Entrée Gold Inc.
Entrée Gold Inc.:Entrée Announces 8 Billion Pound Copper and 13 Million Ounce Gold Inferred Resource at Heruga
Entrée Gold Inc. / Miscellaneous Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- March 13, 2008, Vancouver, B.C. - Entrée Gold Inc. (TSX:ETG; AMEX:EGI; Frankfurt:EKA – 'Entrée' or the 'Company') has received the first resource estimate prepared for the Heruga copper, gold, and molybdenum deposit. Heruga is estimated to contain an inferred resource of 760 million tonnes grading 0.48% copper, 0.55 grams per tonne ('g/t') gold and 142 parts per million ('ppm') molybdenum for a copper equivalent* grade of 0.91%, using a 0.60% copper equivalent* cut-off grade, see Table 1 below. Based on these figures, the Heruga deposit is estimated to contain at least eight billion pounds of copper and 13.4 million ounces of gold. Drilling is being conducted by partner and project operator, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX: IVN; NYSE: IVN; NASDAQ: IVN – 'Ivanhoe Mines'). The Heruga deposit is situated within the Company’s Javhlant exploration licence, in southern Mongolia, immediately south of Ivanhoe Mines’ Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold deposit. Results from drilling have been released over the last several months, most recently on February 26, 2008. Greg Crowe, President and CEO of Entrée commented, 'This initial resource estimate at Heruga further highlights the developing potential of this deposit. Heruga remains open and contains significantly higher gold grades in addition to hosting potentially economic concentrations of molybdenum in comparison to other deposits in the Oyu Tolgoi –Shivee Tolgoi mineralized corridor. The discovery of this deposit also attests to the potential of the remaining Entrée-Ivanhoe earn-in agreement area that has yet to be explored by deep drilling.' If the table below is not shown right please go to www.entreegold.com Table 1. Heruga Inferred Resource - March 2008 Cut-off Tonnage Cu Au Mo Cu Eq* Contained Metal CuEq % 1000's (t) % g/t ppm % Cu ('000 lb) Au ('000 oz.) CuEq ('000 lb) >1.50 30,000 0.63 1.80 126 1.85 390,000 1,600 1,220,000 >1.25 80,000 0.59 1.39 124 1.54 970,000 3,400 2,710,000 >1.00 210,000 0.57 0.97 145 1.26 2,570,000 6,400 5,840,000 >0.90 300,000 0.55 0.84 150 1.16 3,600,000 8,000 7,700,000 >0.80 430,000 0.53 0.72 152 1.07 5,000,000 9,900 10,120,000 >0.70 590,000 0.51 0.62 148 0.98 6,590,000 11,700 12,750,000 >0.60 760,000 0.48 0.55 142 0.91 8,030,000 13,400 15,190,000 >0.50 930,000 0.45 0.50 135 0.84 9,220,000 14,900 17,270,000 >0.40 1,160,000 0.41 0.45 123 0.76 10,500,000 16,700 19,530,000 >0.30 1,420,000 0.37 0.40 111 0.69 11,670,000 18,200 21,530,000 *Copper Equivalent estimated using $1.35/pound ('lb') copper ('Cu'), $650/ounce ('oz') gold ('Au') and $10/lb molybdenum ('Mo'). The equivalence formula was calculated assuming that gold and molybdenum recovery was 91% and 72% of copper recovery respectively. Thirty four drill holes (including daughter holes) on nine sections spaced at 150-to-300-metre intervals for a combined strike length of 1,800 metres have been used in the resource estimate. The deposit is open to the south, east and north, with three rigs currently operating. Drill maps from the Heruga deposit are posted on Entrée’s web site at www.entreegold.com and Ivanhoe Mines’ website at www.ivanhoemines.com. Earn-In Progress Entrée has been notified by Ivanhoe Mines that it has expended in excess of US$27.5 million on the exploration of the Entrée-Ivanhoe Mines earn-in agreement area, thereby reaching the threshold to earn a 60% participating interest in the approximately 40,000 hectares of Entrée’s Lookout Hill property covered by the agreement. Ivanhoe Mines has advised Entrée that it intends to continue earning in, therefore a joint venture has not been formed at this time. Quality Assurance and Quality Control Robert Cann, P.Geo., Entrée’s Vice-President, Exploration, Charles