Avrupa Minerals Receives First Results from its Covas Joint Venture Project

Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSXV:AVU) announced receiving its first results at its Covas Joint Venture project. The project is fully funded by Blackheath Resources Inc.

Result highlights include:

Eight holes completed, 680 meters drilled
7.98 meters @ 2.11% WO3 in hole CO 7/12
4.15 meters @ 0.71% WO3 in hole CO 8/12

Avrupa, CEO, Paul Kuhn, commented:

We are pleased with the progress of the Covas JV drill program, and especially excited about the initial high grade tungsten results at Telheira. It will be a positive next step in the program to begin to expand the size of the high grade deposits at Telheira, Lapa Grande, and Castelo. We are planning to bring in a second drill rig to move the Phase 1 program towards completion before the end of 2012.

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