Talas Exploration Area, Kyrgyzstan
Overview
The Talas exploration area is located on the north slope of the Talas Valley, in the Talas Oblast, north western Kyrgyzstan. At elevations of 1,800 to 3,000m, the project is accessible year round via the main Bishkek-Talas road (270km from Bishkek).
Orsu’s premier project within this area is the Taldybulak copper-gold porphyry.
The Talas exploration area comprises four exploration licences: Taldybulak, Barkol, Kentash and Korgontash, with a combined area of 371km2.
Proposed 2008 - 2009 Taldybulak-Talas Exploration Licences Drilling Programme
| Licence Area | Purpose | Target | Proposed Metres |
| Taldybulak | Drill Out | Taldybulak Central | 7,000m |
| Exploration | Taldybulak West extension & Taldybulak Central | 2,000m | |
| Exploration | Taldybulak East | 2,000m | |
| Barkol | Exploration | Taldybulak West IP Anomaly | 3,000m |
| Exploration | Taldybulak East extension into Mag & IP anomaly | 800m | |
| Kentash | Exploration | Lower Kentash (Dzhangiturmish SE extension) WS soils and IP anomaly | 1,000m |
| Exploration | Kokkiya | 400m | |
| Korgontash | Exploration | Tokhtonnisai | 800m |
| TOTAL | 17,000m |