Drilling Report

Jubilee Platinum PLC 10 September 2002 JUBILEE PLATINUM PLC 7-8 Kendrick Mews, London, SW7 3HG Telephone: (44) 20 7590 8806 Fax: (44) 20 7589 7806 Email: jub02@hotmail.com 10 September 2002 COPPER AND RARE EARTH ELEMENT MINERALIZATION INTERSECTED AT HAVOC NEAR BLACK STURGEON FAULT Thunder Bay Mining Division Jubilee Platinum, the AIM listed platinum exploration company, has discovered copper and rare earth element mineralization deposits at its Thunder Bay Mining Division in Ontario, Canada. This project is a joint venture with East West Resource Corporation of Vancouver. The discovery was made following the completion of an initial 4 hole reconnaissance program on the central part of the 318 claim unit Havoc property, 180 km north of Thunder Bay. Two important styles of mineralization were located. Pyroxenite-gabbro and picrite rocks beneath the Nipigon diabasic sills have been identified which contain native copper and malachite (copper) in fractures. The picrite olivine bearing rocks are considered to be most favourable host for Noril'sk type Cu-Ni-PGE sulphide deposits. A number of priority drill targets at the base of the sills have now been classified as a result of this initial drilling and earlier soil sampling and IP-EM surveys. These targets fall in a down dropped rift block on the west side of the main Black Sturgeon Fault which itself has been confirmed for the first time in this area. Noril'sk sulphide deposits in Siberia occur at the base of picrite sills adjacent to major deep mantle tapping faults. Red hematite (iron oxide) alteration was also discovered in the basement rocks beneath the sills at the contact of the Sibley sediments. Highly elevated rare earth elements (REE's) occur in the red hematite including Tantalum (Ta), Niobium (Nb), Cerium (Ce), Thorium (Th) and Uranium (U), and Tin (Sn). Two sections in HAV02-03 assayed as follows. Depth Length Ag Ce Nb Ta Sn Th U m m ppm ppm ppm ppm ppm ppm ppm 71.0 - 72.5 1.5 9 21.5 600 534 1075 1 2.0 72.5 - 74.0 1.5 10 35.0 651 548 597 1 1.0 74.0 - 75.5 1.5 2 42.0 171 74.5 26 4 1.5 132.5 - 134.0 1.5 4 108.0 96 6.0 8 7.0 134.0 - 135.5 1.5 4 141.0 154 8.0 11 8.0 135.5 - 137.0 1.5 1 113.0 6 0.5 1 3.5 Chalcopyrite (copper) mineralization was also noted in the basement country rocks to the side of the red hematite (iron oxide) alteration. All of the above noted alteration and elevated rare earths (REE's) suggest the presence of an Olympic Dam style of mineralization. Given the fact that the company is exploring a major Proterozoic Rift structure and the proximity of the 1540 my English Bay alkali 'granite' intrusion which is the same age as the Olympic Dam deposit in Australia, and the similar style mineralization now found to occur on the Havoc property, all future holes that will be drilled to test PGE sulphide targets in the mafic-ultramafic rocks will be extended into the red oxidized rocks below. The Olympic Dam deposit in Australia is over 4 billion tonnes containing REE's, Cu, Au, U, and other trace elements and is associated with hematited (iron oxide) structures in alkali 'granite'. Other deposits in this class occur peripheral to the alkali granites but all of the deposits in Australia are Proterozoic in age and are situated in a major Rift system and are classified as World Class 'Giant Ore Deposits'. Additional staking has been completed and expanded soil and geological mapping will be carried out prior to resumption of drilling. Colin Bird, Chief Executive of Jubilee Platinum, commented, 'We are very encouraged with this positive result of our initial reconnaissance programme.' ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD -ENDS- For further information, please contact: Colin Bird - Chief Executive Justine Howarth / Cathy Malins Jubilee Platinum Parkgreen Communications Tel: 20 7590 8806 Tel: 020 7287 5544 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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