The Dombraly 2011 Core Drill Program Discovers New Zones of Gold Mineralization and Significantly Extends and Upgrades Other ...

Alhambra Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ALH) (PINKSHEETS:AHBRF) (FRANKFURT:A4Y)
("Alhambra" or the "Corporation") announces that its core drilling program at
the Dombraly gold deposit ("Dombraly") has resulted in the discovery of two new
zones of higher grade gold mineralization and has extended the known areas of
gold mineralization both north and south. Dombraly is located within its 100%
owned Uzboy Project in Kazakhstan (see location map, Figure 1).


HIGHLIGHTS



--  At least five known zones of gold mineralization have been significantly
    extended or the mineralization in these zones has been upgraded in terms
    of both grade and width, the best mineralized intervals being 17.29 g/t
    over 3.9 m, 4.40 g/t over 14.1 m and 3.57 g/t Au over 14.7 m, 
--  Two new zones (i.e. lenses) of gold mineralization have been discovered,
    one being a northern extension of the hanging wall mineralized lens 1
    (see Figure 3) with a maximum grade of 9.95 grams per tonne gold ("g/t
    Au") over 1.5 metres ("m"), and the second being two new foot wall zones
    situated below the main mineralized zone with maximum grades of 1.66 g/t
    Au over 8.2 m and 1.18 g/t Au over 4.0 m. 



"These drill results continue to support our interpretation that the gold
mineralization at Dombraly has the potential to increase significantly," stated
Mr. John J. Komarnicki, Alhambra's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "In our
opinion, the discovery of these new zones of gold mineralization combined with
the significant extension of previously known mineralization supports an initial
2012 Dombraly exploration program of seven core drill holes (2,200 m) which will
be focused on further defining the upside potential of Dombraly."


DRILLING PROGRAM

The 2011 drilling program consisted of 32 core holes (5,528 m) of which 28 core
holes (4,938 m) were drilled in the central part of Dombraly and 4 scout holes
(590 m) were drilled far beyond its southern edge southward of the low grade
stockpile (see Figure 2).


The objective of the 28 core hole drilling program was to allow further
re-classification of historical Soviet resources ultimately leading to an
updated National Instrument ("NI") 43-101 compliant resource estimate and to
further define the extent and continuity of the gold mineralization at Dombraly.
The objective of the 4 scout hole drill program was to check the main tectonic
zone which had been recognized as a main gold mineralization controlling
structure and to check the weak gold anomaly established there by the 2010
rotary air-blast ("RAB") drilling program. 


The 28 core hole program has been successful as the program has discovered two
new zones of gold mineralization and further extended the known areas of at
least five known zones of gold mineralization. Table 1 summarizes the results of
the holes drilled in the central part of the deposit. The 4 scout hole program
did not encounter gold mineralization.


A newly discovered northern extension of the hanging wall (situated above the
main mineralization zone) mineralized lens 1 (between hole DP 44-26 and hole DDD
52-01 and taking into account holes DDD 48-03 and DDD 48-04 drilled in 2010) has
been identified as being about 120 m long and 1.5 to 20.8 m wide remaining open
to the north. The average gold grades in different intercepts of this
mineralization range from 0.77 g/t over 20.8 m to 9.95 g/t over 1.5 m. At the
same time the known southern part of lens 1 has been significantly upgraded when
hole DP 40-25 discovered its uppermost (closest to the surface) part which was
displaced by a fault (see Figure 4). The thickness (along the hole) of this new
oxide mineralization is 14.7 m with an average gold grade of 3.57 g/t. 


Drill hole DP 28-21 has discovered a new, uplifted, faulted part of mineralized
lens 2 at the hanging wall of the main zone of gold mineralization. This new
mineralized part is about 65 m along the dip and 14.1 m thick (along the hole)
with an average grade of 4.40 g/t Au in transitional material. This hole has
also extended the main zone of gold mineralization and lens 3 by about 40 m
along the dip and confirmed the presence of lens 1 at depth (see Figure 3).


Two new foot wall mineralized lenses, situated below the main mineralization
zone, have been discovered by hole DP 12-07. The lenses demonstrated significant
width (4.0 m at 1.18 g/t Au and 8.2 m at 1.66 g/t Au) along the hole of
transitional mineralization and remain open along strike in a northerly
direction. 


