SARS

Griffin Mining Ld
18 June 2003


                             GRIFFIN MINING LIMITED

               1 Berkeley Street, London, W1J 8DJ, United Kingdom
       Telephone: + 44 (0)20 7016 8821  Facsimile:  + 44 (0)20 7016 9124
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                               18th June 2003

                                 SARS VIRUS

                        LIFTING OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS

Following the announcement made on 20th May 2003 Griffin Mining Limited
('Griffin' or the 'Company') has been informed that travel restrictions imposed
by the Chinese authorities, due to the SARS virus, over areas where Griffin's
operations are located, in particular the Hebei Province, have now been lifted.
Within the past few days, numerous Griffin personnel have been granted visas to
travel to the Peoples Republic of China.

As a result of the lifting of these restrictions, Griffin has given instructions
for the confirmatory ore block modeling and costing in China to be completed as
soon as possible.  Assuming no further delays are forthcoming, the Company
expects the feasibility study to be completed by the end of August 2003. Griffin
also expects to resume its proposed summer drilling programme as soon as
drilling equipment and contractors are available to travel to China.

Commenting on this development, Chairman Mladen Ninkov said:

'The SARS virus was an unforeseeable and extremely inconvenient delay to the
development of Caijiaying.  Now that the restrictions have been lifted, the
Company will continue to move at full speed with its development.'

Further information

Mladen Ninkov - Chairman                           Telephone: [phone]
Roger Goodwin - Finance Director                   Telephone: [phone]
Charles Dampney - Charles Stanley                  Telephone: [phone]

Griffin Mining Limited's shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market
                (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (symbol GFM).

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