Surface Sampling Extends Known Mineralized Zone by 500 Meters

Surface Sampling Extends Known Mineralized Zone...

Surface Sampling Extends Known Mineralized Zone by 500 Meters

Pacific Cascade Minerals Inc. (PCV) is pleased to report that Phase 1 of a comprehensive surface mapping and sampling program at the La Esperanza silver, lead, zinc, and copper base metal prospect on the Company's El Centenario property, Durango, Mexico is complete. Results from trench sampling have now extended the known 500 meter mineralized zone more than 400 meters further to the north for a total strike length of 900 meters. This zone remains open to both the north and south. Several parallel to sub-parallel fault structures hosting quartz vein stringer mineralization were also discovered as a result of mapping. The soil geochemical program, which was conducted at the same time as the mapping, has further confirmed that the silver-rich mineralization system at La Esperanza extends to the north and remains open.

The mapping and sampling work completed along the northern extension of La Esperanza prospect revealed that the core of the quartz-rich vein structure expanded to 10 meters in width as seen over a 100 meter strike length. The Nov/Dec limited exploration program returned significant assay values in continuous channel samples taken across 18 trenches completed along a 500 meter long section of the structure. For example, Trench 2 (T-2) returned 7.7 meters of 360 grams per tonne silver.  Numerous other sub-parallel mineralized structures were discovered.

Trench Samples; La Esperanza Prospect

Trench samples reflect weighted averages over the length of the trench. Samples were taken November and December 2011 by Pacific Cascade Minerals Inc. and processed by Acme Analytical Laboratory of Vancouver BC, Canada.

Trench	Width		Au	Ag	Cu	Pb	Zn
#	M		g/t	g.t	ppm	%	%
T-1	7.0		PEND	96	302	0.10	0.23
T-2	7.7		PEND	360	347	0.18	0.44
T-3	3.5		PEND	65	284	0.05	0.12
T-4	2.7		PEND	67	314	0.05	0.13
T-5	5.9		PEND	158	385	0.10	0.23
T-6	9.5		PEND	33	92	0.048	0.08
T-8	2.2		>0.9	17	49	0.02	0.03
T-9	4.2		PEND	210	387	0.32	>0.69
T-10	3.95		PEND	100	186	0.01	0.27
T-11	7.1		PEND	83	86	0.05	0.2
T-12	2.3		0.9	66	450	0.26	0.28
T-13	7.15		PEND	22	29	0.017	0.071
T-14	3.2		PEND	98	2193	0.82	>1
T-15	5.9		PEND	314	848	0.28	>0.54
T-16	7.3		PEND	316	1126	0.28	>0.54
T-17	13.0		PEND	7	33	0.043	0.178
T-18	1.2		0.9	21	42	0.11	1.15

The next phase of the mapping and sampling program at La Esperanza is the planned continuation of soil lines further north along with associated mapping and sampling. The program of southern extension soil lines with associated mapping and sampling has been initiated.

Diamond drilling commenced on January 9th and is ongoing. In all of the 5 drill holes completed to date a dacite tuffaceous horizon has been intersected, this tuff is variably mineralized with booklets of galena, sphalerite, tetrahedrite and native silver. These intersections are presently being logged and sent to Acme analytical labs of Vancouver B.C.

Technical information in this news release has been reviewed by Derrick Strickland, P.Geo., a qualified person as defined in NI 43-101.

About the Project

The El Centenario project is situated 15km southwest of the La Cienega mine (owned by Fresnillo PLC) a structurally controlled gold-silver-lead-zinc mineral deposit that has been in production since early 1999. To date, the La Cienega mine has produced more than 2M oz of gold and 50M oz of silver. Additionally, the world-class Metates deposit (27M oz gold equivalent owned by Chesapeake Gold Corporation TSX-V: CKG) is located 10 km south-southeast of the El Centenario project. The project area encloses a historical, little-explored mining district that was active during the Spanish colonial times. The concession block contains dozens of mineral prospects and an abundance of small-scale mine workings. The style of mineralization varies from epithermal, low sulfidation, fracture-filling vein-stock-work breccia systems to skarn and sediment-hosted enriched disseminated zones.

For further information regarding Pacific Cascade Minerals Inc. and the El Centenario project please visit the Company's website at .

On behalf of the Board of Directors

"Harold Forzley"

President / CEO Pacific Cascade Minerals Inc.

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