Upgrade Commissioning

60 St James's Street, London SW1A 1LE, United Kingdom

Telephone: + 44 (0)20 7629 7772 Facsimile: + 44 (0)20 7629 7773

E mail: [email protected]

Caijiaying Upgrade Commissioning

16th August 2010.

Griffin Mining Limited is very pleased to announce that the commissioning of the new second primary ball mill, the new primary crusher and the third tailings dam have begun and all components are operating to specification in the commissioning phase. The new processing facilities will raise the minimum processing throughput capacity to 750,000 tonnes per annum.

Griffin Mining Limited:

Mladen Ninkov (Chairman)

Roger Goodwin (Finance Director ) +44 (0)20 7629 7772

Investec Investment Banking:

Stephen Cooper +44 (0)20 7597 5104

Griffin Mining Limited's shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (symbol GFM).

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