Forster, P.Geo., Ivanhoe Mines’ Oyu Tolgoi Exploration Manager, and Stephen Torr, P. Geo., Ivanhoe Mines’ Chief Resource Geologist,, all qualified persons as defined by National Instrument 43-101 ('NI 43-101'), supervised the preparation of the information in this release. John Vann, Principal and Director and Scott Jackson, Principal and Director of Quantitative Group from Perth, Australia, performed an independent audit at the Oyu Tolgoi site on Ivanhoe’s exploration practices and resource estimation parameters and found them to be in line with industry best practices. SGS Mongolia LLC prepares the split core at the project site and assays all samples at its facility in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Ivanhoe’s QA/QC program is monitored by independent consultant Dr. Barry Smee, P.Geo., and managed on site by Dale Sketchley, M.Sc., P.Geo. In-house, matrix-matched copper-gold-molybdenum standards and blanks are inserted at the sample preparation lab on the project site to monitor the quality control of the assay data. An independent NI 43-101 compliant technical report supporting the resource estimate on the Heruga deposit is currently being prepared and will be available shortly on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. ABOUT ENTRÉE GOLD INC. Entrée Gold Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on the worldwide exploration and development of gold and copper prospects. Most notably, the Company is a large landholder in Mongolia, where it holds three mineral licences that comprise the 179,590-hectare Lookout Hill (Shivee Tolgoi) property. Lookout Hill completely surrounds the 8,500-hectare Turquoise Hill (Oyu Tolgoi) project of Ivanhoe Mines, and hosts the Hugo North Extension of the Hugo Dummett deposit and the newly discovered Heruga deposit. Under an 'Earn-In Agreement' announced in October 2004, Ivanhoe Mines has the right to earn an interest in approximately 40,000 hectares of Entrée’s Lookout Hill property. Details of the Earn-In Agreement are available on Entrée’s website at www.entreegold.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The Hugo North Extension on Lookout Hill, identified through drilling conducted by Ivanhoe Mines as part of the Earn-In Agreement, contains an indicated resource of 117 million tonnes averaging 1.8% copper and 0.61 g/t gold for a copper equivalent grade of 2.19%. The contained metal in this indicated resource is estimated at 4.6 billion pounds of copper and 2.3 million ounces of gold. An additional inferred resource for this area is estimated at 95.5 million tonnes grading 1.15% copper and 0.31 g/t gold for a copper equivalent grade of 1.35%, containing 2.4 billion pounds of copper and 950,000 ounces of gold. Both the indicated and inferred resources use a 0.6% copper equivalent cut-off grade. No consideration was made for metallurgical recoveries. The 'Lookout Hill Project, Mongolia, NI 43-101 Technical Report' dated March 29, 2007, which supports the resources estimate on the Hugo North Extension, is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The Company continues to explore its large landholdings in Mongolia as well as evaluating new opportunities throughout the region and elsewhere in Asia. Entrée plans to explore the Huaixi copper project in Zhejiang Province in China, under the terms of an agreement with the No. 11 Geological Brigade. In North America, the Company is exploring for copper-molybdenum porphyry systems in the southwest USA. The Company is also seeking additional opportunities to utilize its expertise in exploring for deep and/or concealed ore deposits. Ivanhoe Mines and Rio Tinto are major shareholders of Entrée, holding approximately 15% and 16% of issued and outstanding shares respectively. Contact Germany: Value Relations GmbH Tel: +49 (69) 959246 – 16 EKA@vrir.de 13.03.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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