First results from Kluevsky

Eurasia Mining PLC 28 September 2001 ENCOURAGING FIRST RESULTS FROM KLUEVSKY DRILLING Eurasia Mining plc is pleased to report the discovery of encouraging Palladium and Gold grades from the first two drill holes into the newly discovered Kluevsky geochemical anomaly. This is situated on the 380 sq km Baronskoye-Barancharsky licence block in the Russian Urals. Drill hole Kl 3 intersected 11.5 metres assaying 1.03 gm/t Palladium plus Gold within an interval of 32.1 metres assaying 0.83 gm/t Palladium plus gold. Short intervals of core loss, a frequent consequence of drilling rocks affected by mineralisation, prevented an accurate assessment of the absolute thickness or grade at the plus 1 gm/t level. Drill hole Kl 4 drilled near the same site for confirmation purposes intersected 19.4 metres assaying 1.14 gm/t Palladium plus Gold within an interval of 35.9 metres assaying 1.01 gm/t Palladium plus Gold. In both cases mineralisation extends from surface. Both holes contain several other intervals assaying above 0.7 gm/t Palladium plus Gold. The Kl 3 and KL 4 intersections are open at depth, along strike and to the West and East. Further drilling is now being directed towards testing the remainder of this geochemical anomaly. This measures about 500 metres East-West by 50-100 metres North-South. The results from these holes substantiate the exploration model being used by Eurasia to locate concentrations of Palladium and Gold amenable to open pit mining. The grades are over double those in Kl 1 and Kl 2, reported on earlier this year, from which the ideas on the likely controls of the mineralisation were derived. The results are particularly encouraging for two reasons. Firstly these intersections are above the 'cutoff grade', of about 1 gm/t, that Eurasia's modelling indicates would be required for an open pit operation. Secondly the continuity of the mineralisation over substantial widths, from the surface, confirms the potential for the large volumes of rock with a low 'stripping ratio' that would also be required for such an operation. It is important to emphasise that the Kluevsky drilling constitutes the first drilling, into the first target of this type, within an entirely new mineral province. The values obtained, and the fractured and altered rocks within which these values occur, are of the same order as those reported in the early phases of open-pit exploration on major projects in the Eastern Canadia Palladium mineral province. In parallel with the further drilling at Kluevsky it is proposed to test other similar targets. These are becoming evident as the results from the mapping and soil sampling of the area surrounding Kluevsky are received. Results from the mapping and geochemical sampling of the much larger, and recently, awarded Baranchinsky licence covering the remainder of the Complex, will become available at year-end. Dr Michael Martineau, Executive Deputy Chairman said 'The results from the initial drilling are highly encouraging. These are still early days, but the results bode well for the further testing of Kluevsky and the testing of other anomalies of Kluevsky type'. 28 September 2001
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