14th February 2007
Rambler Continues to Encounter High-grade Copper in Multiple Zones
London, England & Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador - Rambler Metals and Mining plc (TSXV:RAB, AIM:RMM) is pleased
to announce significant new results from its ongoing drilling program at its Rambler copper-gold project located in
Newfoundland and Labrador.
These new results have been identified from all three target deposits. Of particular significance are new high grade
intersections from the newly discovered Upper Ming Footwall Deposit and the 1800 level area of the Ming West Deposit.
- RM06-04l returns 16.4 feet of 5.20% copper including 6.56 feet of 10.70 % copper
- RM07-18 returns 8.53 feet of 17.65 % copper with 3.5 g/T gold
The Rambler project covers the historic Ming and Ming West copper-gold mines on the Baie Verte Peninsula on the island
of Newfoundland. Exploration work is focused on evaluating and delineating the Ming Footwall deposit and the recently
discovered Upper Ming Footwall deposit as well as seeking extensions to both the historic Ming and Ming West deposits.
All of these deposits are located within reasonable proximity to the historic underground mine infrastructure, which the
company is about to begin dewatering and rehabilitating.
Upper Ming Footwall Deposit
The Upper Ming Footwall Deposit is a new high-grade discovery that sits stratigraphically between the Ming Deposit and
the Ming Footwall Zone. It ranges between 6.0 and 14.4 metres in thickness and is open both across strike and down
plunge. The results reported below are from a hole located 50 metres down-plunge from the three previously reported
holes that intersected the deposit.
Hole From To Length Length Cu Au
(m) (m) (m) (feet) (%) (ppb)
RM06-04l 996.00 1001.00 5.00 16.40 5.20 310
including 996.00 998.00 2.00 6.56 10.70 586
Ming and Ming West Deposits
The historical mine production from the Rambler Project originates from the Ming and Ming West massive sulphide
deposits. These parallel, plunging deposits are on the same stratigraphic horizon and separated by 250 metres. A
decline that extended to 820 vertical meters and a shaft that extended to 650 vertical meters facilitated historical
production. At the time of mine closure it was estimated that 350,000 tons of 3.4% Cu and 1.7 g/T Au remained in the
Ming Deposit and that 55,000 tons of 6.5% Cu and 1.1 g/T Au remained in the Ming West Deposit (near the 1800 level),
adjacent to the former property boundary. These estimates are historical in nature and are not NI-43-101 compliant and
therefore should not be relied upon (see notes below).
The high-grade drill intersection reported below is from the Ming West Deposit. The intersection is located beyond the
former property boundary and is approximately 50 metres down plunge from previous testing of the deposit.
Hole From To Length Length Cu Au
(m) (m) (m) (feet) (%) (ppb)
RM07-18 600.50 603.10 2.60 8.53 17.65 3545
A complete listing of RMM drill intersections to date, as well as corresponding maps and figures can be found at
www.ramblermines.com.
Ming Footwall Zone
The Ming Footwall Zone (MFZ) is located approximately 100 metres below and generally parallel to the historic Ming Mine
workings. To date, the deposit has been identified along a 1500 metre plunge length and has an apparent width of 50 to
150 metres. The deposit thickness generally exceeds 20 metres, up to 70 metres and is being evaluated as a potential
low-cost, bulk underground mining operation. New drill results from intersections of the MFZ are as follows:
Hole From To Length Length Cu Au
(m) (m) (m) (feet) (%) (ppb)
RM06-04j 1054.70 1059.60 4.90 16.08 2.13 105
RM06-04j 1063.80 1071.90 8.10 26.57 2.00 72
RM06-04j 1084.00 1108.00 24.00 78.74 1.88 101
including 1084.00 1096.00 12.00 39.37 2.33 171
RM06-04k 1062.50 1088.00 25.50 83.66 1.81 102
including 1062.50 1074.50 12.00 39.37 2.24 149
RM06-04m 1077.70 1098.80 21.10 69.23 1.81 86
including 1077.70 1085.50 7.80 25.59 2.31 71
RM06-04m 1116.50 1136.70 20.20 66.27 2.01 71
RM06-04m 1137.90 1148.20 10.30 33.79 1.91 90
including 1139.50 1148.20 8.70 28.54 2.09 102
RM06-04m 1154.80 1163.50 8.70 28.54 2.29 131
RM06-04m 1176.00 1213.50 37.50 123.03 1.32 75
including 1176.00 1189.50 13.50 44.29 1.94 98
including 1201.50 1213.50 12.00 39.37 1.55 103
RM06-17a 652.25 658.25 6.00 19.69 3.61 444
RM06-17a 765.00 793.50 28.50 93.50 1.63 128
including 769.50 780.00 10.50 34.45 2.44 148
RM06-17d 792.90 797.67 4.77 15.65 2.75 352
RM06-17e 729.00 734.15 5.15 16.90 2.01 284
Delineation and exploration drilling continues at the Rambler Project employing two drill rigs both of which are
successfully utilizing directional drilling technology. As underground dewatering and rehabilitation advances throughout
the year a concurrent program of underground drilling will be initiated. The underground drilling program will greatly
increase the rate of delineation drilling of the deposits which in turn will allow Rambler to more quickly evaluate
potential mining scenarios.
