SPOKANE, WASHINGTON — (Marketwire) — 05/10/12 — St Augustine Gold & Copper Limited (TSX: SAU) („St Augustine“ or the „Company“) is pleased to announce that it has filed the following disclosure documents with securities regulators:
Q1 2012 Highlights
The Company is pleased with the continued progress on the King-king copper & gold deposit. Highlights for the quarter include:
Outlook
The Company-s focus for the remainder of the year is on the analysis of the data, preparation of the pre-feasibility and bankable feasibility studies and preparing the market for financing the development. For a more detailed review of the Company-s outlook, project risks and uncertainties, please see our MD&A filed on SEDAR.
ABOUT THE KING-KING PROJECT
King-king is one of the largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits in the world. As released in the October 2010 Technical Report and the updated resource released August 15, 2011, Measured and Indicated mineral resource is 962.3 million tonnes at 0.254% total copper, 0.062% soluble copper, and 0.334 g/t gold. Inferred mineral resource is an additional 188.8 million tonnes at 0.215% total copper, 0.048% soluble copper, and 0.265 g/t gold. The Measured and Indicated mineral resource consists of 5.4 billion pounds of contained copper and 10.3 million troy ounces of contained gold.
The King-king deposit is a gold rich copper-gold porphyry deposit located in the southeast of the Philippine Island of Mindanao, 35km east of Davao City and 13 km from the coast. The project is listed as one of the top priority projects by the Philippine Mines and Geosciences Bureau. The project has a low strip ratio and is in advanced stage with 95,651 meters of drilling composed of 291 core and reverse circulation holes, including 6,052 meters of new drilling composed of 14 core holes (and 1 RC) in 2011. King-king has entered into the feasibility stage of development (social, environmental and engineering phases).
NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 43-101 COMPLIANCE
Mr. James J. Moore, P.E., St. Augustine Gold and Copper Limited, a qualified person under NI 43-101, has reviewed the resource contents of this news release.
A NI 43-101 compliant technical report entitled „King-king Copper-Gold Project Mindanao, Philippines“ dated October 12, 2010, and prepared by Michael G. Hester, FAusiMM of Independent Mining Consultants, Inc., Donald F. Earnest, P.G., of Resource Evaluation, Inc. and John G. Aronson of AATA International, Inc. has been filed by the Company on .
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This announcement includes certain „forward-looking statements“ within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, without limitation, the use of net proceeds are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve various risks and uncertainties and are based on certain factors and assumptions. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company-s expectations include uncertainties related to fluctuations in gold, copper and other commodity prices and currency exchange rates; uncertainties relating to interpretation of drill results and the geology, continuity and grade of mineral deposits; uncertainties relating to the completion of a bankable feasibility study; uncertainty of estimates of capital and operating costs, recovery rates production estimates and estimated economic return; the need for cooperation of the Company-s joint venture partner and government agencies in the development of the Company-s mineral projects; the need to obtain additional financing to develop the Company-s mineral projects; the possibility of delay in development programs or in construction projects and uncertainty of meeting anticipated program milestones for the Company-s mineral projects; and other risks and uncertainties disclosed under the heading „Risk Factors“ in the Annual Information Form dated March 21, 2012, and filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities on the SEDAR website at .
Contacts: St. Augustine Gold and Copper Ltd. Kristi Harvie Manager Investor and Corporate Affairs 509-343-3193
CHF Investor Relations Jeremy Hill Associate Account Manager (416) 868-1079 ext. 238
CHF Investor Relations Jeanny So Director of Operations (416) 868-1079 ext. 225
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