TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 21, 2008) - Avion Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AVR)("Avion"), 80% owner of the Tabakoto and Segala gold projects located in Mali, West Africa, today announced the results from exploration drilling outside of the historic resources and from a surface rock sampling program of debris from orpeilleur prospecting pits. Results from 12 of 26 holes drilled outside of the previously defined mineralization have been received (see Figure 1). Hole DS-08-01, which tested the Dar Salam zone, returned 13.56 g/t gold (Au) over 22.5 metres core length from 40.5 to 64.5 metres hole depth and 20.80 g/t Au over 4.9 metres core length from 86.1 to 91.0 metres hole depth and represent the best results to date.
Hole DS-08-01, which is shallow enough to represent potentially open pittable material, is located approximately 800 metres northeast of the Tabakoto pit, on the northward continuation of the mineralized Tabakoto trend. The hole was drilled 35 metres above a previous intercept that returned 16.05 g/t Au over 3.0 metres core length.
"These results further confirm management's belief in the Segala and Tabakoto properties as they continue to exhibit potential for additional open pit and underground exploration targets," commented Rene Bharti, President and CEO of Avion Resources Corp.
The Dioulafoundou area was tested with three holes along a 600 metre portion of the target area. All three holes intersected significant gold values with hole D-08-03 returning 10.96 g/t Au over 6.0 metres.
Results for three of the 13 holes drilled in the Segala Zone area have been received, with the most significant intercept containing 8.51 g/t Au over 10.5 metres from the Far NW Segala zone. This intercept is located approximately 900 metres northwest of the Segala Zone on a parallel mineralized structure.
Significant intersections from the most recent drill results on the Avion properties, not including intercepts previously reported for the Segala Zone, include the following:
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Core
From To Length Au
Area Hole (m) (m) (m) (g/t)
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Diolafoundou D-08-01 118.0 124.0 6.0 2.08
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D-08-02 137.5 158.5 21.0 1.22
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incl. 137.5 142.0 4.5 2.32
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