Drilling Begins at Caijiaying

Griffin Mining Ld 08 January 2004 Griffin Mining Limited 8th January 2004 GOLD & ZINC DRILLING BEGINS AT CAIJIAYING Griffin Mining Limited ('Griffin') is extremely pleased to announce that dewatering and expansion of the drilling access and ventilation decline at Griffin's Caijiaying zinc-gold-silver project in China has been successfully completed as planned. Consequently, underground drilling to define and discover additional gold and zinc resources has now commenced. Mladen Ninkov, Chairman, commented as follows: 'Now that the construction of significant underground facilities have been completed at Caijiaying, Griffin has been able to begin underground drilling to further enhance both Griffin's gold and zinc resource. Caijiaying has never disappointed in this respect and Griffin expects no change to this trend with the current drilling programme.' Further information Mladen Ninkov - Chairman Telephone: +44(0)20 7016 8821 Roger Goodwin - Finance Director Telephone: +44(0)20 7016 8821 Charles Dampney - Charles Stanley Telephone: +44(0)20 7739 8200 Griffin Mining Limited's shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (symbol GFM). The Company's news releases are available on the Company's web site: www.griffinmining.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange