27th Apr 2005 08:30
Churchill Mining plc27 April 2005 Exploration update The Directors of Churchill Mining PLC ("Churchill) are pleased to updateshareholders on the Company's progress since it listed on the 15th April, 2005. Churchill's geological team has now completed preliminary work on the Company'sSouth Woodie-Woodie project and: 1) Identified a substantial extension to the initial target manganeseanomaly, which increases the known strike length from 700 metres to in excess of1.5 kilometres, at least doubling the initial target identified in the studiesreported by ANZECO. The newly identified extension has similar characteristicsto the already known anomaly described in the Company's Admission Document dated11 April 2005. 2) Identified at surface an additional manganese anomaly of at least 300metres in length not previously known. 3) Completed pre-drilling soil and rock sampling over the primary targetarea and newly identified manganese anomaly, with a total of 125 samples takenwhich will be processed by independent laboratories in Perth, Western Australia.Results are expected within 2-3 weeks. 4) Conducted further regional mapping in the area, which shall be combinedwith aerial and satellite photo interpretation as part of a regional study tolocate further potential manganese targets. The Directors are encouraged by these early positive results and look forward toupdating the market in due course. Churchill Mining plc is a resources company dedicated to focusing on projectsassociated with the steel and metal manufacturing industries. Currently the company has a manganese exploration project situated in the EastPilbara manganese region of Western Australia, some 50kms south of theConsolidated Minerals / Pilbara Manganese 'Woodie Woodie' manganese mine. Churchill's project comprises of 490 square kilometres of manganese tenements,granted or under application, details of which can be found atwww.churchillmining.com For further information please contact - Churchill Mining PlcPaul Mazak - Joint Managing DirectorTel: +61 (0) 419 906 060James Hamilton - Joint Managing DirectorTel: +61 (0) 402 186 106 Ruegg & Co LimitedBrett MillerTel: 020 7584 3663 Midas Investment Management LimitedMark SheppardTel: 0870 121 1445 The information in the announcement above is based on information compiled by MrD. J. Holden, who is a Member of The Australian Institute of Mining andMetallurgy, with over 18 years experience in the mining industry. Mr Holdenqualifies as a Competent Person as defined in the 1999 edition of the"Australian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore reserves". Mr Holden consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based onhis information in the form and context in which it appears above. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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