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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 its geophysics contractor,
Geotech Ltd., has reported the completion of all ZTEM survey overflights
surveying the Company???s Hay Mountain property and surroundings. The ZTEM
survey entailed 1,805 line kilometers @ 200 meters and 400 meters line
spacing, and approximately 8 meters between samples (readings) along
each line. Porphyry coppers, other mineral bodies and geologic features
have distinctive characteristics which can be detected and interpreted
by ZTEM technology, which allows modeling or ???seeing??? conductive or
resistive features from a few hundred feet (100 meters) to depths as
much as 6,000 feet (2,000 meters).
“If there were any problem areas, they would have
been surveyed again, and rechecked until all was correct. It now is.
This penchant for good data is important to Geotech and Liberty Star. We
put our faith in them.”
As previously stated (NR
155), the speed of completion of the survey was dependent on how
many flying hours were available each day.??This is now monsoon season in
southeast Arizona, and the survey craft was not flown during periods of
turbulent air due to heat and thunderstorms.??Flights started at daybreak
and were scheduled to terminate either at dusk or when turbulence was
encountered. Notes Company CEO and Chief Geologist Jim Briscoe, ???We
monitored weather reports from the Hay Mountain vicinity constantly. The
Cochise County area has received record amounts of rainfall during the
last 10 days, and in particular the last week. As an example, the
village of Palominas, only a few miles from the survey???s SW edge, where
5.5 inches fell in an hour, was devastated and has been cut off from
road access. Despite these frequent and heavy periods of air turbulence,
lightning storms and rainfall, Geotech???s tenacious field staff was able
to complete a phenomenal amount of work, while remaining vigilant in
watching for the safety of staff and equipment. I am a southern Arizona
native and understand the unpredictability and dangers of the monsoon
season. The Geotech flight and field crews do too.???
The flight data from Saturday morning???s final flight lines have been
transmitted to Geotech???s Toronto area headquarters, where they, as all
previous flight line data, are being checked for any data collection
errors. As of Monday morning about 10 a.m., Geotech???s Toronto area
office emailed Liberty that all tests are complete ??? the data is
accurate and complete and the aircraft is leaving for the next job.
Continues Briscoe: ???If there were any problem areas, they would have
been surveyed again, and rechecked until all was correct. It now is.
This penchant for good data is important to Geotech and Liberty Star. We
put our faith in them.???
The geophysical electromagnetic and magnetic data collected by the ZTEM
survey will be processed and interpreted by Geotech Ltd., in
collaboration with Liberty Star, within about two to four weeks after
the overflight and check. The new data sets will then be transmitted to
Liberty Star, where they will be combined with the Company???s many
geologic and geochemical maps into GIS (Geographic Information Systems,
ESRI ??? computer maps) and will undergo interpretation. Concludes
Briscoe, ???We will then be able to draw conclusions and readjust drill
targets. This interpretation and refinement will continue throughout the
exploration of Hay Mountain.???
???James A. Briscoe??? James
A. Briscoe, Professional Geologist, AZ CA
CEO/Chief Geologist
Liberty
Star Uranium & Metals Corp.