Three of four mineralized zones identified in 2010 on the southern edge of the
deposit have now been extended by at least 60 m. One of these zones containing
oxide mineralization, and intersected by hole DDD 21-02, consists of several
subzones forming probably a tectonic duplex with a width of 50 m. Average grades
in these subzones reach 1.52 g/t Au over 3.0 m (not true width). All zones
remain open to the south.


Drill hole DP 24-18 (located immediately south of DP 28-21), extended lens 2 by
65 m along the dip. Drill hole DP-10, located 200 m farther to the south, after
an interval of relatively low grades, returned 0.91 g/t Au over 14.3 m at a
depth of about 140 m along the lens dip. Hole DP 04-02 intercepted and further
extended lens 2, showing several mineralized intervals, the best being 2.01 g/t
Au over 9.0 m in oxide material, and confirmed the continuity of gold
mineralization in this direction. 


Table 1 - Summary Dombraly Drilling Results 



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                                           Interval  Grade Au Mineralization
Section           DDH#  From (m)   To (m)       (m)     (g/t)           Type
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21           DDD 21-01       NSR                                            
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             DDD 21-02      76.1     90.4      14.3      0.40  In Situ Oxide
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             including      76.1     77.1       1.0      2.78  In Situ Oxide
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                           102.5    110.3       7.8      0.86  In Situ Oxide
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             including     102.5    106.3       3.8      1.26  In Situ Oxide
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                           118.3    127.3       9.0      0.74  In Situ Oxide
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             including     123.3    126.3       3.0      1.52  In Situ Oxide
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                                                                     In Situ
             DDD 21-03      94.3     96.2       1.9      1.06       Sulphide
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             DDD 21-04       NSR                                            
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11           DDD 11-01       NSR                                            
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                                                                     In Situ
4             DP 04-01     126.4    130.4       4.0      0.42       Sulphide
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                                                                     In Situ
                           271.0    272.8       1.8      0.62       Sulphide
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              DP 04-02      20.0     29.0       9.0      2.01  In Situ Oxide
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             including      20.0     21.0       1.0     13.30  In Situ Oxide
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                            33.0     38.0       5.0      0.43  In Situ Oxide
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                                                                     In Situ
                           107.0    107.8       0.8      1.97       Sulphide
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              DP 04-03       0.0     10.3      10.3      1.35     Pit Infill
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                            53.4     59.4       6.0      1.50  In Situ Oxide
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              DP 04-04      10.4     14.4       4.0      0.54  In Situ Oxide
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8            DDD 08-01       NSR                                            
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              DP 08-05       0.0      8.9       8.9      0.60     Pit Infill
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                                                                     In Situ
                            29.5     37.5       8.0      0.81     Transition
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                                                                     In Situ
             including      35.5     37.5       2.0      2.63     Transition
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                                                                     In Situ
              DP 08-06     104.0    110.0       6.0      0.53       Sulphide
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12            DP 12-07       0.0     17.0      17.0      1.02     Pit Infill
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                                                                     In Situ
                            56.6     67.6      11.0      0.64     Transition
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                                                                     In Situ
             including      59.6     63.6       4.0      1.18     Transition
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                                                                     In Situ
                            74.3     82.5       8.2      1.66     Transition
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              DP 12-08       0.0     55.6      55.6      0.56     Pit Infill
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              DP 12-09      10.2     14.2       4.0      0.64  In Situ Oxide
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                            82.4     88.0       5.6      0.57  In Situ Oxide
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                                                                     In Situ
                           116.7    117.5       0.8      4.75       Sulphide
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                                                                     In Situ
                           154.8    159.0       4.2      0.84       Sulphide
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                                                                     In Situ
              DP 12-10     150.2    164.5      14.3      0.91       Sulphide
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                                                                     In Situ
                           211.2    214.2       3.0      3.33       Sulphide
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16            DP 16-11       0.0     27.7      27.7      0.55     Pit Infill
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                            50.2     51.2       1.0      1.64  In Situ Oxide
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                            77.3     79.3       2.0      0.94  In Situ Oxide
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                                                                     In Situ
                            90.5     91.5       1.0      5.26       Sulphide
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              DP 16-12       0.0     47.3      47.3      0.80     Pit Infill
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                            63.6     70.8       7.2      0.37  In Situ Oxide
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                                                                     In Situ
                           114.6    119.6       5.0      1.52     Transition
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                                                                     In Situ
             including     116.6    119.6       3.0      2.35     Transition
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              DP 16-13       0.0     14.8      14.8      1.16     Pit Infill
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                                                                     In Situ
                            85.4     88.8       3.4      2.45       Sulphide
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                                                                     In Situ
                            93.8    105.3      11.5      2.48       Sulphide
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                                                                     In Situ
              DP 16-14     139.2    141.2       2.0      1.23       Sulphide
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                                                                     In Situ
24            DP 24-18     171.0    172.0       1.0      1.20       Sulphide
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                                                                     In Situ
                           178.0    181.9       3.9     17.29       Sulphide
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                                                                     In Situ
             including     179.6    180.2       0.6    111.00       Sulphide
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                                                                     In Situ
                           198.0    201.4       3.4      0.76       Sulphide
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28            DP 28-21      99.8    103.0       3.2      1.87  In Situ Oxide
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                                                                     In Situ
                           118.6    132.7      14.1      4.40     Transition
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                                                                     In Situ
             including     122.6    131.7       9.1      6.34     Transition
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                                                                     In Situ
                           147.0    149.0       2.0     15.48     Transition
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                                                                     In Situ
                           186.0    190.0       4.0      2.48       Sulphide
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40            DP 40-25      35.8     37.8       2.0      1.32  In Situ Oxide
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                            43.8     58.5      14.7      3.57  In Situ Oxide
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             including      43.8     49.3       5.5      2.16  In Situ Oxide
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                   and                                                      
             including      53.5     58.5       5.0      7.91  In Situ Oxide
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                           125.1    131.8       6.7      1.68  In Situ Oxide
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             including     127.1    130.8       3.7      2.71  In Situ Oxide
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                                                                     In Situ
44            DP 44-26     183.0    203.8      20.8      0.77       Sulphide
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                                                                     In Situ
             including     183.0    185.0       2.0      1.51       Sulphide
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                   and                                               In Situ
             including     196.0    200.0       4.0      1.53       Sulphide
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                   and                                               In Situ
             including     201.8    202.8       1.0      1.64       Sulphide
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                                                                     In Situ
              DP 44-27      97.9     99.4       1.5      9.95       Sulphide
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              DP 44-28       NSR                                            
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                                                                     In Situ
52           DDD 52-01     312.5    322.0       9.5      1.07       Sulphide
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                                                                     In Situ
             including     316.5    319.5       3.0      2.21       Sulphide
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             DDD 52-02       NSR                                            
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The intervals set out in the above table are not true widths and the assay
results are uncut. The cut-off grade used is 0.2 g/t Au and the maximum internal
waste is 2.0 m.


