Feb 15, 2011EDGEWATER RECEIVES 90 YEAR MINING LEASES FOR CORCOESTO GOLD PROJECT, GALICIA, SPAINVancouver, British Columbia. Mr. George Salamis, President and CEO of Edgewater Exploration Ltd. ("Edgewater" or the "Company") is pleased report that the company has received 90 year mining leases from the Galician Government authorities covering the known gold resource on the Company's 100% owned Corcoesto Gold Project ("Corcoesto or the Project") in Galicia, Spain. The three central mining leases at Corcoesto (Emilita, Ciudad de Landro, and Ciudad de Masma) have been confirmed and consolidated and their terms defined as 90 years with a start date of August 10th, 1974 (until August 10th, 2064). The new title documents were issued by the Energy and Mines Service (under the direction of the Conselleria of Economy and Industry) of the Territorial Department of A Coruna, Galicia on February 8th, 2011. George Salamis, President and CEO, states "We have found the Department of Mines in Galicia to be highly cooperative. This latest step initiated by them is a clear sign of the government's support for the Corcoesto Gold Project and a concrete step forward in the advancement of the Project." The Corcoesto Project contains a Measured and Indicated resource of 5,657,000 tonnes grading 1.73 g/t Au containing 315,000 ozs gold at a 0.65 g/t Au cutoff and an Inferred resource of 16,542,000 tonnes grading 1.66 g/t Au containing 885,000 ozs gold at a cutoff of 0.65 g/t Au for resources from surface to 200 m depth and a cutoff of 2.0 g/t Au for resources below 200 m. Table 1 summarizes the Mineral Resources from the Report. Table 1 Corcoesto Gold Deposit 2010 Mineral Resource Summary
The mineral resource is detailed in a NI 43-101 technical report entitled; "Technical Report for the Corcoesto Gold Deposit" (the "Report") by Alan Noble, P.E. of Ore Reserves Engineering, dated September 2010. The Mineral Resource estimate was based on 42,326.2 m of diamond and RC drilling in 436 holes as well as surface trenching and adit sampling data. The Mineral Resource includes drilling results that were not included in prior resource estimates including deep drilling and Inferred resources were not included in prior estimates in areas with widely spaced drilling. Mr. Gregory Smith, P.Geo., the Vice-President of Exploration of the Company, is the Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, and is responsible for the accuracy of the technical data and information contained in this news release. About Edgewater Exploration Ltd. Edgewater is a mineral exploration company focused principally on acquisitions, advancement and development of precious metal properties. Edgewater is currently developing the Enchi Gold Project in Ghana, West Africa and the Corcoesto Gold Project in northwest Spain. On behalf of the board of EDGEWATER EXPLORATION LTD. "George Salamis" George Salamis, President and CEO For further information, please contact: Ryan King, Vice President rking@edge-water.com Telephone: (604) 628-1012 "Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release." | |||||||||||||||||||||
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