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TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liberty Star Uranium & Metals Corp. (???Liberty
Star??? or the ???Company???)
(LBSR:
OTCQB) is pleased to announce that the Liberty Star field camp
construction managed by Alaskan Native owned MBGS LLC is on schedule.
MBGS general contractor Jim Stevens states that his team will begin to
airlift housing and a diamond core drill rig to the Native allotment
camp site within the Big
Chunk Super Project (???BCSP???) south block beginning the week of
August 5; the camp is scheduled to be operational by August 10.
Heavy equipment and housing will be transported by a high-lift Huey
chopper, while staff and light equipment will be transported by a small
helicopter. Twelve people will be in the camp, including Alaskan Native
MBGS staff, drill crews and geologic staff. The spartan camp includes
basic amenities and a broad-band Internet over satellite hook-up.
On August 8 the Company???s Field Manager and Lead Field Technician Jay
Crawford and Porphyry Copper specialist Geologist Greg McGilvray will
meet in Vancouver, BC to receive training on the new MBGS Innov-X
handheld GPS XRF Analyzer. The new handheld analyzer uses a miniaturized
X-ray tube with electronically cooled silicon detectors to provide fast
metal content measurements with accuracy and precision in the field
prior to formal assay. Jay Crawford has spent many months using this
type of equipment, but will receive updated training with the new
analyzer. From Vancouver, the two will fly to Anchorage and then to Port
Alsworth, Alaska. Jay and Greg will helicopter to the BCSP camp shortly
after. The drill rig is scheduled for arrival at the BCSP camp at about
the same time. Drilling on the proposed 10 holes can start within a few
days of the drill???s delivery to the field. In addition to the Innov-X
Analyzer, the geologic team will be equipped with other sophisticated
gear that will make field analysis more accurate and less subject to
error. The onsite team will be able to communicate immediate analysis of
core and send data via satellite Internet connection to the head office
in Tucson or any other location for specialists to review and render
their professional analysis.
This equipment in addition to the XRF includes:
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Data Collector ??? a pocket PC with camera, GPS, bar code reader
and software designed by Technical
Advisory Board member Mike Schaefer of Geo-Information Solutions.
Liberty Star was among his first users during the 2004 field season.
The Data Collector hardware and software are newly enhanced for the
current drilling effort. It will be used to geologically log core and
integrate other sensor data into the geology.
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High resolution digital photographic equipment for complete
imaging of all core, including close up images of important intervals.
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Gamma ray spectrometer which will measure any low grade (not
dangerous) radioactivity in the core and in particular show the
presence of secondary potassium feldspar: one of the key alteration
minerals that occur at the center of the core zone of porphyry coppers
so we can tell when we are getting close. The gamma ray spectrometer
also detects uranium, one of the alteration metals, and thorium a rare
earth metal.
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A magnetic and electronic susceptibility meter which determines
the relative magnetism of the core and its relationship to porphyry
copper alteration zoning.
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A powerful ultraviolet light to determine the presence of any
fluorescent minerals that may be helpful in detecting zoning patterns.
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A computer microscope that visually enlarges minerals in the
core up to +100X and displays images of them in color on a computer
screen, where notes may be made directly on the image and then sent to
memory, so it can be transmitted via Internet to the Tucson office, as
well as combined in the digital core log. An optical binocular zoom
microscope will also be available.
All of these devices are digital (with the exception of the optical
microscope) and their data will be recorded with the data logger, and
joined with the geologic log of the core. All data will be recorded on
the Big Chunk field camp computer server and then transmitted by a
satellite uplink to the Internet and batch transmitted to Tucson
overnight every night and captured on the Tucson office server for
distribution and analysis by the appropriate experts on our Technical
Advisory Board, as well as Chief Geologist Jim Briscoe and other
specialists when needed.
After all data collection, the core is cut in half (split) using a
diamond saw. Half of each 10 foot interval will be bagged and secured in
locked storage controlled by Jay Crawford. The samples will be shipped
by helicopter, and then by Federal Express to the MEG sample prep lab
near Reno, Nev. As required by regulation, a chain of custody is
recorded at every stop; this is to prevent tampering with the drill core
so it cannot be adulterated (???salted???) with any foreign material either
intentionally or accidently. After sample preparation, including
addition of Quality Assurance Quality Control (QA/QC) samples, assay
pulps of about 200 grams from each sample interval will be air shipped
to ALS Certified assay labs in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. After assay ALS
will ship assays by e-mail to the Tucson office where it will be
combined with the visual core log and all the other collected data.
These data logs will then be analyzed by our geologic team and
conclusions made. All this takes time but news releases will be made
after drill core is evaluated.
???James A. Briscoe??? James
A. Briscoe, Professional Geologist, AZ CA
CEO/Chief Geologist
Liberty
Star Uranium & Metals Corp.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this news release that are not historical are
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this news
release include that the BCSP camp will be operational by August 10,
that a diamond core drill rig will be airlifted to the camp site, that
drilling can proceed within days of its arrival, and that drill core
will be obtained and prepared for assay. Factors which may delay or
prevent these forward-looking statements from being realized include:
the failure of our exploration program to identify targets; we may not
be able to raise sufficient funds to complete our intended exploration,
keep our properties or carry on operations; and an inability to continue
exploration due to weather, logistical problems, labor or equipment
problems or hazards even if funds are available. Despite encouraging
data there may be no commercially exploitable mineralization on our
properties. Readers should refer to the risk disclosures in the
Company???s recent 10-K and the Company???s other periodic reports filed
from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.