Ivanhoe Mines Reports Additional High-Grade Zinc, Copper, Silver and Germanium Drill Results From Ongoing Exploration Program at the Kipushi Mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo - Seite 2

KPU061 drilled on section line 5: 75.6 metres grading 46.2% zinc, 0.3% copper, 20 g/t silver and 89 g/t germanium, plus a second intercept of 64.9 metres grading 44.7% zinc, 1.1% copper, 14 g/t silver and 128 g/t germanium.

The new assay results also included results in the Série Récurrente (Recurring Series) zone. It included the following significant intercept:

• KPU049 (Série Récurrente zone): 9.7 metres true thickness grading 11.8% copper, 6.0 % zinc and 73.0 g/t silver, including a higher grade intercept of 6.4-metre true thickness grading 16.8% copper, 7.7% zinc, 104 g/t silver.

Potential new zone of zinc mineralization discovered in hole KPU072

Ivanhoe's drilling program now is focused on exploration for new zones of mineralization below the historical indicated resources. The first of these holes, KPU072, was collared from section 17 on the 1,272-metre level hanging-wall drift and drilled at -64 degrees to 190 to test along the southerly plunge of the Big Zinc. The hole encountered Big Zinc mineralization until a down-hole depth of 286 metres when it passed into dolomites of the middle Kakontwe. The hole then entered a new zone of mineralization at a down-hole depth of 417.32 metres to 477.17 metres (60-metre drilled length), approximately 140 metres below the base of historical indicated resources.

Mineralization appears similar in style and zonation to the Big Zinc, with mixed massive red sphalerite (iron bearing), chalcopyrite and minor pyrite from 417.32 metres to 420.55 metres, massive pale brown sphalerite (zinc rich) from 420.55 metres to 468.09 metres, and massive pyrite with accessory chalcopyrite and sphalerite from 468.09 metres to 477.17 metres. The core intersection angles suggest the zone may have a true width of approximately 30 metres.

KPU072 is the second hole to successfully intersect Big Zinc-style massive sulphides at depth. The first, KPU003, intersected a zone of massive sulphides approximately 180 metres below the historical measured and indicated resources and 130 metres west from the new KPU072 intercept. The KPU003 intersection returned a previously reported 58.6% zinc and 293.8 g/t germanium over 22.3 metres. Holes KPU003 and KPU072 are shown in Figure 5 and a photograph of the intersection is shown in Figure 6.