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Post by Catdaddy on Mar 23, 2007 14:58:33 GMT -5
Earth Search Sciences' Hyperspectral Technology Helps Identify Existence and Location of New Precious Metals at El Capitan Property
LAKESIDE, Mont., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Earth Search
Sciences, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ESSE); ( www.earthsearch.com )
announced today that El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board:
ECPN) credits Earth Search's innovative Probe-1 hyperspectral remote
sensing technology as a component in the identification of a potentially
rich mineral field on the company's property near Ruidoso, New Mexico.
"The technology Earth Search employed on the project helped us identify
promising areas of mineralization," said Chuck Motley, President and CEO of
El Capitan. "These areas of mineralization are right where Earth Search's
technology indicated they would be. In addition, we are pleased that
preliminary analysis indicates the deposit has good potential for
production."
Using an eight-acre parcel of known mineralization on El Capitan's
property as a baseline for comparison, Earth Search Sciences then expanded
the original discovery and mapped an additional 8,000 acres of the
property. The PROBE-1 hyperspectral instrument -- which Earth Search uses
in flight to identify specific minerals and substances on the surface of
the earth -- found indications of promising mineralization throughout the
mapped area. El Capitan is planning to undertake a program to confirm the
values of the discovery.
"The PROBE-1 hyperspectral instrument has again proven its capability
in surface exploration for identifying the pathfinders leading to mineral
deposits," said Larry Vance, Chief Executive Officer of Earth Search
Sciences. "We are pleased that our Probe-1 hyperspectral technology
delivered for El Capitan Precious Metals helping to identify their
discovery and we believe that this represents a significant step in
demonstrating the effectiveness of our hyperspectral imaging technology."
The Probe-1 has previously been successfully used in mineral
exploration by one of the world's largest mining companies, Noranda
Minerals.
About Earth Search Sciences
Earth Search Sciences, Inc.'s (OTC Bulletin Board: ESSE) revolutionary
hyperspectral technology provides the ability to accurately read the
chemical properties of surface substances from great altitudes and produce
easily interpreted maps allowing the user to identify specific minerals and
substances on the surface of the earth by their diagnostic reflectance
patterns. Ultimately, this remote sensing capability identifies a greater
number of exploration targets quickly and economically, monitors the
environmental situation, and improves the probability of finding anomalies.
Older, more conventional methods would take decades to cover the same area,
and at a much greater cost. Within the realm of exploration, remote sensing
does not replace the need for geological knowledge, geochemistry,
geophysics, seismic, drilling, etc, which are some of the more conventional
tools used for exploration.
About El Capitan Precious Metals
El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ECPN) is an
exploration stage company that owns a 40 percent interest in the El Capitan
property located near Capitan, New Mexico, as well as a joint venture and
20 percent ownership of 13 mining claims and other assets known as the
C.O.C. mine located near Kingman, Arizona. In addition, the company owns
contractual rights to the Rainbow Valley property consisting of 1,660 acres
and 100 percent of the Weaver mine, both near Phoenix, Arizona.
Contact: Larry Vance . Earth Search Sciences, Inc. 406-751-5200 .
lvance@earthsearch.com
Dave Parker . 208-388-3800 . dparker@peyron.com
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