Anglo Pacific Group PLC Trefi - Initial coal re...

Anglo Pacific Group PLC

   Initial Coal Resource of 90.95 million tonnes at the Trefi Coal
                               Project
                     in British Columbia, Canada

In addition to its  various other private  coal interests in  Canada,
Anglo Pacific Group PLC ("Anglo  Pacific Group" or "the Company")  is
pleased to  announce  an  initial coal  resource  estimate  of  90.95
million tonnes  at  the  Trefi  Coal  Project  in  northeast  British
Columbia.

The resource estimate is based upon the drilling and exploration work
undertaken by Gulf  Canada between 1980  and 1982 and  then by  Anglo
Pacific Group itself in  2008 and 2009.  The  report was prepared  by
Moose Mountain Technical Services,  an independent consultancy  based
in Canada. The coal resource estimate is reported in accordance  with
Australian JORC Code and Canadian National Instrument 43-101.

The highlights of the report are as follows:-

  * Initial underground C-Seam coal resource of 90.95 million tonnes

  * Measured and Indicated Resource of 39.35 million tonnes

  * High quality low sulphur coal suitable for thermal and PCI export
    markets

  * Resource located close to infrastructure and railway


For more details  the full report  can be  found at the  end of  this
press release.

As noted in the recent 2009 interim results, the Company intends this
autumn to carry out a scoping study on the Trefi resource in order to
progress the project  towards the  Company's objective  of earning  a
royalty entitlement and retaining  a carried interest.   Furthermore,
the Company hopes to produce an initial 43-101 resource statement  on
its Groundhog coal project in northern British Columbia by the end of
2009.  Both the Groundhog and Trefi coalfields remain on the  balance
sheet at cost.

The development of coal interests in British Columbia is an important
component of Anglo Pacific Group's strategy to broaden and  diversify
its portfolio  of  royalties.  Furthermore, the  Company  is  in  the
process of applying for a listing of its shares on the Toronto  Stock
Exchange.

Anglo Pacific Group generates  returns for shareholders by  receiving
royalties from operating  mines which currently  include coking  coal
mines in Australia owned by BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto.

The Company's strategy remains to pay a substantial proportion of its
royalties to shareholders as dividends, while reinvesting the balance
in strategic  listed and  unlisted metal  exploration and  production
opportunities such  as  at  Trefi  and  Groundhog,  with  a  view  to
obtaining more royalties for shareholders.  The Company will continue
to adopt an active, merchant  banking approach to mining projects  in
order to achieve better returns at reduced risk.

The information  in this  announcement which  relates to  Exploration
Results, Coal  Resources or  Coal Reserves  is based  on  information
compiled by  Mr Robert  J.  Morris P.Geol.  and  Mr Robert  F  Engler
P.Geol., who are  both  Members  of the  Association of  Professional
Engineers Geologists and Geophysicists of  Alberta. Mr Morris and  Mr
Engler work for  Moose Mountain Technical  Services a Canadian  based
independent consultancy.  Mr Morris  and  Mr Engler  have  sufficient
experience relevant  to  the  style of  mineralisation  and  type  of
deposit  under  consideration   and  to  the   activities  they   are
undertaking to qualify as a Competent Persons as defined in the  2004
Edition of  the  'Australasian  Code  for  Reporting  of  Exploration
Results, Mineral  Resources  and Ore  Reserves  (The JORC  Code).  Mr
Morris and Mr Engler consent to the inclusion in this announcement of
the matters based  on their information  in the form  and context  in
which it appears.


For further information:

Anglo Pacific Group PLC

[phone]

Peter Boycott, Chairman
Matthew Tack, Finance Director

Liberum
Capital
[phone]

Chris Bowman
Simon Stilwell

Scott
Harris
[phone]

Stephen Scott
James O'Shaughnessy

Website:
www.anglopacificgroup.com

The following is the text of the full report:


   INITIAL COAL RESOURCE OF 90.95 MILLION TONNES AT ANGLO PACIFIC
       GROUP'S TREFI COAL PROJECT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA



   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                          Table 1                           |
   |                 Trefi Coal C-Seam Resource                 |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |  Resource Category   |   Metric   | Vertical Thickness (m) |
   |                      |   Tonnes   |                        |
   |----------------------+------------+------------------------|
   | Measured             | 14,250,000 |          2.38          |
   |----------------------+------------+------------------------|
   | Indicated            | 25,100,000 |          2.12          |
   |----------------------+------------+------------------------|
   | Measured & Indicated | 39,350,000 |          2.21          |
   |----------------------+------------+------------------------|
   |                      |            |                        |
   |----------------------+------------+------------------------|
   | Inferred             | 51,600,000 |          1.96          |
   |----------------------+------------+------------------------|
   | Total Coal Resource  | 90,950,000 |          2.07          |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+


Two full C-Seam coal  core samples from  the 2009 drilling  programme
were analysed; the  results from the  1.6 SG float  are presented  in
Table 2 and confirm earlier work carried out by Gulf Canada. The coal
is a  high  quality  low sulphur,  medium  volatile  bituminous  coal
suitable for the thermal and PCI markets. Based on initial laboratory
results the yield is expected to be in the order of 70%.



