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Volcan Gold Project Resource Update – October 2007

Note: Geostatistical analysis by ordinary kriging. See
“Resource Methodology and QA / QC” for details on grade capping
Volcan
Resource Summary 2007
Resource Disclosure
Under NI 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators, the qualified
person for the Volcan Gold Project is Micheal Easdon, a resident of
Santiago, Chile. Mr. Easdon is a Professional Geologist registered
with the State of Oregon, USA. The July 2008 resource estimate was
prepared by Maptek Sudamérica, Viña del Mar, Chile in conjunction with
Andina staff and Eduardo Magri, Ph.D. in mining engineering
(Witwatersrand) and a Fellow of the SAIMM with over 30 years of industry
experience. Mr. Easdon is an independent qualified person as
defined by NI 43-101. A NI 43-101 compliant technical report is
being prepared and will be filed with SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
Resource Estimation Methodology
The resource was estimated using the ordinary kriging geostatistical
analysis. The Dorado West Deposit model was estimated using 31,097
samples. There were no changes to the Dorado East deposit and
Dorado Central deposit models. Since commencing exploration in 2005,
Andina has completed over 95,022 metres of drilling on the Volcan Gold
Project with 80,046 metres targeting the Dorado area.
Geologically constrained wire frame envelopes were constructed to
confine each block model. Kriging search parameters, reduced to
85% of the variogram established figures, were calculated for each of
the deposits. A density value, based upon 367 measurements, of
2.47 tonnes/m3 was used to estimate the tonnages. The parent cell
dimension for all deposits is 10 metres in all three axis directions.
Two geological envelopes were employed in the estimation of the Dorado
West deposit resource: one envelope enclosing the central quartz
vein-related mineralization surrounded by a second envelope enclosing
the mineralization above approximately 0.1 g/t gold. Variograms
were very well behaved with effective ranges for the quartz vein-related
envelope of 150 metres, 100 metres and 50 metres along the vertical,
strike and perpendicular to strike directions (strike direction being N
25°E) respectively. Kriging was done in 4 passes with increasing
search ellipsoids oriented according to the main continuity directions
revealed by the variography. Samples associated with the quartz
vein-related mineralization assaying greater than 6.5 g/t Au were given
a limited 5 metre range of influence. Samples located outside the quartz
vein-related mineralization assaying greater than 1.0 g/t Au were given
a limited 5 metre influence.
Three different methods were used to validate the block model:
comparison of block and sample statistics, plans and sections showing
block and sample grades and drift analyses along the three main
directions. All validations returned satisfactory results.
Geological resources were classified according to the following
criteria: blocks located within a 50 metre by 50 metre grid of
inclined drill holes were placed in the measured category, blocks
located within a 50 metre by 100 metre grid of inclined drill holes were
classed as indicated (sections 50 metres apart with drill holes every
100 metres), the rest of the blocks within the mineralized envelope were
classed as inferred. Resource categories were smoothed in order to
avoid, as much as possible, anomalies such as having small groups of
inferred blocks within large areas of indicated blocks. Results
show that the vast majority, 99%, of the Dorado West deposit geological
resources, at a 0.5 g/t Au cut off, are associated with the quartz-vein
related mineralization.
The resource parameters for the Dorado Central deposit and Dorado East
deposit may be found in the NI 43-101 compliant technical report titled
“Phase III – Volcan Gold Project, Dorado West, Central and East Zones,
Region III, Chile” filed December 5, 2007 on the Canadian Securities
Administrators’ “System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval”
at www.sedar.com.
It cannot be assumed that the inferred mineral resources will be
upgraded to an indicated mineral resource as a result of continued
exploration. Furthermore, it cannot be assured that measured and
indicated or inferred mineral resources will be converted to a “reserve”
category at such time as feasibility studies are initiated.
Quality Assurance / Quality Control Program
Reverse circulation (“RC”) chips and diamond drill core from Andina’s
Volcan Gold Project drilling campaign were collected at the drill under
the direct supervision of Andina staff. Both the RC samples and
drill core are appropriately tagged, secured and transported to the
Andina exploration camp and then to Andina’s secure sample logging and
preparation site at Copiapo, Chile. RC chip samples were riffle
split to obtain a 15 kilogram sample for assay purposes.
Representative chips were collected from each sample for logging
purposes. Drill core was logged, marked at two metre intervals for
sampling and split longitudinally with a diamond drill saw. One
half of the core was bagged and sample tags attached and the second half
of the core was returned to the core boxes and stored in a secure
storage facility. All samples were appropriately tagged and
securely stored prior to shipping to Asesoria Minera Geoanalitica
Ltda.’s (“Geoanalitica”) laboratory in La Serena, Chile. Samples
were processed and analyzed for gold using fire assay techniques with
atomic absorption finish. Samples which returned gold values
greater than 1.00 g/t Au were re-analyzed by Geoanalitica using fire
assay techniques with a gravimetric finish. Duplicate samples were
inserted at a rate of approximately 5% and standard samples inserted at
a rate of approximately 5% within each sample batch to ensure laboratory
quality control procedures. Duplicates, standards, and blanks
amount to nearly 15% of the samples assayed. In addition, the
laboratory re-analyzes approximately 10% of all samples.
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