New Gold Zone Discovered East Of Casa Berardi

VANCOUVER - Aurizon Mines Ltd. has been advised by Lake Shore Gold Corp ("Lake Shore") of encouraging results from its Phase 1 drill program on a portion of Aurizon's 100% owned Casa Berardi property, in north-western Quebec.
In late 2007 Aurizon granted Lake Shore an option to earn up to a 50% interest in a portion of the extensive Casa Berardi property by spending $5.0 million over five years with a firm commitment of $600,000 in the first year. Lake Shore is the operator during the earn-in period. The optioned portion of the Casa Berardi property lies to the east and west of Aurizon's wholly-owned Casa Berardi mining operations, including the West Mine Complex and East Mine and Mill Complex.
"We are pleased with the results of the initial exploration program which confirms our belief in potential for new mineralized structures along the Casa Berardi trend," said David Hall, President and CEO of Aurizon.
The results of the program, which involved a total of 12 diamond drill holes, included the discovery of a new gold zone, with the best intercept being 13.03 grams per tonne gold over 6.45 metres within a broader intersection of 8.58 grams per tonne gold over 10.4 metres ("Hole CE-08-03"). Hole CE-08-03 is the deepest mineralized intersection at a vertical depth of 247 metres and is located approximately 90 metres below a historic intercept of 11.11 grams per tonne over 2.24 metres. The new intercept is open both at depth and laterally.
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