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Message: Archer Exploration - Campoona graphite deposit: Drilling update

Highlights

  • Wide intercepts of graphite intersected in all seven holes drilled to date covering 500 metres of the estimated greater than 6km of strike of the deposit.
  • Visible flake component to the drill intercepts.
  • Graphite occurs as highly graphitic schist within graphitic gneiss.
  • The drilling reinforces the importance of Campoona as a high priority resource target.
  • Resource drilling is continuing.

The directors of Archer Exploration Limited ("Company") are pleased to provide an update on the resource drill program at the Company's 100% owned Campoona Graphite Project located approximately 12km north of the township of Cleve on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

On 15 March 2012 the Company announced that it had commenced a resource drilling program at Campoona. This drilling program was accelerated as a result of the discovery of visible flake graphite during the Company's February drilling campaign. In the announcement of 15 March 2012 the Company reported wide intervals of exceptional grade graphite including:

  • 21m @ 15.0%C from 46m downhole in hole CSRC12_006.
  • 24m @ 10.4%C from 49m downhole, including 10m @ 16.7%C from 48m and 3m @ 13.9%C from 70m in hole CSRC12_003.

The current 2,000m RC and aircore resource drilling program at Campoona is designed to test the consistency of the graphite mineralisation along strike and to form the basis for subsequent infill drilling programmes designed to enable the estimation of a JORC Resource.

Drilling Completed to Date

The current Campoona drilling programme commenced on 14 March 2012 targeting outcropping graphite south of the historic Campoona graphite shaft. Graphite is observed at the surface over the 500m of strike and in places reaches more than 20m wide.

The summary of drill holes drilled in Campoona North is shown in Table 1. Drill holes CSRC12_008 - CSRC12_014 have been drilled since 14 March 2012.

Table 1. Campoona North Drill Hole Details

Hole ID

Easting

Northing

RL

Depth

Dip

Azimuth

CSRC12_006

637355

6289256

359

69

-60

130

CSRC12_007

637352

6289263

361

121

-60

130

CSRC12_008

637281

6289152

361

38

-60

110

CSRC12_009

637258

6289157

369

73

-60

110

CSRC12_010

637243

6289164

362

72

-60

110

CSRC12_011

637202

6289068

368

21

-60

110

CSRC12_012

637186

6289075

372

55

-60

100

CSRC12_013

637175

6289076

366

59

-60

100

CSRC12_014

637027

6288890

370

97

-60

110

All holes drilled in this current round of drilling (CSRC12_008 onwards) have intersected graphite including sections carrying visible flake.

Table 2. Campoona North Graphite Intercept Summary

Hole ID

EOH

(m)

From

(m)

To

(m)

Graphite Interval

(m)

CSRC12_008

38

0

31

31

CSRC12_009

73

0

67

67

CSRC12_010

72

24

67

43

CSRC12_011

21

0

10

10

CSRC12_012

55

0

35

35

CSRC12_013

59

20

55

35

CSRC12_014

97

75

90

15

Geological Observations

The current drilling indicates:

  • The Campoona graphite deposit dips steeply to the west.
  • The graphite unit shows strong correlation between drill holes in having a coarser graphite unit (about 10m true width) overlying finer grained graphite.
  • The graphite unit varies in width from 15m to greater than 25m.
  • The graphite footwall is marked by a thin hematite unit possibly reflecting a primary sulphide-rich sediment.
  • Graphite outcrops over the full 500m of strike drilled to date. The weathering seen in the pavement outcrop accentuates the flake component of the unit.

Figure 1. Drill hole location of Campoona Shaft holes.

Figure 1 shows the location of the holes drilled to date over the 500m of strike.

The next phase of drilling will include:

  • Additional drill holes to confirm graphite at holes 006 and 007.
  • Drilling to the north of the Campoona shaft.
  • Systematic drilling from the Campoona South outcrop to the Campoona shaft (a distance of 6kms) on 200m and 400m drill lines until the full strike of the deposit is covered.

The results of this phase of drilling will be used to design the Resource drill out.

Drill Results

Assay results for holes 008 to 013 are anticipated within a week.

For further information please contact:

Mr Greg English

Chairman

Archer Exploration Limited

Tel: (08) 8272 3288

Mr Gerard Anderson

Managing Director

Archer Exploration Limited

Tel: (08) 8272 3288

The exploration results reported herein, insofar as they relate to mineralisation, are based on information compiled by Mr. Wade Bollenhagen, Exploration Manager of Archer Exploration Limited. Mr. Bollenhagen is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy who has more than seventeen years experience in the field of activity being reported. Mr. Bollenhagen consents to the inclusion in the report of matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

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