3 May 2006 LSE: AYM
Anglesey Mining plc
Drilling Recommences at Garth Daniel
Anglesey Mining plc is pleased to report that diamond drilling has recommenced
on the Garth Daniel area at the Parys Mountain copper-zinc-lead project in
Anglesey, North Wales.
The new programme is based on the interpretation of earlier drilling, including
that carried out during the 2005 programme which was reported on in March this
year. Garth Daniel has been identified as an area of significant new potential
and the company's geologists believe that it could extend over a strike length of
at least 1.5 kilometres. New resources identified at Garth Daniel will be
additional to the 6.5 million tonnes previously reported by the company - see
release dated 22 March 2006 for further details of the Garth Daniel area and
drilling there to date.
The first hole in the new programme will test the western extension of the Garth
Daniel area. This hole is offset both along strike and dip from hole AMC 17 that
was completed earlier this year. This new hole will be approximately 600 metres
deep and will test the entire volcanic sequence down through to the underlying
shales.
Like earlier holes in the area, this hole is targeting the three main ore
bearing horizons identified at Garth Daniel. In depth order these are the
Carreg-y-doll, the North Central Zone and the Engine Zone.
Important intersections in the Garth Daniel area reported previously include 5.5
metres at 22% combined copper-zinc-lead, and 2.5 metres in excess of 40% copper-
zinc-lead both in the Engine Zone. Additionally very wide intersections of
lower grade material have been reported in the shallower Carreg-y-doll zone.
The North Central Zone continues to be of great interest with very encouraging
intersections also previously reported.
It is expected that the current hole will take up to six weeks to reach its
target depth. The company will log the core on a continuous basis and will send
mineralised intersections for assay as they are identified.
Additional holes are planned for the Garth Daniel area as part of the current
programme and these will be guided by the results from the current drilling.
For further details:
Ian Cuthbertson, Finance Director + (44) 1248 361333
Bill Hooley, Executive Director + (44) 1492 541981
John F. Kearney, Chairman + (1) 416 362 6686
Cathy Malins / Annabel Leather,
Parkgreen Communications + (44) 20 7493 3713