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(Marketwire - June 15, 2010) - East Asia Minerals Corporation (TSX VENTURE:EAS) announces that drilling has extended gold mineralization further to the west at the Miwah Gold Project in Aceh Province, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, confirming the open western potential. EMD031 encountered 2.19 g/t gold over 43 metres, including 4.10 g/t gold over 15 metres; and EMD032 encountered 1.62 g/t gold over 37.6 metres, including 2.58 g/t gold over 20 metres. These holes continue to extend the Miwah Main Zone west from previous drilling where the Company encountered 2.18 g/t gold over 116 metres, including 3.28 g/t gold over 61 metres (EMD018); 4.08 g/t gold over 81 metres, including 9.29 g/t gold over 21 metres (EMD019); and 1.73 g/t gold over 85.5 metres, including 2.08 g/t gold over 49 metres (EMD028).
EMD032 was drilled with a due west azimuth and 55 degree dip to test west of the Miwah Main Zone from EMD028. The hole was completed at 200 metres downhole depth and encountered 1.62 g/t gold from 108 to 145.6 metres, including 2.58 g/t gold from 119 to 139 metres. EMD032 has significantly opened the western extension of the Miwah gold mineralization beyond all previous EAS and historic drilling. The mineralization is open to the north, south and west, and at depth, and is interpreted to be contiguous to EMD028 which encountered 1.73 g/t gold over 85.5 metres, including 2.08 g/t gold over 49 metres.
Based on the Company's work Miwah is resolving into two components; a large 1,200 metre long, at least 450 metre wide, approximately 200 metre thick tabular zone; and vertical diatreme breccia feeder zones that are beneath and cut through this. At Miwah Gold Zones, East Asia has almost 2,500 metres of rock sawn channel samples which average 2.35 g/t gold. Grade expectations in Main Miwah Gold Zone exceed 1.5 g/t gold. Ongoing sampling verified the Company's confidence that higher overall gold grades can be achieved due to the presence of multiple high grade rock sawn channel samples throughout the strike, including 4.11 g/t gold over 200 metres at the eastern part of the Main Miwah Gold Zone, and 4.35 g/t gold over 27 metres at the western part. Recent drilling has supported this. In addition to the tabular zone the Company has begun to characterize some of the diatreme breccia feeder zones, with rock sawn channel samples including 83.59 g/t gold over 24 metres and 20.14 g/t gold over 12 metres. Recent drilling has supported this. These feeder zones have great potential to develop into substantial tonnages of higher grade gold mineralization in an area adjacent to the Main Miwah Gold Zone.