Mosquito Intersects Best Copper Intersection To Date At CUMO Deposit

 

VANCOUVER, BC - Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines Limited reported excellent results from the last hole of the 2009 diamond drilling program for its Idaho-based CUMO molybdenum/copper project.

Hole 53-09 is an angle hole (-75) drilled to a depth of 753.2 meters (2471 feet), bearing 015 degrees azimuth from the same site as Hole 45-08 (which was incomplete) The hole is designed to extend to the south the mineralized zone intersected in Hole 47-09 (figure 1). Hole 53-09 intersected good copper mineralization from 12.2m (40 feet) to 753.2m (2471) feet and molybdenum bearing mineralization from 243.8 (800 feet) to 753.2m (2471) feet. The hole confirms that the copper mineralization is increasing to the west, while the molybdenum mineralization continues to the south and southwest, thus expanding the mineralized zone.

Assay results returned include:

Hole 53-09

509.3 meters (1671 feet) grading 0.19% Cu and 0.091% MoS2

(0.97% Cu Eq., 0.108% MoS2 Eq., 1.94 lbs MoO3 Eq/t)

Including

292.1 meters (961 feet) grading 0.15% Cu and 0.115% MoS2

(1.07% Cu Eq., 0.119% MoS2 Eq., 2.14 lbs MoO3 Eq/t)

The entire core for the hole was sampled and cut in half using a diamond saw. Half the core was sent for analysis and the other half has been kept and stored at the core facility located on site. Following cutting, the samples were delivered directly by Mosquito personnel to either ALS Chemex or SGS Labs, both located in Elko, Nevada and fully accredited analytical laboratories. They were first analyzed for 47 elements using a four (4) acid digestion with analysis by Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma Optical Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS). Copper and Molybdenum bearing samples were then checked by using a larger five gram sample and analyzed using pressed powder pellet X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF). In addition, duplicates, blanks, and standards were analyzed to ensure analytical accuracy and reproducibility. All rejects are being kept for further analysis and for use in metallurgical testing.

Geologically, hole 53-09 indicates that the overall copper grade of the older porphyry copper system is increasing to the west and the Molybdenum bearing mineralization is continuing to the southwest. The copper-silver section of hole 53 averaged 0.22% copper over 428.1m (1404.5), which is the highest copper grade intersection on the property to date.

Overall the drilling in 2009 to date has indicated the limits of the north, northwest and south extents of the mineralization. The east, south-east, west and south-west are still wide open for exploration. The older copper bearing mineralization increases east to west, while the younger molybdenum system increase west to east. The two systems are starting to separate to the west with the older copper-silver-gold system trending to the west and the molybdenum bearing system following the porphyry dykes to the southwest. These observations will prove extremely useful in planning the upcoming 2010 drill program.

The company’s address is Suite 100, 1616 West 3rd Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6J 1K2, (604) 689-7902, fax: (604) 689-7816, email: [email protected].