The Corporation anticipates that the presence of numerous new significant
mineralized lenses, especially in the hanging wall of the Main zone, should lead
to a significant increase of resources, as compared to the resources estimated
in the maiden NI 43-101 for Dombraly (as noted at the end of this news release).


DIAMOND DRILLING AND SAMPLING PROCEDURES 

An NQ diamond drilling core barrel was utilized and average core recovery was
99%. The core was split by the drilling contractor under the supervision of the
Corporation's geologists with one half used for sampling and another half left
for references. Every meter of core was sampled and the exact borders of the
sampling interval were determined according to the lithological contacts. The
average sample weight was 2.4 kilograms.


Sample preparation was completed by Stewart Assay and Environmental Laboratories
located in Kyrgyzstan using the following procedure: samples were crushed to
minus 2 mm, mixed and split into two 200 gram sub-samples. One sub-sample was
pulverized to - 200 mesh and the other sub-sample was retained for reference
purposes. A 30 gram sample of the -200 mesh material was used for fire assay
atomic absorption finish. Stewart Assay and Environmental Laboratories is
independent of Alhambra and does have an International Standard Organization
("ISO") 17025 accreditation.


QUALITY ASSSURANCE QUALITY CONTROL

The Kyrgyzstan Stewart Assay and Environmental Laboratories, as a part of the
worldwide ALS Group, have stringent quality assurance and quality control
("QA/QC") procedures. Alhambra also follows a rigorous QA/QC program consisting
of inserting standards, blanks and duplicates into the sample stream submitted
to the laboratory for analysis to ensure that the sampling and analysis of all
samples is conducted in accordance with the best possible practices.


Elmer B. Stewart, MSc. P. Geol., a technical consultant, is the Corporation's
nominated Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, and has
reviewed the technical information contained in this news release. 


