LIM Completes 2012 Exploration Program

Anglesey Mining plc LSE:AYM

17 December 2012

Labrador Iron Mines Completes 2012 Exploration Program

On track to complete resource estimates and resource conversions by March 31, 2013

Anglesey Mining plc ("Anglesey") is pleased to report that its 19.7% owned
associate Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited ("LIM") has announced the
completion of its 2012 exploration field program totalling 14,000 metres ("m")
of diamond and reverse circulation ("RC") drilling. This represents the
largest exploration program ever completed by LIM. LIM's field crew is now
working on several of its Schefferville area iron ore projects in both
Newfoundland and Labrador and Québec towards the completion of geological core
logging and sampling in early 2013 and anticipates several new and updated
National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") compliant resource estimates on its
deposits for completion by the end of its fiscal year.

Exploration Program Highlights

- During the 2012 field season, LIM completed 14,000 m of diamond and RC
drilling, a 40% increase over the planned 10,000 m.

- LIM is on track to complete by March 31, 2013, updated resource estimates
for two major deposits: i) the James Deposit (currently in production),
including the James South Extension and, ii) the Houston deposits (currently
22.9 million tonnes of Measured and Indicated mineral resources - see press
release dated May 31, 2012).

- LIM is also on track to complete new and initial mineral resource estimates
on the Malcolm deposit (nearby Houston), the historic crushed ore stockpiles
in both Québec and Labrador and its first inferred mineral resource estimate
on the Elizabeth Lake Taconite.

- Drill results at Malcolm-1 returned ore-type intersections (grading >50%
Iron ("Fe")) in 11 of the 14 holes. Highlights include hole RC-M026, which
intersected 21 m at 60.8% Fe and hole RC-M018, which intersected 18 m at 58.8%
Fe.

- During the 2012 exploration program, LIM also acquired geological
information through the use of diamond drilling, which successfully recovered
core samples for the first time. These samples will now provide better bulk
density, geotechnical, metallurgical and hydrogeological interpretations
required for detailed mine planning.

"In our 2012 drilling season, our exploration team demonstrated their
experience and competence by successfully delivering the most ambitious
program in LIM's history" commented Rod Cooper, LIM's President and COO. "As a
result, we are on track to complete several new and updated resource estimates
by the end of our fiscal year. Equally as important, the field information
collected this year will not only contribute to the development and
delineation of our resource base, but will also provide valuable technical
information for strategic mine planning. Preparation work has now commenced
for another ambitious exploration program in fiscal 2014, scheduled to
commence in April 2013."

2012 Exploration Work Program Details

LIM used two exploration drill contractors during the 2012 field season: Cabo
Drilling Corp. carried out the RC drilling and Major Drilling Group
International Inc. carried out the diamond drill work. In previous seasons,
LIM used RC drilling exclusively. The 2012 exploration program was successful
in generating core samples through the use of traditional diamond drilling, a
significant technical achievement. LIM obtained a high level (85%+) of core
recovery with the use of highly-skilled personnel and special drilling
additives and more than 8,300 m of HQ3 core (61.1 mm diameter) were recovered
by the end of the program in mid-November. Logging and core splitting is
ongoing on site and the exploration team is expected to complete its sampling
in early 2013 to allow the inclusion of all new data and assay results in the
next series of mineral resource estimates.

LIM is anticipating new mineral resource estimations on the James Deposit
(including the James South Extension), Malcolm-1, Houston 1, 2 and 3 and on
the historic crushed ore stockpiles. An initial mineral resource estimation
will also be provided on the Elizabeth Lake Taconite.

The 2012 exploration program also successfully tested a system for geophysical
down-hole bulk density determinations in the James and Houston orebodies,
which promises to yield a valuable contribution to the resource estimation
efforts in the future.

Malcolm-1 Drill Results

The Malcolm-1 area lies approximately 3 kilometres northwest from the Houston
orebodies. Initial work on this property was carried out by LIM in 2011 and
returned ore-type intersections in 14 of 18 holes drilled (see to press
release dated May 31, 2012). In 2012, RC drilling on the Malcolm-1 property
consisted of 14 holes totalling 1,600 m and 11 of the 14 holes returned
ore-type intersections. Figure 1 outlines the hole locations from the 2011 and
2012 drill programs, as well as the historical resource previously identified
by the Iron Ore Company of Canada ("IOC"). The historical (non NI 43-101
compliant) mineral resource is 2.9 million tonnes grading 56.2@ Fe. A
manganese resource was also identified by IOC, totalling 422,000 tonnes at a
grade of 51.4% Fe. LIM expects to report a new NI 43-101 compliant mineral
resource for the Malcolm-1 deposit by the end of its fiscal year.

