14th Dec 2010 09:46
RED ROCK RESOURCES PLC
("Red Rock" or the "Company")
Announcement re Jupiter Mines Limited
Dated: 14 December 2010
Red Rock notes the announcement made by its 5.23% owned associate Jupiter Mines Limited (ASX:JMS) ("JMS") today, in which JMS announced the completion of the first phase of the planned drilling program at JMS' Mt Ida Magnetite project. Red Rock maintains a 1.5% gross production royalty in Mt Ida. Highlights of the JMS announcement included:
·; The RC drilling program on the Mt Ida Central Area has been completed, with a total of 11 898 metres drilled from 46 holes, all of which intersected magnetite mineralisation
·; Assaying and Davis Tube Recovery (DTR) test work on the first 29 holes gave average weight recoveries of 43% and concentrate grades of up to 71% Fe
·; Contaminant levels in the magnetite concentrate are very low
·; A conceptual mineralisation model of the Central Area has been generated, showing six magnetite lodes
·; Mineralisation is open to the north and south of the tested Central Area
·; A maiden Inferred Resource Statement is expected in the second half of January
·; A Scoping Study is in progress and expected to be complete in the second half of January
·; The program planned for 2011 should increase the Inferred Resource through drilling in the Southern and Northern Areas, while advancing the Central Area to Measured and Indicated status
·; The results so far suggest a substantial magnetite project at Mt Ida
The full text of the JMS announcement can be accessed via the following link:
http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20101214/pdf/31vlb8fv6pfsn6.pdf
Enquiries:
Andrew Bell | 0207 402 4580 or 07766 474849
| Red Rock Resources plc | Chairman
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Sandra Spencer | 0207 402 4580 or 07757 660 798
| Red Rock Resources plc | Public and Investor Relations |
Peter Trevelyan-Clark/ Ben Jeynes
| 020 7444 0800 | Religare Capital Markets | Nominated Adviser |
Nick Emerson | 01483 413500 | Simple Investments Ltd | Broker |
Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on its website, www.rrrplc.com.
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