/07/13 -- Tintina Resources Inc. ("Tintina" or the "Company") (TSX-VENTURE: TAU)(OTCQX: TINTF) is pleased to announce it has received assay results for fifteen (15) new drill holes from the company's flagship Black Butte Copper Project, located in central Montana, USA (see table 1). These in-fill drill holes completed in late 2012 in the Lowry Deposit Middle Zone together with earlier drilling results will form the basis for a new Lowry Deposit Middle Zone resource estimate, expected in Q2 of 2013.
Highlights of the 2012 in-fill drill program from the Lowry Deposit - Middle Zone (LD - MZ):
-- Drill hole SC12-152 intersected 38.40 meters grading 2.66% Copper (Cu), 0.09% Cobalt (Co), and 12.5 g/tonne Silver (Ag)-- Drill hole SC12-163 intersected 16.90 meters grading 2.85% Copper (Cu), 0.08% Cobalt (Co), and 16.6 g/tonne Silver (Ag)-- Drill hole SC12-164 intersected 38.13 meters grading 2.83% Copper (Cu), 0.08% Cobalt (Co), 16.7 g/tonne Silver (Ag)-- Drill hole SC12-168 intersected 23.66 meters grading 5.45% Copper (Cu), 0.11% Co, and 20.9 g/tonne Silver (Ag).
The results from the four (4) 2012 drill holes highlighted above are among results from fifteen (15) new drill holes which will help provide the basis for a forthcoming Lowry Deposit Middle Zone (LD-MZ) resource estimate which is scheduled to be completed later in 2013. Two (2) holes, SC12-161 and SC12-163, continued to depth to test the Lowry Deposit Lower Zone (LD-LZ) and six (6) additional holes also produced good grade but thin intersections from the Lowry Deposit Upper Zone (LD-UZ), and these results are also tabled below in Table 1.
Jerry Zieg, Vice President of Exploration said: "We are very pleased to continue to report thick, high grade copper intersections from the Black Butte Copper project. The Lowry Middle Zone results will form the basis for a new resource estimate for the Lowry deposit which should become a substantial addition to our Measured and Indicated Resource inventory. We will then have the opportunity to incorporate the updated drill defined resources in a pre-feasibility or feasibility study currently being contemplated by the Company."
Table 1 - 2012 drill Intersections from Lowry Deposit - Middle Zone (LD-MZ) and Lowry Deposit- Lower Zone (LD-LZ)----------------------------------------------------------------------------Lowry Deposit - Middle Zone (LD-MZ)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From To Width Width Cu Co AgDrill Hole Zone (m) (m) (m) (ft) % % (g/t)----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-152 LD-MZ 347.50 385.90 38.40 126.0 2.66 0.09 12.5----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-153 LD-MZ 348.00 357.00 9.00 29.5 2.50 0.09 14.5----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-154 LD-MZ 359.30 409.80 50.50 165.7 1.50 0.08 10.6---------------------------------------------------------------------------- including 359.30 375.50 16.20 53.2 2.12 0.06 9.1---------------------------------------------------------------------------- and including 392.5 398.6 6.10 20.0 2.33 0.11 21.1----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-155 LD-MZ 318.52 331.32 12.80 42.0 2.87 0.08 15.8---------------------------------------------------------------------------- and 341.94 346.42 4.48 14.7 2.15 0.07 16.7----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-156 LD-MZ 312.00 316.69 4.69 15.4 3.66 0.15 17.4----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-157 LD-MZ 413.12 426.83 13.71 45.0 1.39 0.10 14.7---------------------------------------------------------------------------- including 413.12 417.30 4.18 13.7 2.99 0.18 19.4----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-159 LD-MZ 286.15 309.70 23.55 77.3 1.78 0.08 11.1----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-160 LD-MZ 405.00 415.60 10.60 34.8 1.97 0.06 10.7---------------------------------------------------------------------------- including 411.63 415.60 3.97 13.02 4.53 0.05 14.9----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-161 LD-MZ 306.50 319.30 12.80 41.99 1.30 0.06 13.1----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-163 LD-MZ 455.85 535.00 79.15 259.7 1.51 0.07 13.7---------------------------------------------------------------------------- including 510.30 527.20 16.90 55.5 2.85 0.08 16.6----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-164 LD-MZ 480.97 519.10 38.13 125.1 2.83 0.08 16.7----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-165 LD-MZ 301.70 308.00 6.30 20.7 3.07 0.04 9.2----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-166 LD-MZ 431.25 437.00 5.75 18.86 2.26 0.15 24.3----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-168 LD-MZ 348.76 372.42 23.66 77.62 5.45 0.11 20.9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lowry Deposit - Lower Zone (LD-LZ) and Upper Zone (LD-UZ)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From To Width Width Cu Co AgDrill Hole Zone (m) (m) (m) (ft) % % (g/t)----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-161 LD-LZ 508.70 515.90 7.20 23.6 2.39 0.12 20.1----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-163 LD-LZ 648.20 650.20 2.00 6.56 2.51 0.12 14.0----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-152 LD-UZ 286.00 288.20 2.20 7.2 2.88 0.03 24.1----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-153 LD-UZ 242.80 244.55 1.75 5.74 2.17 0.05 16.2----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-154 LD-UZ 272.60 273.15 0.55 1.8 4.03 0.07 28.0----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-155 LD-UZ 225.59 225.98 0.39 1.28 12.20 0.04 20.0----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-156 LD-UZ 234.25 235.31 1.06 3.48 5.05 0.09 25.0----------------------------------------------------------------------------SC12-165 LD-UZ 206.00 207.70 1.70 5.58 2.11 0.04 10.4----------------------------------------------------------------------------(For previous Resource estimates and historic results at Black Butte pleasesee News Releases dated October 20, 2010; October 27, 2010; January 6, 2011;April 26, 2011; May 4, 2011; June 21, 2011; June 28, 2011; July 28th, 2011;August 17, 2011; August 30, 2011; November 30, 2011; January 19, 2012; andMarch 1, 2012.)
