Imperial Metals Corp. reported results from the completed 2011 surface diamond drill program at its Ruddock Creek property located 155 kilometres northeast of Kamloops, British Columbia. In addition to the underground drill program on the Lower E zone, four surface diamond drills were employed to complete surface drilling of the Creek, V, and Q zones. Drill testing highlights include V zone drill hole RD-11-V10 which intersected 16.52 metres grading 9.62% zinc and 1.61% lead, and Q zone drill hole RD-11-Q8 which intersected 6.88 metres grading 12.49% zinc and 2.12% lead. While the main E zone continues to be the focus, exploration continues on other known zones along the 5 kilometre strike length of the Ruddock Creek Sulphide Horizon. Drilling on the Q and V zones has confirmed zinc/lead mineralization over mineable widths over 4 kilometres west of the E zone confirming the potential to further expand the resource. To date on the E zone 27,496 metres of surface drilling and 19,579 metres of underground drilling have been completed, along with 1,291 metres of decline and 180 metres of incline driven for underground exploration purposes. The surface diamond drill program further defined the Creek zone, and tested the V and Q zones, which are located at the western end of the Ruddock Creek Sulphide horizon. The program consisted of 17 drill holes totalling 5,701 metres in the Creek zone, 8 drill holes totalling 3,147 metres in the V zone, and 5 drill holes totalling 1,893 metres in the Q zone. The surface drill program commenced in July and was completed in mid-October 2011. The Creek zone is located 1.5 kilometres west of the E zone outcrop, and dips continuously and predictably at 25 degrees northwest. The drilling to date has outlined the mineralization for 600 metres in an east-west direction and 400 metres in a north-south direction to a vertical depth of approximately 400 metres. The V zone, located 3.0 kilometres west of the E zone outcrop, is a rotated block one kilometre in strike length with mineralization striking east-west and dipping north at -65 degrees. This zone had only been explored historically in 1963 with one packsack drill hole located at the extreme western end. The 2011 program was successful in intersecting the mineralization over a strike length of 120 metres and a vertical depth of 300 metres from surface. The Q zone, located 4.5 kilometres west of the E zone outcrop, is another rotated block one kilometre in strike length where the mineralization is dipping gently northeast at approximately -30 degrees. The Q zone, the most westerly known mineralization, has only had sporadic reconnaissance style exploration and drilling completed to date.