Canyon Copper Corp. Acquires Copper Queen Patents; Longshot Ridge Samples in Process

Canyon Copper Corp. (TSXV:CNC,OTCBB: CNYC) announced that it has acquired three of the patented claims included in its New York Canyon Project.

As quoted in the press release:

The patented claims, being Copper Queen 1, Copper Queen 2 and Mildred, form a contiguous block of approximately 57 acres over the Copper Queen mine workings, including 2 shafts. One of the shafts has an estimated depth of 75 feet, which is now caved, and the second shaft to the south, which was once well shored, had a depth of 224 feet and has substantial dump of mineralized material and waste rock adjacent to it.

Drill sample pulps from the 2006 drill campaign on the Longshot Ridge oxide deposit were delivered to a Sparks Nevada laboratory in August, 2011 and Canyon Copper is still waiting for the last batch of these samples.

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