Mantle drills 27.61 m of 12.2% Zn, 2.99% Pb at Akie

"Mantle Resources Inc.: Assay Results for Hole A-07-43Monday September 24, 2:15 pm ET
27.61 Meters Grading 12.20% Zinc, 2.99% Lead, 20.01 g/t Silver
Akie Property, B.C.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 24, 2007) - Mantle Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MTS - News; FRANKFURT:A0F7E1 - News; the "Company"), is pleased to report the following assay results for hole A-07-43, the first hole completed during the 2007 exploration program currently underway at its 100% owned Akie zinc-lead property, located in northeastern British Columbia, approximately 260 kilometers north-northwest of the town of Mackenzie.
Hole: A-07-43. (Az: 055 degrees; Dip: -81 degrees; Grid: 3400S/0105W; Elev: 1429 meters; End of hole: 629.72 meters)"

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