Trading Statement
GALANTAS GOLD CORPORATION
TSX Venture Exchange: GAL
London Stock Exchange AIM: GAL
22nd January 2007
GALANTAS OMAGH MINE : ORE RESERVE AND RESOURCE ESTIMATE
As a result of a review by the Ontario Securities Commission, the Company is
issuing the following press release to clarify disclosure of the reserves and
resources on its exploration and mining project at Omagh in Northern Ireland.
The current position is as articulated in 2005 by independent consultants, ACA
Howe International Ltd., in a report dated December 2005 entitled "Technical
Report of the Gold Mining and Exploration Interests of The Omagh Gold Project of
Galantas Gold Corporation in Counties Tyrone and Fermanagh, Northern Ireland",
(the Howe Report), authored by qualified persons John Langlands C.Eng FGS FIMMM
and Julian Bennett C.Eng MIMMM, filed on March 1, 2006 as Appendix 2 of a
Technical Report entitled "An Update of Mining, Processing Methodology, Tailings
Disposal and Costs of the Omagh Gold Project, with additional information
relating to metal prices, construction progress and an appendix containing a
report by ACA Howe (Competent Persons Report)", authored by R.Phelps C.Eng
MIMMM, Lionel J. Gunter P.Eng FIMMM and Maurice J. Lavigne P.Geo on
www.sedar.com . The estimate contained in the Howe Report was carried out to the
standards of the Joint Committee of the Australasian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy and the Australian Mining Industry Council code (JORC). A
reconciliation to the mineral resource and mineral reserve categories as set out
in National Instrument 43-101 was included with the Howe Report.
On the Kearney Deposit, which is the current focus of mine development, the
Company has: (i) proven ore reserves of 181,480 tonnes at a grade of 7.36 grams
per tonnes of gold plus (ii) probable ore reserves of 185,830 tonnes at a grade
of 7.68 grams per tonne of gold; plus (iii) an indicated resource of 1,183,680
tonnes at a grade of 7.02 grams per tonne of gold, as tabulated below:
Proven Grade Grams
Ore (g/t of Au
Reserve Au)
(Tonnes)
181,480 7.36 1,336,487
Probable Grade Grams
Ore (g/t of Au
Reserve Au)
(Tonnes)
185,830 7.68 1,427,249
Indicated Grade Grams
Resource (g/t of Au
(Tonnes) Au)
1,183,680 7.02 8,309,434
All of the above reserves and resources have been calculated using a cut-off
grade of 1.0 gram per tonne gold and a cut-off width of 0.5 metres. The proven
and probable reserves are contained within the open pit, the "Kearney Pit",
currently being developed. The indicated resource extends from the bottom of the
Kearney Pit at 37 metres vertical depth to a vertical depth of 137 metres. The
deposit remains open below this depth.
Additional to the reserves and resources on the Kearney Deposit, the Howe Report
confirmed indicated and inferred resources in other structures within the
Company's mining licence, summarized as follows at a cut-off grade of 1.0 gram
per tonne gold and a cut-off width of 0.5 metres:
Indicated Grade Grams of Inferred Grade Grams
Resource (g/t Au) Au Resource (g/t Au) Au
(Tonnes) (Tonnes)
328,820 6.72 2,208,530 135,500 4.68 634,643
These estimates of mineral reserves and resources were originally made by ACA
Howe Ltd. in 1995 and reviewed in the 2005 report and Company management
considers them to be current. Additional studies made in the period between
2003 and the present, which utilized different cut-off grades from those used in
the Howe Report, will be incorporated in forthcoming studies. The Company is in
the midst of exploration and development involving diamond drilling, results of
which will lead to a new estimate of reserves and resources. This new estimate,
and accompanying NI 43-101 technical report, has been commissioned and is
expected by the end of the third quarter of 2007.
It is pointed out that the reports entitled "An Update of Mining, Processing
Methodology, Tailings Disposal and Costs of the Omagh Gold Project, with
additional information relating to metal prices, construction progress and an
appendix containing a report by ACA Howe (Competent Persons Report)" and "An
Update of Mining Processing Methodology, Tailings Disposal and Costs of the
Omagh Gold Project" filed on March 29, 2006 and December 28, 2005, respectively,
were prepared in connection with the listing of the Company's securities on
London's AIM market and may not be compliant with NI 43-101 in all respects.
However, the Company believes that the information contained in such reports is
helpful additional disclosure for the Canadian public and so has made the
reports available on www.sedar.com.
Mr. L.J. Gunter (P.Eng - Ontario) Chairman the Company is the qualified person
who has reviewed the technical information contained in this release on behalf
of the Company.
Issued and Outstanding Shares total 157,851,855.
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this news release. This press
release includes certain "Forward-Looking Statements" within the meaning of the
US Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Other than statements of historical
fact, all statements are "Forward-Looking Statements" that involve such various
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. There can be no
assurance that such statements will prove accurate. Results and future events
could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Readers of
this press release are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these "Forward-
Looking Statements".
Enquiries :
Galantas Gold Corporation Telephone: +44 (0) 2882 241100
Jack Gunter P.Eng - Executive Chairman
Roland Phelps C.Eng - President & CEO
Moe Lavigne P.Geo - Vice President
Email: info@galantas.com
Website: www.galantas.com
ARM Corporate Finance Limited Telephone: +44 (0)20 7512 0191
Nick Harriss
Lewis Charles Securities Limited. Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7065 1150
David Scott