Foran Mining Corporation has released the results of the first hole completed in their winter exploration program at the Bigstone deposit.  This deposit is located 25 kilometers southwest of Foran’s McIlvenna Bay deposit 65 kilometers west of Flin Flon.

  Company President Patrick Soares reports in their first drill hole into the historic resource at Bigstone Foran intersected a broad zone of mineralization which included a very high grade zone of zinc mineralization. He says the recent positive results from the Thunder Zone combined with these first results from Bigstone demonstrate that their exploration surrounding the McIlvenna Bay deposit continues to be successful providing them the opportunity to add to their existing large resource base.

  Foran is currently conducting borehole electromagnetic surveys on select drill holes from each of the two areas drilled and continue to explore 4 to 8 kilometers north of McIlvenna Bay to identify targets for future drilling programs.