Wallbridge Mining Completes Delivery of Broken Hammer Bulk Sample to Strathcona Mill

TORONTO, June 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX: WM) (FWB: WC7) (the "Company") today announced that it had completed delivery of 30,500 tonnes of material from its Broken Hammer platinum-palladium-copper deposit to Xstrata`s Strathcona Mill for processing.  Currently the material is scheduled for batch processing next month.  This will determine the metallurgical recoveries and allow for final determination grade, mining dilution and fines losses.  A new resource estimate and feasibility study will be prepared using current medium to long term metal prices, once results of the bulk sampling program and the recently completed drill program are available.

"Successful delivery of the bulk sample completes another step along the road to development of the Broken Hammer deposit", stated Alar Soever, President and CEO of Wallbridge, "Technica Mining, and our staff have done an excellent job in working together to advance this project."

Wallbridge discovered the Broken Hammer Zone as a result of an ongoing grass roots exploration program on the North Range of the Sudbury Basin. In November 2005, Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. estimated the NI 43-101 compliant, inferred mineral resource to be 251,000 tonnes at a grade of 3.80 g/t total precious metals (1.56 g/t palladium, 1.62 g/t platinum and 0.61 g/t gold), 1.00% copper and 0.10% nickel. This resource estimate was prepared using a cut-off value of $CAN40/t, and the then prevailing, long-term metal price projections of $US800/oz for platinum, $US180/oz for palladium, $US400/oz for gold, $US 1.40/lb for copper, and $US5.00 for nickel. Wallbridge currently holds a 98.5% interest in the Broken Hammer Property while Xstrata Nickel retains a 1.5% carried interest with some buy back provisions.

The Qualified Person responsible for the technical content of this press release is Mark Croteau P.Geo., Operations Manager for Wallbridge Mining Company Limited.

About the Company

Wallbridge Mining Company Limited's primary focus is the exploration for platinum group elements ("PGE"), nickel and copper deposits in the Sudbury area of Ontario. The Sudbury area hosts one of  the world's largest concentration of nickel deposits and is currently the most active mining camp in North America. Major joint venture partners in Sudbury include Xstrata Nickel, Lonmin Plc and Impala Platinum Holdings Limited. Wallbridge also has a major shareholding in Duluth Metals Limited, which has defined a large copper-nickel-PGE resource in the rapidly emerging Duluth Complex base metal camp in Minnesota.  Duluth Metals is advancing this resource through feasibility in joint venture with Antofagasta plc, one of the world's major copper producers.  Wallbridge also holds a significant shareholding Miocene Metals Limited, which was formed to finance the exploration of a portfolio of copper-gold-molybdenum properties in southwestern BC.

This document may contain forward-looking statements relating to Wallbridge's operations or to the environment in which it operates. Such statements are based on operations, estimates, forecasts and projections. They are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and may be beyond Wallbridge's control. A number of important factors could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements, including those set forth in other public filings. In addition, such statements relate to the date on which they are made. Consequently, undue reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking statements. Wallbridge disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, save and except as may be required by applicable securities laws.

 

SOURCE Wallbridge Mining Company Limited