Molyhil Project

Thor Mining PLC 27 March 2007 THOR MINING PLC Molyhil Project Dated: 27 March 2007 Thor Mining PLC ('Thor' or the 'Company') the specialist metals company currently focussed on advancing tungsten-molybdenum and uranium projects in the Northern Territory of Australia, today announced that it had completed its current drilling program at its Molyhil Tungsten-Molybdenum Project ('Molyhil'). Highlights • 25-hole RC drilling program completed for 2,586m, designed to increase current resource and reserve inventory; • New resource estimate underway, with drilling successful in identifying extensions of the mineralisation outside of the current mining reserve; • Progress on Native Title Mining Agreement made as a result of a Board visit to Molyhil; and • A fifteen person due diligence team from Hunan will visit Molyhil and Perth commencing 25 March. Thor today announced the completion of its recent 25-hole drilling program for 2,586m. The program was successful in identifying extensions of the mineralisation outside of the current mining reserve and is expected to lay the foundations for an increase in the resource and reserve inventory. The reverse circulation ('RC') drilling program - which comprised a total of 25 holes drilled for 2,586m - was designed to in-fill the up-dip extensions of new zones of Hanging Wall mineralisation discovered last year. In addition, several deeper RC holes were completed to convert previously identified inferred resources to the indicated category. Twenty one of the holes intersected good widths of black rock skarn - the host rock for the tungsten-molybdenum mineralisation at Molyhil - with a significant number of holes intersecting mineralisation outside of the current pit design. Holes 07MHR007 to 07MHR0010 confirmed the up-dip position of mineralisation on both the Yacht Club and Southern mineralised zones, intersecting good widths of black rock skarn ('BRS') ranging from 6m to 56m. Drilling also targeted areas at or near the base of both the stage 1 and stage 2 pit designs, with drill holes 007MHR012 to 007MHR014 in this area, again intersecting significant widths of black rock skarn up to 26m. At the southern end of the stage 2 pit design, RC drill holes 007MHR021, 007MHR022 and 007MHR025 all intersected significant widths of black rock skarn just below 110m, the final depth of the proposed pit. Depending on the results from this program, the new drilling may result in a change to the final pit design. Twenty one of the holes intersected good widths of black rock skarn, the host rock for the tungsten-molybdenum mineralisation at Molyhil. Significantly, a number of holes intersected mineralisation outside of the current open pit design, confirming the potential to increase the current resource/reserve base and, ultimately potentially extending the mine life of the proposed Molyhil operation. Assay results from the drilling should be available in mid-to-late April 2007. Continental Resource Management has been engaged to commence work on an updated block and resource model incorporating the recent RC drill data. An updated resource estimate is expected to be completed by May 2007. Commenting on the latest results, Thor's Chief Executive Officer, Mr John A. Young, said: 'I am confident that we have confirmed the potential for the Hanging Wall zone to deliver an overall increase in contained metal within the existing pit design. Once all the results are received, our next step will be to re-model and re-calculate the resource numbers.' Thor's development of Molyhil Tungsten-Molybdenum Project is being conducted in parallel with its Northern Territory uranium exploration programs, which are scheduled to commence in April 2007 subject to final approvals from the Northern Territory Department of Mines and the Central Land Council. PROGRESS ON NATIVE TITLE A meeting was held on site at Molyhil on the 22nd March 2007 with the Traditional Owners of the area, in conjunction with the Central Land Council ('CLC'). The main focus of this meeting was to obtain the approval of the Traditional Owners for the proposed infrastructure locations with the aim of quickly progressing the Mining Agreement which is currently under negotiation. Three of Thor's Board members attended this meeting at Molyhil, which resulted in a favourable outcome with agreement reached on the proposed mining infrastructure plan as presented by Thor. A tentative meeting is now scheduled for early April with the CLC team to finalise the Native Title Mining Agreement. Hunan Nonferrous Metals Corp Ltd ('HNG') In accordance with the terms of the recently announced Memorandum of Understanding ('MOU') with HNG, due diligence commences in Australia this week. In total, approximately fifteen persons will visit either the Molyhil site or the Perth office of Thor. Hunan has until 15 April to complete due diligence and until 30 April to complete commercial negotiations. The commercial negotiations are currently scheduled to proceed in China in the last week of April. As a result of this, the mandate with Penfold Marketing has now been extended from 15 March to 30 April 2007. 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 is a director of Thor Mining PLC. John Young 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 the report 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 Leesa Peters 020 7429 6600 Conduit PR Limited Public Relations/UK or 020 7429 6603 Jos Simpson Nicolas Read + 61 (0) 8 9388 1474 Read Corporate 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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