Andover Mining Corp. reported on its successful reconnaissance efforts at its SUN, a Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag-Au rich Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS), project in the eastern portion of the Ambler Mineral Belt, located in the Southern Brooks Range of Alaska. The Ambler Mineral Belt also hosts Nova Copper's Arctic and Bornite Deposits and Teck Resource's Smucker Deposit in addition to Andover's SUN and S.W. SUN Deposits.

At least six new VMS prospects have now been identified, mapped and sampled. Initial results from three of these prospects (SAL, STU, and Picnic Creek) have generated immediate drill targets. Initial drill testing of these targets is scheduled for this summer with a Versadrill field portable drill rig, operated by Core One Drilling Inc. of Delta, Colorado.

At the SAL prospect, located approximately 8 km to the west of the SUN Deposit, strong alteration with strong iron staining within the highly prospective rock package has been mapped for approximately 200 meters along strike before disappearing underneath cover. Grab samples from gossan and altered rocks in the area have returned assay values of up to 1.8% Copper, 1.48% Lead, 1.34% Zinc, 42 g/T Silver, and 0.54 g/T Gold. The target has never been drilled and the area is easily accessible for drilling.

At the STU prospect, located approximately 0.5 km southwest of the SAL prospect, strong alteration and gossan within the highly prospective rocks has been mapped for approximately 100 meters along strike before disappearing beneath cover. Grab samples from the STU area have returned values of up to 2.04% Copper, 0.95% Lead, 1.21% Zinc, 64 g/T Silver and 0.49 g/T Gold. The target has never been drilled and the area is easily accessible for drilling.

At the Picnic Creek target area, located in the headwaters of Picnic Creek, approximately 1 km north of the northern part of the drilled SUN Deposit, altered and iron stained gossanous rocks of the highly prospective package outcrop in a roughly 50 m X 100 m area. However, much of the area where the prospective rocks are thought to occur is covered by extensive talus materials. Ferrocrete gossans are currently forming from natural ground water springs, indicating weathering sulfides (i.e. VMS mineralization) may be present beneath the talus cover.

Grab samples of oxidized rocks have run up to 0.26% Copper, 250ppm Lead, 450ppm Zinc, 4.5 g/T Silver, and 0.42 g/T Gold. The target area is easily accessible for drilling. The remaining prospects (SAM, SOL, and SUE) are less well known and mapping and sampling continues on these showings and prospecting is continuing along the remainder of the strike extent of the highly prospective rocks within Andover's claim block.