George Ogilvie, P.Eng.
VP & COO
Rambler Metals and Mining
Canada Limited
...
Leslie Little, Company Secretary
Rambler Metals & Mining Plc
Tel No: 020-7661-8104
Mark Graves, P.Geo. is the Qualified Person responsible for the technical content of this release Mr. Graves is an
employee of Rambler..
Drill intercepts quoted are core lengths; true widths are estimated to be 90% to 95% of the intersected core lengths.
National Instrument 43-101 compliance information regarding sampling and analytical protocols pertaining to the Rambler
Project can be accessed via the following link: http://www.ramblermines.com
Mineral exploration on the Rambler property is being conducted by RMM personnel.
All drill holes have produced 47.6 millimetre diameter (1.875-inch) NQ diamond drill core. The drill core is
descriptively logged on site, aligned, marked for sampling and then split in half, longitudinally, using a diamond saw
blade. One-half of the core is preserved in core boxes for future reference. The samples comprising the other half of
the core are bagged, sealed and delivered directly to the analytical laboratory by RMM personnel. Base metal-bearing
samples are nominally 1 metre to 1.8 metres (3.28 to 5.90 feet) in length except where specific geologic parameters
require that a smaller interval be sampled. Samples with suspected precious metal content are nominally one metre or
less, depending on the geological circumstances.
The sawed samples are delivered directly to Eastern Analytical Limited in Springdale, Newfoundland by RMM personnel
where they are dried, crushed and pulped. Samples are crushed to approximately -10 mesh and split using a riffle
splitter to approximately 300 grams. The sample split is pulverized using a ring mill to approximately 98% minus 150
mesh. In addition to regular samples, blank samples and quarter-split samples are also submitted for crushing/pulping.
The sample pulps are picked up directly at Eastern Analytical Limited by RMM personnel and returned to the project site
at which point analytical standard samples and duplicate samples are inserted into the sample stream. The quality
control procedures utilized by RMM have been approved by Scott Wilson Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. (Scott Wilson RPA).
Their review was the basis of a technical report written by Scott Wilson RPA on the Rambler project conforming to NI 43-
101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. All sample rejects are also retrieved from Eastern Analytical by RMM
personnel and securely stored by RMM.
The sample pulps are shipped by courier to Activation Laboratories Ltd. in Ancaster, Ontario for analysis. A typical
analysis consists of three, industry-standard components:
(1) an aqua regia digestion followed by a 34 element ICP analysis,
(2) a gold assay consisting of a one assay ton fire assay with finish by atomic absorption, and
(3) an assay of specific base metals by aqua regia digestion followed by atomic absorption spectroscopy for those
elements which exceed the limits of ICP accuracy.
Check assays for the Rambler project are being conducted by ALS Chemex, using industry-standard techniques posted on
their website. Check assays are also routinely performed at Eastern Analytical Limited. The drill program and sampling
protocol are being supervised by Mark Graves, P.Geo.; a Qualified Person as defined under the Canadian Securities
Administrators' National Instrument 43-101.
Historical Estimates
For the Ming Mine, the most comprehensive historical estimates available derive from a review prepared in 1982 by D.M.
Burton ("Burton"). In 1997 Canamera Geological Ltd. ("Canamera") was commissioned to do a feasibility study on the
Rambler Property for Ming Minerals and drew heavily on Burton's work. Canamera reported remaining estimates on the
property. Canamera concluded that the outlined mineral resource would not support an economically feasible operation.
Note that these estimations and resources definitions are not in compliance with Canada's NI 43-101.
Burton (1982) classified the MFZ resources as "Possible". The other resources have not been classified by Canamera
(1997). These estimates are historical estimates and which should not be relied upon. See the technical report on the
Rambler property available at www.sedar.com for the full details and qualifications regarding these estimates.
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