Northair Prepares for Drill Program at La Cigarra Silver Project, Mexico
International Northair Mines Ltd. (TSXV: INM) (the "Company" or "Northair") announces that planning is well underway for the first drill test of the La Cigarra Project (the "Project"), located approximately 26 kilometers from the city of Parral in north central Mexico. The Company has requested bids from three drill contractors for a minimum 1,000 metre reverse circulation drill program to commence in the first quarter of 2010.
The La Cigarra silver project consists of six concessions and is located in State of Chihuahua along the eastern fringes of the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico. Reconnaissance and sampling completed by Northair to date confirm three potentially significant zones of silver mineralization within a 3 kilometre trend. The La Cigarra silver project has good access, topography and infrastructure. Grupo Northair de Mexico, S.A. de C.A., a subsidiary of Northair, can acquire a 100% ownership of the concessions by making payments over a 5 year period totaling US$445,000 with no royalties.
The grades reported at La Cigarra appear to be similar in scale to those of the Santa Barbara-San Francisco del Oro sub-districts of Parral that have produced over 440 million ounces of silver. Although La Cigarra has probably had very limited silver production, the Parral Region in total has produced over one Billion ounces of silver and over one Million ounces of gold, placing it in the top ten silver districts in Mexico.
Northair has been informed by Great Bear Uranium that it is not proceeding with its option on the El Reventon property.
The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with Canadian regulatory requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101 and reviewed by Fred Hewett the Company's President and CEO, and a Qualified Person under NI 43-101.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,
INTERNATIONAL NORTHAIR MINES LTD.
"Fred G. Hewett"
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Fred G. Hewett, P.Eng.
President & CEO
For further information please contact Fred Hewett, President or Chris Curran, Investor Relations
at 604-687-7545 or 1-888-338-2200
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