Molyhil Extension of deposits

Thor Mining PLC 06 November 2006 THOR MINING PLC Molyhil extension of Tungsten-Molybdenum deposits confirmed Dated: 6 November 2006 Thor Mining PLC ('Thor') the specialist metals company currently focussed on advancing tungsten-molybdenum and uranium projects in the Northern Territory of Australia, today announced significant results from a recently completed program of deep drilling at its Molyhil Tungsten-Molybdenum Project in the Northern Territory ('Molyhil'). Highlights • Significant high-grade drill intercepts within magnetite rich black rock skarn zones; and • The Hanging Wall Zone, located just above the Yacht Club ore body, has now been identified as a significant mineralised zone and can be traced for over 100m. The results have confirmed depth extensions at both the Yacht Club and Southern ore bodies at Molyhil. The results from the resource deeps drilling program received to date are considered to be significant and highlight the potential of Molyhil beyond the proposed 4 year open pit development. The drilling was designed to test for depth extensions of the Molyhil resource, which currently totals 2.38 million tonnes at a combined Tungsten-Molybdenum uncut grade of 0.80%. Results from all intersections greater than 5m wide down hole were tabulated, the weighted average grade of the intercepts was 0.43% MoS2 and 0.30% WO3, a drill indicated combined grade of 0.73%. At depth the total combined grade is similar to the overall resource combined grade of 0.80%, however there does appear to be a trend of increasing Molybdenum rich zones. Results from the mineralised horizon (139m to 155m) in TMRC24 initially appeared to be offset to the east of Yacht Club it now appears to be a down plunge extension of a the Hanging Wall Zone lying above Yacht Club, this had been intersected by a single hole in an early drilling campaign in 2004. TMRC31 was targeted approximately 30m south east of TMRC24 and intersected a similar zone 170m to 189m down hole, some 85m along strike from the original discovery hole. Further drilling is required to fully delineate this lode which has the potential to add to the existing JORC resource. TMRC30 drilled to the south and east of the known Southern ore body intersected three zones of mineralisation from 135m to 174m. Two of the three zones are elevated in Molybdenum in comparison to Tungsten, this compares well with zones intersected inTMRC32, collared 30m to the south east. The following results confirm the extensions of Molyhil Tungsten-Molybdenum deposits. Significant RC Results (> 0.10%) Hole ID Depth From Depth To Width MoS2 WO3 TMRC24 130 131 1 <0.10 0.33% 133 135 2 <0.10 0.16% 139 147 8 0.16% 0.45% 149 155 6 0.63% 0.10% TMRC30 135 141 6 0.13% 0.37% 149 154 5 0.60% 0.22% 155 174 19 0.64% 0.11% inc 156 161 5 0.74% 0.30% 175 177 2 <0.10% 0.19% 187 194 7 0.18% 0.12% TMRC31 154 156 2 0.09% 0.63% 158 159 1 0.10% 0.11% 170 189 19 0.33% 0.16% inc 173 180 7 0.57% 0.38% TMRC32 145 150 *5 0.38% 1.25% 150 151 1 0.16% <0.10% 153 159 6 0.13% 0.16% 161 163 2 <0.10% 0.42% 164 172 8 0.54% 0.34% 176 180 4 0.50% <0.10% 185 186 1 <0.10% 0.21% 187 188 1 0.10% <0.10% 192 193 1 <0.10% 0.19% 193 194 1 0.14% <0.10% 208 211 3 0.61% 0.16% TMRC51 145 148 3 0.12% 0.37% 153 155 2 0.16% 0.42% 159 169 10 0.23% 0.88% inc 163 168 5 0.43% 1.61% 171 173 2 0.08% 0.23% 179 180 1 0.95% 1.30% *5m composite value Resource Drilling Hole ID Easting Northing RL Mag Az Dip Depth (GDA 94) (GDA 94) TMRC024 577190 7482937 412 252 -60 258 TMRC025 577180 7483028 416 252 -60 204 TMRC026 577196 7483004 416 252 -60 241 TMRC027 577217 7482977 415 252 -60 280 TMRC028 577050 7482998 413 252 -60 50 TMRC029 577082 7483142 414 252 -60 129 TMRC030 577135 7482836 411 252 -60 204 TMRC031 577205 7482917 411 252 -60 216 TMRC032 577155 7482840 410 252 -60 228 TMRC051 577157 7482819 410 252 -60 228 2038 Thor's Chief Executive Officer, Mr John A. Young, said: 'The significance of the Hanging Wall lode intersected is unknown at this stage, further drilling is required and may in fact add valuable tonnes to the preliminary open pit model, increasing mine life and reducing the overall strip ratio. The deeper intersections below Southern ore body have given us confidence of the potential to go underground at cessation of open pit mining'. JORC Compliance The information in this report that relates to exploration results, mineral resources or ore reserves is based on information compiled by John Young, who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. John Young, the Chief Executive Officer of Thor, has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves'. John Young consents to the inclusion in this RNS announcement of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.) Enquiries: John Young + 61 (0)419 954 020 Thor Mining PLC Chief Executive Officer John Simpson 020 7512 0191 ARM Corporate Finance Limited Nominated Adviser Abigail Singleton 020 7429 6606 Conduit PR Limited Public Relations/UK or 07739 461 061 Nicolas Read + 61 (0) 8 9388 1474 Jan Hope & Partners Public Relations/ Australia Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on Thor's website www.thormining.com, which includes a facility to register to receive these updates by email. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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