Drilling Program Commences at Pinaya Gold-Copper Project

VANCOUVER, BC - Acero-Martin Exploration Inc. reported that it has commenced a major 2008 drilling program on its wholly owned Pinaya gold-copper project in southern Peru.
The first phase of the program is underway and will consist of approximately 6,000 meters of diamond drilling, with over 25,000 meters currently planned for the year. One rig is turning on the property and a second is expected on site in April to accelerate the program. The 2008 program is anticipated to be the largest drilling program carried out on the project since exploration commenced in 2004.
The focus of this year's drilling program will primarily consist of large step-out drill holes in areas of known mineralization including the North Western Porphyry ("NWPZ"), Western Porphyry ("WPZ"), and Montana de Cobre y Oro Zones ("MCOZ"). The goal will be to expand the project's overall resource base.
A drill rig is stationed at the North Western Porphyry Zone which remains open to the north, east, and at depth. The rig is drilling large 100 and 200 meter step out holes to expand beyond drill hole PDH-146, located at the far northeast corner of the zone which previously intersected 1.18% copper and 0.20 g/t gold over 44.80 meters.
As a follow up to the successful 2007 surface exploration program, strategic holes will also be drilled to test some of the new emerging target areas identified through surface soil sampling, trenching, and mapping including: Los Vientos ("LVZ"), Don Pedro ("PEDRO"), Viscachani ("VZ"), and Minas Jorge ("MJZ"). Many of these targets were newly defined in 2007 and have never been drilled.
Local drilling contractor Geodrill S.A. based out of Arequipa has been retained to complete the first phase of the drilling and Acero-Martin has received all of the necessary permits from the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines.
Acero Martin's 100%-owned Pinaya project hosts one of Peru's newest and richest copper-gold porphyry/skarn deposits. The project is located 110 km northeast of Arequipa and approximately 60 kilometers south of Xstrata's Tintaya copper-gold mine, and is favoured with excellent nearby mining infrastructure.
The company's address is 1601, 700 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC  V6C 1G8, (877) 646-0067, fax: (604) 646-0640, email: [email protected].