TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 12/11/08 -- Avion Resources Corp. ("Avion" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: AVR), today announced the final results for Avion's 79 hole, 15,341 metre 2008 drilling program (please see figure for intercept locations). Consistent with previous results, drill results, the continue to meet the expectations of the Company that were based on information provided by previous programs with a best intercept in a hole from the northwest corner of the Tabakoto pit that returned 26.94 g/t Au (uncut) over 16.4 metres core length.
The following summarizes the new material results from the 2008 exploration program.
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Core Au g/t
From To Length(i) Au capped @
Target Area Hole # (m) (m) (m) g/t 30 g/t Au Purpose of Hole
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Segala Open Pit
Segala zone S-08-25 28.5 66.0 37.5 3.07 2.64 Target
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Segala Open Pit
Segala Zone S-08-26 6.0 33.0 27.0 4.28 3.46 Target
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Segala Open Pit
Segala zone S-08-26 46.5 52.0 5.5 5.99 4.56 Target
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Trace
Tabakoto pit mineralization
north to north of
extension T-08-14 59.8 66.0 6.2 8.16 8.16 Tabakoto pit
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Tabakoto pit Delineate high
north NE grade
Zone T-08-17 32.0 39.2 7.2 5.38 5.38 structure
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Extend known
Dabo zone T-08-22A 120.7 127.5 6.8 12.79 9.41 zone
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Tabakoto pit Delineate high
area - NW grade
zone T-08-23 124.6 141.0 16.9 26.94 13.02 structure
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Tabakoto pit Delineate high
area - NW grade
zone T-08-23 192.9 201.4 8.5 9.18 6.88 structure
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Tabakoto pit Delineate high
area - NW grade
zone T-08-24 115.5 122.3 6.8 7.74 7.74 structure
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Tabakoto pit Delineate high
area - NW grade
zone T-08-25 223.8 228.1 4.3 12.69 9.65 structure
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Tabakoto pit Delineate high
area - NW grade
zone T-08-26 96.0 107.6 11.6 8.61 8.61 structure
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Tabakoto pit Delineate high
area - NW grade
zone T-08-26 169.3 177.0 7.7 17.91 12.27 structure
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Tabakoto pit Delineate high
north - NE grade
zone T-08-27 93.6 94.5 0.9 12.90 12.90 structure
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Tabakoto pit Delineate high
north - NE grade
zone T-08-28 55.4 56.3 0.9 14.05 14.05 structure
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Tabakoto pit Delineate high
north - NE grade
zone T-08-29 54.2 61.9 7.7 37.12 7.88 structure
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Moralia Area M-08-03 27.0 37.5 10.5 1.67 1.67 New zone
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Note" (i) Represents core width not true width. Relation to true width
undetermined at this time.
Holes S-08-25 and S-08-26 tested select areas in the proposed Segala open pit to confirm grade expectations and zone locations. The results from these two holes are consistent with the grade of the mineralization that Avion has estimated over the zone.
Hole T-08-14 tested the area 600 metres north of the current Tabakoto pit.