Table 1 below summarizes the intercepts from the 2012 drill program. True
thickness (ETT) is estimated using an average bedding dip of 45 degrees and
vertical drilling dips for every RC hole.

Table 1: 2012 Malcolm-1 Drill Hole Intercepts

Hole_ID       From    To Length (m)   ETT    Fe    Mn     P  SiO2 Al2O3
               (m)   (m)              (m)   (%)   (%)   (%)   (%)   (%)

RC-M018-2012     3    21         18    13  58.8   1.9  0.06   3.3   0.5
RC-M019-2012     3    36         33    23  52.0   0.5  0.08  12.4   2.5
                42    51          9     6  58.9   0.8  0.07   5.9   0.5
RC-M022-2012    21    33         12     8  50.1   0.0  0.01  27.8   0.0
RC-M023-2012    12    27         15    11  54.1   0.1  0.05  16.5   0.0
RC-M024-2012    24    30          6     4  50.6   1.3  0.09  15.8   0.1
RC-M025-2012    18    30         12     8  53.1   0.1  0.06  16.6   0.1
RC-M026-2012    42    75         33    23  56.2   0.5  0.06  12.1   0.2
RC-M027-2012    27    36          9     6  56.7   0.6  0.04  14.8   0.1
RC-M029-2012    33    54         21    15  50.1   0.2  0.06  26.0   0.4
                99   108          9     6  52.2   4.9  0.04  17.5   0.0
               120   129          9     6  52.3   4.0  0.17  13.8   0.8
RC-M030-2012    93   102          9     6  51.1   0.4  0.03  25.0   0.7
RC-M031-2012   147   156          9     6  51.0   3.1  0.12  10.5   2.7


Other Exploration Work Program Details

LIM was also able to increase the capacity of the mine site sample preparation
facilities to allow a better turnaround time in the receipt of assays from
off-site laboratories. Actlabs remained as independent managers of the site
preparation laboratory and all reduced and pulverized exploration samples were
airfreighted to its analytical laboratory in Ancaster, Ontario for
multi-element X-ray fluorescent (XRF) assays including Actlabs internal
Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC) procedures.

Ground Geophysical Surveys: Geosig Inc., a Quebec-based geophysical consulting
firm carried out a series of ground magnetometer and gravity surveys over
several main targets including the Gagnon and Elizabeth taconites and over the
James, the Houston, the Malcolm-1 and the Howse direct shipping (DSO) iron ore
deposits. The gravity survey covered 48 line-kilometres (line-km) and 1,130
gravity stations were collected. The magnetic survey covered 31.4 line-km and
40,326 measurements were recovered. These surveys have confirmed the validity
of airborne gravity anomalies, located the extensions of known ore bodies and
suggested the presence of new exploration targets.

Table 2: 2012 Total Metres Drilled

A summary table for the 2012 exploration drill program is shown below:

Province           Property               Diamond          RC           Total
                                         Drilling     Drilling       Drilling
                                              (m)          (m)            (m)
Newfoundland       James Mine + South       2,086           -           2,086
& Labrador (NL)
                   Houston 1-2-3            4,504        1,468          6,121
                   NL Stockpiles                -        2,552          2,552
                   Elizabeth Taconite       1,728            -          1,728
Quebec (QC)        Malcolm 1                    -        1,599          1,599
                   TOTAL                    8,318        5,619         13,937

Experienced Technical Team

The exploration program has been carried out by LIM's experienced geological
team led by Chief Project Geologist Howard Vatcher, supported by Senior
Resource Geologist Erick Chavez, Senior Field Geologist Tara Schrama, Senior
Project Geologist Adewara Odewande, Project Geologist Shawn Duquet, all under
executive supervision of Michel Cormier, Vice President, Exploration.

For further details of figures 1: Compilation surface plan of Malcolm-1
property and 2: Location Map for 2012 Exploration Program please visit
LIM's website at www.labradorironmines.ca

About Anglesey Mining plc

Anglesey holds 19.7% of Toronto-listed Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited
(TSX:LIM) which is producing high grade hematite from its James pit, one of
LIM's twenty direct shipping iron ore deposits in western Labrador and
north-eastern Quebec. Production is targeted to grow from 1.7mt in 2012 to 2mt
in 2013.

Anglesey is also carrying out exploration and development work at its 100%
owned Parys Mountain zinc-copper-lead deposit in North Wales, UK where a JORC
Code-compliant resource of 2.1mt at 6.9% combined base metals in the indicated
category and 4.1mt at 5.0% combined in the inferred category was published in
November 2012.

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