Red Rock Resources plc
21 January 2008
RED ROCK RESOURCES PLC
Update - investment in Mindax Limited and iron ore exploration
Dated: 18 January 2008
Highlights
• Holding in Mindax Ltd rises to 6.28%
• Sampling results at Mt Alfred up to 70.72% Fe
• Further exploration results at Jupiter Mines Ltd's Mt Ida tenement
Red Rock Resources plc (the 'Company') the mineral exploration and development
company focused on advancing iron ore, uranium and manganese projects in
Australia and East Africa, announces that it has increased its investment in
Mindax Limited ('Mindax'), a mineral exploration company listed on the
Australian Stock Exchange ('ASX') under the trading symbol MDX. An announcement
of this holding was made on the ASX on 16 January 2008.
The Company has acquired a further 916,399 shares in Mindax at a cost of AUD
82,030, bringing its total holding to 5,291,399 shares as at 16th January 2008.
This holding represents 6.28% of Mindax's issued ordinary share capital. The
purchase has been made for investment purposes, and in the interest of enhancing
co-operation with a company whose license areas neighbour on the Company's
tenement at Mt Alfred, Western Australia. Exploration in the north of the Mt
Alfred tenement and the south of Mindax's adjoining tenement at Mt Forrest
indicates the presence of potentially significant iron ore mineralization
crossing the boundary between the tenements in Banded Iron Formations (BIFs).
An additional series of BIFs lie along a similar northerly trend and extend
through the Mt Alfred tenement along its eastern edge, adjoining the tenements
of Iron Mountain Ltd. During October/November 2007 a field reconnaissance and
rock chip sampling programme was undertaken by the Company to investigate the
potential of these trends within the Mt Alfred tenement. 21 sample results from
five areas have been received.
In the Mt Alfred West area, five samples showed grades of 65.09% to 70.72% iron
over 200m of strike tested. In the Mt Forrest area in the north of the Mt Alfred
license, nine samples showed grades of 34.36% iron to 62.23% iron, with an
apparent increase in iron grades and reduction in silicon towards the south of
the tested area. At Mt Alfred East, two samples showed grades of 37.55% and
43.88% iron and at Brooking in the south of the license, one sample was taken
and graded 67.19% iron.
South of Mt Alfred East, two samples at Mt Alfred South showed elevated chromium
and nickel values, these are highlighted in red in Table 1 below. Values above
55% Fe are in blue.
TABLE 1
Sample No. GPS (WGS84) Name Fe % P % SiO2 LOI
MA100 28o51.14S 119o59.31E Mt Alfred West 65.09 0.147 1.08 4.75
MA101 28o51.20S 119o59.30E Mt Alfred West 65.71 0.128 1.15 4.83
MA102 28o51.21S 119o59.30E Mt Alfred West 66.30 0.044 1.23 2.8
MA104 28o51.25S 119o59.29E Mt Alfred West 67.73 0.072 0.43 3.07
MA-N 28o51.54S 119o59.73E Mt Alfred West 70.72 X 0.6 1.39
MA401 28o45.02S 119o59.77E Mt Forrest 34.36 0.074 48.53 1.36
MA402 28o45.12S 119o59.80E Mt Forrest 44.19 0.045 34.97 1.39
MA403 28o45.12S 119o59.80E Mt Forrest 35.11 0.012 47.47 1.94
MA404 28o45.13S 119o59.76E Mt Forrest 38.25 0.007 43.37 1.45
MA405 28o45.21S 119o59.78E Mt Forrest 42.33 0.047 20.31 11.22
MA406 28o45.29S 119o59.81E Mt Forrest 39.45 0.024 40.62 2.26
MA406a 28o45.29S 119o59.81E Mt Forrest 62.23 0.031 3.22 5.37
MA407 28o45.34S 119o59.82E Mt Forrest 56.29 0.115 5.33 9.67
MA408 28o45.42S 119o59.81E Mt Forrest 59.35 0.032 6.91 6.28
BH-1 28o55.78S 119o59.80E Brooking Hills 67.19 X 2.1 3.14
MA301 28o51.22S 119o59.71E Mt Alfred East 43.88 0.044 35.88 0.64
MA400 28o51.20S 119o59.71E Mt Alfred East 37.55 0.061 43.78 1.32
MA-NE 28o51.23S 119o59.72E Mt Alfred East 39.22 X 21.7 0.34
MA200 28o51.78S 119o59.48E Mt Alfred South 40.07 0.058 40.12 1.64
MA300 28o51.77S 119o59.79E Mt Alfred South 8.42 0.015 49.46 6.76
MA300a 28o51.77S 119o59.79E Mt Alfred South 6.09 0.011 62.26 4.77
(LINK TO MAP)
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/1166m_-2008-1-18.pdf
The Company awaits further results and will now conduct further systematic
mapping and sampling in the five areas identified, and along strike from them in
order to identify drill targets.
As announced on 29 May 2007, the Company sold its other iron ore-prospective
tenements at Mt Ida and Mt Hope in Western Australia, which lie some 42 miles to
the south-east of Mt Alfred, to Jupiter Mines Ltd (ASX: JMS), in exchange for a
cash consideration, 4,617,178 Jupiter Mines Ltd shares, and a 1.5% production
royalty. Jupiter Mines Ltd announced on 8 January 2008 that it had identified
four new conceptual targets at Mt Ida over 6.2 km of combined strike for further
exploration. These were identified by a combination of systematic rock chip
sampling, surface mapping and reconnaissance exploration. Assays from the first
two of these targets are reported to have returned grades of over 60% haematite
Fe including a peak grade of 67.3% which is stated to be a high priority
exploration target. Magnetite mineralization grading up to 39.9% and 37.1% was
also reported from these areas. Further exploration including drilling over the
four targets is planned by Jupiter Mines Ltd for early March.
The information in this report that relates to exploration results, mineral
resources or ore reserves is based on information compiled by Helen Salmon, BSc
Hons, MPhil, GradIMMM, FGS, MMS. Helen Salmon is a principal geologist under
contract to Regency Mines plc, and has sufficient experience which is relevant
to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to
the activity which she is undertaking to qualify as a Qualified Person. Helen
Salmon consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on her
information in the form and context in which it appears.
Enquiries:
Andrew Bell 0207 402 4580 Red Rock Resources plc Chairman
or
07766 474849
John Simpson 020 7512 0191 Blomfield Corporate Finance Ltd Nominated Adviser
Ron Marshman / 020 7628 5518 City of London PR Limited Public Relations
John Greenhalgh
Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on its website,
www.rrrplc.com.
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