Feasibility Study Expanded

Griffin Mining Ld 27 March 2003 GRIFFIN MINING LIMITED 1 Berkeley Street, London, W1J 8DJ, United Kingdom Telephone: + 44 (0)20 7016 8821 Facsimile: + 44 (0)20 7016 9124 E mail: griffin@griffinmining.com 27th March 2003 MORE GOLD ORE TO BE PROCESSED AT CAIJIAYING EXPANDED GOLD CIRCUIT INCLUDED IN FEASIBILITY STUDY Following the announcement on the 11th December 2002 confirming the gold resource at Caijiaying, Griffin Mining Limited ('Griffin' or the 'Company') has today announced its decision to provide for the inclusion of a gold circuit in the proposed processing facilities at Caijiaying. This will maximize the recovery of gold not only from the free gold and gold associated with pyrite and arsenopyrite, but also from the gold bearing sulphides. The feasibility study, currently being completed by the Company, will now provide for incorporating part of the gold mineralization, the inclusion of a gold gravity circuit and the production of a precious metals concentrate for cynandidation and ultimately the production of gold dore bars at Caijiaying, which may now be refined and sold internally or externally of China in each case at international market rates. The addition of the more extensive gold circuit to the processed plant at Caijiaying also means that Griffin will be able to treat any new gold resources found in the Caijiaying area immediately and with no additional capital expenditure by the Company This significant new development in the history of the Caijiaying project is expected to postpone the final completion of the feasibility study by only 60 days. Commenting on the latest development, Chairman Mladen Ninkov said: 'Each new development at Caijiaying continues to repay the faith the shareholders have shown in Caijiaying and the Company. We look forward now to not only sending our first shipment of zinc concentrate to the smelters in China, but also to pouring the first gold bar at Caijiaying.' Further information Mladen Ninkov - Chairman Telephone: +44(0)20 7016 8821 Roger Goodwin - Finance Director Telephone: +44(0)20 7016 8821 Charles Dampney - Charles Stanley Telephone: +44(0)20 7739 8200 Griffin Mining Limited's shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (symbol GFM). The Company's news releases are available on the Company's web site: www.griffinmining.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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