Camino Minerals Corporation (COR: TSX-V) is pleased to report results for diamond drill holes DCH-002 and DCH-004 completed at its Los Chapitos Project located in southern Peru.  Both drill holes were designed to test for extensions of the mineralization on the same drill section as hole DCH-001. 

Selected drill highlights include:

• DCH-002 intersected 0.62% copper over 55.5 meters, including 2.00% copper over 9.00 meters;
• DCH-004 intersected 0.70% copper over 86.5 meters, including 1.11% copper over 15.0 meters and 1.42% copper over 15 meters; and
• DCH-004 also intersected 0.84% copper over 88.5 meters, including 2.12% copper over 16.5 meters.

Drill holes DCH-002 and DCH-004 intersected numerous intervals of oxide and sulphide mineralization, which had combined total lengths of 123 meters averaging 0.57% copper and 289.5 meters averaging 0.62% copper, respectively.  Hole DCH-002 intersected the surface oxide mineralization and several narrow bands of magnetite rich volcanics before passing through the Diva Fault at 411 meters.  Below the fault, the lithology changed to barren magnetite and hematite rich andesitic intrusive.  Hole DCH-004 intersected four broad bands of mineralization as deep as 589 meters before being stopped in the Diva Fault; the same fault within which hole DCH-001 was stopped.  This first drill section defined by holes DCH-001, DCH-002 and DCH-004 shows that the Adriana Zone is made up of multiple bands of copper mineralization extending from surface to depths in excess of 450 meters.  The Adriana Zone mineralization is open in all directions with additional drilling being planned to establish the orientation and thickness of the bands of mineralization.

There have been 7 diamond drill holes completed to date at the Adriana Zone.  Assays are pending for the remaining four completed drill holes, which targeted the surface oxide mineralization below the discovery outcrop.  The drill has been moved to the next pad as part of the plan to drill a series of fans of holes along the strike of the Diva Fault.  These drill fans will better define the location of the Diva Fault and test the IP chargeability anomaly, located immediately to the south.

The second diamond drill continues to work at the Katty Zone where four holes have been completed to date.  Assays are pending for this drilling and will be reported when available.  Elsewhere on the project, additional geophysical work has been completed, which significantly expanded the magnetic survey as well as extended the IP coverage two kilometers to the southeast from the Adriana/Katty grid across to the Pilar and Vicky zones.  This information is being modeled and will be used for planning additional drilling.

An updated drill section and summary presentation can be found on the company website at www.caminominerals.com.

Table 1: Selected Diamond Drill Results, ^(1,2) 

Kenneth C. McNaughton, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., is the Qualified Person (QP) responsible for the Chapitos project.

About Camino Minerals Corporation

Camino is a discovery-oriented mineral exploration company. The Company is focused on the acquisition and development of high-grade copper and precious metal projects.