Drilling Report

Connemara Mining Company plc
28 November 2007

28 November, 2007


             Significant Zinc Lead Discovery at  Limerick, Ireland

Connemara Mining Company Plc ('Connemara' or 'the Company') (AIM: CON.L), the
Irish zinc and lead explorer is delighted to report the discovery of significant
zinc lead mineralisation in the fourth drill hole from a five hole scouting
programme on prospecting licence PL 2638 in Limerick, Ireland.  The programme is
optioned and being operated by Teck Cominco Ireland ('Teck Cominco'), a
subsidiary of Teck Cominco Limited.

Hole TC-2638-4 intersected:

     4.0 metres grading 11.62% zinc and 3.46% lead including

     1.15 metres grading 28.61% zinc and 4.17% lead and

     a shallower and separate interval of 1.3 metres grading 6.85% zinc 
     and 0.3% lead

Table 1 - Assay Results Drill Hole 4 - PL-2638  Limerick

    From (m)       To (m)    Interval (m)    Zn (%)      Pb (%)     Fe (%)
     372.75        374.05        1.3          6.85        0.3        7.11
     374.05        376.1        2.05           0.3       <0.05       0.37
      376.1        380.1         4.0         11.62        3.46       4.53
   including:
     378.95        380.1        1.15         28.61        4.17       8.83


The mineralisation consists of massive to disseminated sphalerite, galena and
pyrite and is hosted in a thick zone (>35m) of brecciated Waulsortian limestone.
  The Lisheen and Galmoy zinc mines, located approximately 60km to the
Northeast, and the nearby Pallas Green discoveries of Xstrata/Minco occur in
similar host rocks.

Teck Cominco have completed a 5 hole, 2412 metre drilling programme on PL 2638
and are planning an aggressive follow up drilling programme in 2008.

The Company holds 16 licences in the Limerick area and Teck Cominco can earn a
75% interest in 15 of these licences, including PL 2638, by spending CDN$3.0m by
the end of December 2010.

The discovery is located within a 20km long, highly prospective structural
corridor identified by Connemara during the first phase exploration programme.
The mineralisation discovered at Tobermalug and Caherconlish in Pallas Green by
Xstrata/Minco lies to the Northeast of the licence.

This release has been approved by Graham Reid, P. Geo., Director BRG Technical
Services, consultants to Connemara.  Mr Reid has 30 years mineral exploration
and evaluation experience.

Patrick Redmond, Teck Cominco's Manager, Exploration - Ireland, commented, 'We
are delighted with the results from our first drilling program in Limerick.  The
thick high grade Zn-Pb mineralisation and well developed hydrothermal breccias
intersected in drill hole TC-2638-4 suggest the presence of a large base metal
mineralising system and we are planning an aggressive follow up drilling program
in 2008.'

John Teeling, Connemara's Chairman comments, 'This is really exceptional news
for Connemara and for the wider Irish zinc industry.  It is very rare in
exploration to ever drill a commercial grade discovery hole but even less common
to do so on the fourth hole of a first phase prospecting programme.  This hole
is exceptional by world zinc and Irish zinc discovery standards.

Few explorers ever get to make a discovery, even fewer in their home country.
Having been actively involved in Irish zinc for 37 years I am delighted.  But
let me caution investors, whilst one good hole, even one as good as this, does
not make a mine and there is a long road ahead but the first few steps are very
encouraging.'

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Contacts:

Connemara Mining Company Plc
John Teeling, Chairman                               [phone]
Jim Finn, Financial Director

Blue Oar Securities Plc
John Wakefield                                      [phone]
Simon Moynagh

College Hill
Paddy Blewer                                        [phone]
Nick Elwes

www.connemaramining.com

Note to Editors:

About Connemara Mining Company Plc (AIM: CON.L)


Shares in issue              15.2m
Price                        32p
Market cap                   £4.8m

Connemara, which listed on AIM in August 2007, was established and is controlled
by veterans of the Irish zinc industry.  It is focused on the prolific Irish
zinc province.

Apart from the 16 licences in the Limerick area, Connemara holds a block of 5
licences in the Lough Sheelin area of County Meath, 6 licences in the Wexford/
Waterford area plus a further licence in Castlemaine and one gold licence in
Kildare

Drilling on the Lough Sheelin block will commence in the coming weeks.

The directors of the company, John Teeling, Jim Finn and Viv Byrne, have
collectively almost 100 years of experience in Irish zinc.

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About Teck Cominco

Teck Cominco is a diversified mining company, headquartered in Vancouver,
Canada.  Its shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols
TCK.A and TCK.B and on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TCK.  The
company is a world leader in the production of zinc and metallurgical coal and
is also a significant producer of copper, gold and specialty metals.  Further
information can be found at www.teckcominco.com.



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