ABOUT DOMBRALY 

Dombraly is one of Alhambra's 2012 advanced drilling targets within the
Corporation's 100% owned, 2.4 million acre, Uzboy Project located in north
central Kazakhstan. Dombraly is located approximately 90 kilometres ("kms")
southeast of Alhambra's Uzboy gold deposit and 60 kms north of the city of
Stepnagorsk, Alhambra's Kazakhstan operating base. It is a former producing open
pit gold mine. 


ABOUT ALHAMBRA

Alhambra is a Canadian based international exploration and gold production
corporation with NI 43-101 resources as noted below:




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                     Measured (M)                     Indicated (I)         
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Project                    Grade                            Grade           
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               Tonnes      (g/t)     Ounces     Tonnes      (g/t)     Ounces
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Uzboy (1)  14,317,200       1.52    700,000  7,009,500       1.22    275,500
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Dombraly                                                                    
 (2)                -                     -    559,000       1.22     22,000
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Shirotnaia                                                                  
 (3)                -                     -  2,900,000       0.76     71,000
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TOTAL      14,317,200       1.52    700,000 10,468,500       1.09    368,500
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                         M + I                          Inferred            
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Project                    Grade                            Grade           
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               Tonnes      (g/t)     Ounces     Tonnes      (g/t)     Ounces
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Uzboy (1)  21,326,700       1.42    975,500 11,258,200       1.17    421,700
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Dombraly                                                                    
 (2)          559,000       1.22     22,000  9,317,000       1.01    301,000
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Shirotnaia                                                                  
 (3)        2,900,000       0.76     71,000 34,577,000       0.58    645,000
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TOTAL      24,785,700       1.34  1,068,500 55,152,200       0.77  1,367,700
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(1) Effective as of Dec 31/09 as per ACA Howe per news release dated Apr 8/08 at
a 0.40 g/t cut-off 


(2) Effective as of Nov 27/11 as per ACA Howe per news release dated Feb 7/12
using natural cut-off grades of 0.13 g/t, 0.1 g/t and 0.2 g/t for the low grade
stockpile, pit infill and in-situ mineralized zones respectively. 


(3) Effective as of Jan 9/12 as per ACA Howe per news release dated Feb 28/12
using cut-off grades of 0.1 g/t for oxide material and 0.2 g/t for transitional
and primary mineralized zones respectively.


Alhambra holds exploration and exploitation rights to a 2.4 million acre (9,800
km(2)), 100% owned license called the Uzboy Project, located in the Northern
Kazakhstan Metallogenic Province which hosts numerous world-class gold deposits.
Over 100 mineral targets, including three advanced exploration areas, are
contained within the Uzboy Project.


Alhambra common shares trade in Canada on The TSX Venture Exchange under the
symbol ALH, in the United States on the Over-The-Counter Pink Sheets Market
under the symbol AHBRF and in Germany on the Frankfurt Open Market under the
symbol A4Y. The Corporation's website can be accessed at
www.alhambraresources.com. 


Forward-Looking Statements

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statements" as such term is used in applicable Canadian and US securities laws.
These statements relate to analyses and other information that are based on
forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and
assumptions of management. In particular, statements concerning the successful
re-classification of Soviet resources into NI 43-101 resources, and other
factors and events described in this news release should be viewed as
forward-looking statements to the extent that they involve estimates thereof.
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results, performance or achievements of the Corporation to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and other factors
include, among others, lack of certainty that drill results will successfully
re-classify Soviet resources into NI 43-101 resources, availability of capital
to fund exploration; political, social and other risks inherent in carrying on
business in a foreign jurisdiction, the effects of a recessionary economy and
such other business risks as discussed herein and other publicly filed
disclosure documents. Although the Corporation has attempted to identify
important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ
materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be
other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated,
estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove
to be accurate as actual results and future events could vary or differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers
should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements contained in this
news release. 


Forward looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, estimates and
opinions on the date the statements are made and the Corporation undertakes no
obligation to update forward-looking statements and if these beliefs, estimates
and opinions or other circumstances should change, except as required by
applicable law. 


This news release contains forward-looking statements based on assumptions,
uncertainties and management's best estimates of future events. When used
herein, words such as "intended" and similar expressions are intended to
identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on
assumptions by and information available to the Corporation. Investors are
cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated. The
forward-looking statements contained herein are expressly qualified by this
cautionary statement. 


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