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Anglesey Mining - New Mineralized Extension at LIMs Houston Deposits
Anglesey Mining plc LSE:AYM
11 February 2011
New Mineralized Extension at LIMâs Houston Deposits
Increases Houston Resource to 20 Million Tonnes
 Anglesey Miningâs 41% owned associate Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited
(TSX: LIM) is pleased to report a new resource estimate for its 100% owned
Houston deposits located in western Labrador following the 2010 exploration
drilling program. The new resource estimate of 19,499,000 million tonnes
of measured and indicated resources represents a significant increase over
previous estimates.Â
Commenting on the increased resource estimate at the Houston deposits, John
F.
Kearney, Chairman and CEO of Labrador Iron Mines said, âAs a result of
the exploration success and this significant increase, the Houston deposits
are now of sufficient tonnage to merit evaluation of a stand-alone
operation. We are now assessing the development of a new separate âSouth
Central Zoneâ, with its own dedicated processing plant, which, subject to
environmental assessment and permitting, could be brought into production in
2013 at an output rate of 2 to 3 million tonnes of iron ore per year. This
would be in addition to LIMâs existing processing plant at Silver Yards
which will have a similar design capacity.â
The Houston 1, 2 and 3 deposits comprise 12 mineral rights licenses
representing 112 mineral claim units that cover approximately 2,800
hectares, situated 15 km south-east of LIMâs James Mine and Silver Yards
processing area and approximately  20 km from the town of Schefferville,
Quebec. The Houston deposits form part of the Stage 1 planned production
at LIMâs Schefferville area direct shipping iron ore projects.
The new estimate, prepared in accordance with NI 43-101, represents an
increase in tonnage of over 25% from the previous NI 43-101 estimate
announced in April 2010 and more than double the historical resource (not NI
43-101 compliant) previously estimated by the Iron Ore Company of Canada
(IOC) prior to 1982. The new resource also includes about one million
tonnes of manganiferous ore (Mn) grading about 54.4% Fe and 5% manganese.Â
_The Houston Deposits âResource Summary â February 2011Â (See attached
table for details)_
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The updated resource estimate for the Houston deposits is based on an
additional 1,804 metres of drilling in 26 holes and 625 samples carried out
by LIM in 2010. The majority of the additional resource has resulted from
the drilling of a new mineralized zone located between the Houston 1 and 2
deposits, as well as in-fill drilling within the deposit outlines during
2010. The Houston deposits remain open along strike particularly to the
southeast and further drilling is planned on Houston 3 during 2011.Â
The classification of resources was completed using the results of drilling
and trenching carried out by LIM during the 2006 to 2010 field seasons,
which comprised twinning, in-fill and step-out drilling and trenching, as
well as drill and trench data previously obtained by IOC.
Block Modeling
LIM used Gemcom GEMS 6.4.2.1 software for the resource estimation.
The
ordinary kriging interpolation method was used to estimate the resources by
block modeling with block sizes of 5x5x5 metres and block rotation of
45.6° which matches with the general strike of the deposit.
LIM used the
geological and ore models interpreted in plane and in sections.
LIM used
different search ellipses derived from 3D semi-variogram analyses for the
classification of the resources.
Analyses
Analyses for all of the samples from the 2006 to 2010 drilling and trenching
programs were carried out by SGS-Lakefield Laboratory and Activation
Laboratories.
The analytical method used was borate fusion whole rock X-Ray
Fluorescence.
Qualified Person
The resource estimates and information of a scientific or technical nature
contained in this release has been prepared by or under the supervision of
Terence McKillen, P.Geo., Executive Vice President of the Corporation and a
Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 of the
Canadian Securities Administrators.
About Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (LIM)
LIMâs Schefferville Area project involves the development of twenty direct
shipping iron ore deposits in western Labrador and north-eastern Quebec near
Schefferville, Quebec.
The Companyâs properties are part of the historic
Schefferville area iron ore district where mining of adjacent deposits was
previously carried out by the Iron Ore Company of Canada from 1954 to 1982.
Labrador Iron Mines contemplates mining in stages, the first phase of Stage
1 comprising the James and Redmond deposits, which are located in close
proximity to existing infrastructure, where construction is being completed
and mine start-up is planned to commence in Spring 2011.
About Anglesey Mining plc
Anglesey Mining with its LSE main board listing is primarily focused on its
41% interest in Labrador Iron Mines (TSX:LIM).
In addition to any new
projects that may be brought forward the company owns 100% of Parys Mountain
in North Wales with an historical resource in excess of 7 million tonnes at
over 9% combined copper, lead and zinc.Â
For further information, please contact:
Bill Hooley, Chief Executive +44 (0) 1492 541981
Ian Cuthbertson, Finance Director +44 (0) 1248 361333
Emily Fenton / Charlie Geller,
  Tavistock Communications +44 (0) 20 7920 3155 / +44 (0) 7788 554035
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