MMI Soil Sampling Survey - Reconnaissance on Tiex Inc. Mackay River and Horsefly River Projects, Quesnel Trough Area, British Columbia
February 12,2009
Tiex Inc. is pleased to announce the results of reconnaissance MMI soil sampling surveys on the it's Mackay River and Horsefly River Projects within its wholly owned land package in the Quesnel Trough of British Columbia. The work was performed by the Company's consultant, Geotronics Consulting Inc.
Reconnaissance MMI soil sampling was carried out during the 2008 exploration season along roads within two areas of the Mackay River Property area which is located 55 Km east-northeast of the village of Horsefly and 110 km east-northeast of the town of Williams Lake. The first area is located along the northeast side of the northwest-flowing Mackay River, a tributary of Horsefly River, and within which the reconnaissance lines trend in an east to southeast direction. This area is approximately 10Km northwest of the northeast side of the Frasergold Property where Hawthorne Gold has recently performed extensive exploration work. The second area occurs along the west-southwest-flowing Horsefly River where reconnaissance MMI samples were taken from sites close to roads that parallel both sides of the river.
A total of 684 samples were taken at 50 meter intervals along existing roads on the properties. 486 samples were from the Mackay River section and 198 samples were from the Horsefly River section. Analyses for 46 elements were performed by SGS Minerals Laboratories in Toronto, Ontario. The response ratios (the number times background for each geochemical element) for 10 base metal elements were calculated. The sums of response ratios were plotted at each site in order to identify those with anomalous metal contents.
Reconnaissance sampling results revealed several anomalies. Anomaly A is located near the northwest end of the Mackay River sampling area and is mainly comprised of gold values, up to 126 times background. The B.C. government's," MapPlace", website, shows that the anomaly occurs within the Nicola Group sedimentary rocks and that regional geochemical surveys have found a number of sites with anomalous regional geochemistry gold values. Anomaly A can be traced for approximately 1,300 meters and is open to the west. Anomalous values are present on reconnaissance lines located two hundred meters north and four hundred meters south of the main site.
Anomaly B occurs within the Horsefly River sampling area and comprises samples that are anomalous in Silver, Zinc, Cadmium, and Copper. The underlying rocks, according to MapPlace data, are north-trending ultramafic bands, a unit of the Crooked Lake Amphibolites. These rocks are separated from the undivided metamorphic rocks of the Snowshoe Group by a thrust fault that passes approximately 100 meters from the eastern edge of Anomaly B.
The Company plans follow-up programs of MMI sampling on 25 metre grids on both Anomaly A and Anomaly B, followed by induced polarization and resistivity surveys that should better define their magnitude and extent.
The Company cautions that the strength of MMI geochemistry is not a reliable indicator of gold mineralization nor can it be used to determine gold grade. There is no assurance that the MMI data will lead to viable gold deposits.
John Buckle, P. Geo., P. Geoph, the Company's Vice President of Exploration and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this press release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
"Ernie Bergvinson"
President and CEO
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