Superior Mining International Corporation: Significant Gold Results Encountered From Drilling of New Zealand Ross Alluvial Property

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:31 AM

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Oct. 13, 2009 (Marketwire) --

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/13/09 -- Superior Mining International Corporation (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: SUI) is pleased to announce results from reverse circulation (RC) drilling of its Ross placer gold property on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The Ross property, located 1.5 km to the south of the Victory property (SAI October 8, 2009 news release), consists of Pliocene-aged alluvial gold leaders peripheral to current or historical mining operations.

Significant high grade gold intercepts were reported from a number of shallow reverse circulation (RC) drill holes. The most impressive of these included:

RC 03 graded 5.45 g/t over 1 metre from 21.0 metres

RC 01 graded 1.37 g/t over 3 metres from 1.0 metre

A limited program of reverse circulation (RC) drilling consisting of six (6) widely spaced holes (Figure 1), was carried out in the northern half of the property based on positive indications of gold bearing alluvial horizons. Three holes (RC01, RC03 and RC04) intersected auriferous gravels, whilst the remaining three holes intersected non-prospective Pah-pah shallow marine sediments. Results are detailed in Table 1:

Table 1: Ross Property - Significant Reverse Circulation (RC) Drill Hole

Results



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        Hole
Drill  Depth            To  Interval    Au
 Hole    (m)  From (m)  (m)       (m) (g/t)Comments
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RC01   85.0       1.0 37.0      36.0  0.33 Drill hole recovery 1.0-18.5 m
            (incl. 1.0 4.0       3.0  1.37) ranging from 34.5-135.0%
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RC03   95.0       0.0 24.0      24.0  0.27 Drill hole recovery 0.0-10.0 m
            incl. 21.022.0       1.0  5.45  ranging from 25-95%
                 68.0 72.0       4.0  0.71
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Preliminary drilling has identified the presence of southerly trending auriferous leaders that although are confined in the north, have greater volume potential in the central and southern parts of the property areas. A further round of drilling will be undertaken to test tonnage and grade potential, which, if positive, would allow the Company to establish its own mining operation, or provide "feed" to a nearby (less than 1.0 km trucking distance) operation.

The Ross Property comprises gold placers found in the Pliocene Old Man Group gravels, thought to represent erosional products of cyclic outwash deposits and moraine fronts of successive glaciers.

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