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VMS SIGNS 10,000 METER DRILL CONTRACT WITH RODREN DRILLING LTD.
15 May, 2008
Vancouver, B.C., May 15, 2008.
VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX.V: VMS) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it
has signed a 10,000 meter drill contract with Rodren Drilling Ltd. to continue
exploration and further its understanding of the deposit at the Discovery Zone
at Reed Lake.
President, John Roozendaal
states: “Rodren is a leading diamond drill company in Manitoba. Their work over
the past six months has been consistent and professional through a challenging
winter and we are pleased to secure two of their drills for the next 10,000
meters. Rodren’s experience and competence in testing deep targets was another
important factor in our decision to use them at this stage of our deposit
development drill program.”
The second Rodren drill is on
the Reed Lake property and is about to begin testing the Discovery Zone eastern
targets and will follow mineralization to depth.
All technical
information in this release has been reviewed by the Qualified Person, Dr.
George Gale, P.Eng. Samples are prepared and analyzed at TSL Laboratories in
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan using ICP-MS and fire assay analytical methods.
VMS Ventures
Inc. is focused primarily on acquiring, exploring and developing copper-zinc
properties in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake VMS Belt. The Company also holds the
largest land package considered prospective for nickel-copper mineralization at
Lynn Lake, which is to date Canada’s third largest nickel producing camp. The
Company’s project portfolio consists of the Snow Lake VMS project, the Lynn Lake
Gabbros nickel-copper project, the Nickel Belt project, the South Bay
nickel-copper-cobalt PGE property, and the Eden Lake Carbonatite Complex,
Specialty Metals property. All VMS Ventures Inc. properties are located in the
mining friendly province of Manitoba, Canada.
ON BEHALF OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rick Mark
CEO & Chair
For further information contact:
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Keith Patey,
Director of Communications
Telephone: (604) 986-2020
Toll Free: 1-866-816-0118 |
Dale Paruk
Coal Harbor Communications
Telephone: (604) 662-4505
Toll Free: 1-877-345-3399 |
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adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
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