VANCOUVER, Oct. 4, 2011 /CNW/ - Tinka Resources Limited (the "Company"), (TSXV: TK) (Frankfurt: TLD) (Pinksheets: TKRFF), announces the results from the first five drill holes testing the Ayawilca zone on the Company's wholly-owned Colquipucro silver-zinc-lead property, west-central Peru.
All holes intercepted altered siltstones and fine to coarse grained sandstones, randomly crosscut by semi-massive to massive sphalerite veins and intervening stringer and breccia style pyrite-sphalerite and minor galena mineralization.
Mineralized intervals, dominated by sphalerite, included:
| Hole # | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Zinc (%) | Ag (g/t) |
| DDH52 | 80 | 84 | 4 | 6.75 | 17 |
| 106 | 114 | 8 | 1.78 | 17 | |
| DDH 66 | 46 | 50 | 4 | 1.14 | 16 |
| 90 | 92 | 2 | trace | 74 | |
| 118 | 122 | 4 | 1.91 | 36 | |
| 152 | 154 | 2 | 1.78 | 114 | |
| 200 | 202 | 2 | 3.40 | 9 | |
| 208 | 210 | 2 | 1.35 | 10 | |
| 222 | 224 | 2 | 2.10 | 39 | |
| DDH 67 | 122 | 124 | 2 | 3.80 | 21 |
| 152 | 166 | 14 | 0.57 | 17 | |
| 214 | 216 | 2 | 2.30 | 32 | |
| DDH 68 | 36 | 38 | 2 | trace | 36 |
| 104 | 108 | 4 | 3.15 | 60 | |
| 112 | 138 | 26 | 1.72 | 35 | |
| including | 112 | 116 | 4 | 3.05 | 176 |
| including | 118 | 122 | 4 | 1.68 | 6 |
| and | 132 | 138 | 6 | 2.82 | 28 |
| DDH 70 | 28 | 32 | 4 | 3.75 | 7 |
| 56 | 62 | 6 | 1.68 | 3 | |
| 90 | 92 | 2 | 7.30 | 16 | |
| 98 | 104 | 6 | 7.30 | 40 | |
| including | 100 | 104 | 4 | 10.45 | 59 |
| 108 | 110 | 2 | 2.20 | 9 | |
| 130 | 136 | 6 | 2.06 | 6 | |
| 156 | 170 | 14 | 4.18 | 12 | |
| 174 | 176 | 2 | 3.90 | 37 |
The rig is currently drilling immediately to the east of the main target area to test for mineralization at depth; it will then move to the northern end of the main zone for further drilling.
On completion of the Ayawilca drilling program the rig will move to Zone 1 to drill the northern extension of the NI 43-101 compliant resource.
Mr Carter said; "This is a positive result as it confirms that there is mineralization in areas other than Zone 1 at Colquipucro and the possibility of defining further resources. The priority now is to complete the drilling at Ayawilca and recommence drilling at Zone 1 to test the northern extension".
The Company's Qualified Person, John Nebocat (P.Eng.), has reviewed and approved the contents of this news release.
| On behalf of the Board, "Andrew Carter" Andrew Carter, President CEO |
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