          +----------------------------------------------+
          |                   Table 2                    |
          |           Trefi Coal Washed C-Seam           |
          |    Averages from 2009 Drilling Programme     |
          |         Proximate Analysis Dry Basis         |
          |----------------------------------------------|
          | Ash             |           7.30%            |
          |-----------------+----------------------------|
          | Volatile Matter |           22.51%           |
          |-----------------+----------------------------|
          | Fixed Carbon    |           70.19%           |
          |-----------------+----------------------------|
          | Sulphur         |           0.25%            |
          |-----------------+----------------------------|
          | Calorific Value | 7864 kcal/kg / 32925 kJ/kg |
          +----------------------------------------------+



Location

The Trefi Coal property comprises  15 coal licences covering  7,337ha
located within  the  Pine Pass  area  of the  Peace  River  District,
northeast British Columbia, Canada. Additional licences covering  the
extension northwards have been  applied for but  are not included  in
the resource estimate.

The property is approximately 30km southwest of the town of Chetwynd.
The area is served by an  all weather paved highway and the  property
is currently  accessed  by logging  and  gas exploration  roads.  The
Canadian National  Railway  (CN)  line  is 8km  north  of  the  Trefi
property and provides direct access to the port of Vancouver and  the
Ridley Island Coal Terminal at Prince Rupert (Fig 1)

                For the picture see the attached pdf

                          Figure 1 Location


Geology

The Boulder Creek  Formation of  the Fort  St. John  Group hosts  the
coal-bearing strata on the property in a stratigraphic section up  to
30m thick (Figure 2).  There are five coal seams within this  section
with  geology  that  is  classified  as  moderate  with  respect   to
stratigraphy and structure (as defined in Canadian Geological  Survey
Paper 88-21).


                For the picture see the attached pdf

                    Figure 2 Stratigraphic Column

The coal lies within a shallow  syncline and outcrops on either  side
of a north-south trending range of hills.


                For the picture see the attached pdf

 Figure 3 Cross Section across the centre of the property, blue line
              is the C-Seam, green line is the surface.

Exploration

Gulf Canada drilled 23 holes on or near the property and 9 full  seam
coal core samples from the C-Seam within the property boundaries were
collected and analyzed  between 1980  and 1982.  In  2009 five  holes
were completed by Anglo Pacific  totaling 1,006.4m and two full  seam
coal core samples were collected  (Figure 4) and analyzed. MMTS  were
contracted to  manage  the 2009  Anglo  Pacific drill  programme  and
estimate the initial  resource. MMTS  are respected  coal experts  in
Canada with a client base including Teck Coal, Mitsui, Kennecott  and
Western Canadian Coal.


                For the picture see the attached pdf

         Figure 4 Part of the coal intersection from DH09-02


Resources

The coal resource estimate  on the C-Seam is  in accordance with  the
JORC Code and Canadian NI 43-101.


           +---------------------------------------------+
           | Resource  |   Tonnes   | Vertical Thickness |
           | Category  |            |         m          |
           |-----------+------------+--------------------|
           | Measured  | 14,250,000 |        2.38        |
           |-----------+------------+--------------------|
           | Indicated | 25,100,000 |        2.12        |
           |-----------+------------+--------------------|
           | Inferred  | 51,600,000 |        1.96        |
           +---------------------------------------------+


The C-Seam was  modelled by  Moose Mountain  Technical Services  with
MineSightÃ’ using data from the Gulf Canada drill holes, Anglo Pacific
holes and two deep  gas exploration holes (Table  3 and Figure 5).  A
minimum width of 1.5m and maximum depth of cover of 600m were used.

                For the picture see the attached pdf

                              Figure 5

Quality

Two full seam coal core samples from the 2009 drilling campaign  were
analysed. The  1.4  and  1.6  SG float  fraction  underwent  FSI  and
proximate analysis  (dry basis)  (Table 4),  ash analysis  (Table  5)
rheology (Table  6) and  petrographic analysis  (Table 7).  The  work
confirmed much of Gulf Canada's earlier  findings that the coal is  a
low sulphur, moderately  low ash, mid  volatile bituminous coal  with
weak coking  properties.  Indications  are that  the  coal  would  be
suitable for thermal markets and PCI


The information  in this  announcement which  relates to  Exploration
Results, Coal  Resources or  Coal Reserves  is based  on  information
compiled by  Mr Robert  J.  Morris P.Geol.  and  Mr Robert  F  Engler
P.Geol., who are  both  Members  of the  Association of  Professional
Engineers Geologists and Geophysicists of  Alberta. Mr Morris and  Mr
Engler work for  Moose Mountain Technical  Services a Canadian  based
independent consultancy.  Mr Morris  and  Mr Engler  have  sufficient
experience relevant  to  the  style of  mineralisation  and  type  of
deposit  under  consideration   and  to  the   activities  they   are
undertaking to qualify as a Competent Persons as defined in the  2004
Edition of  the  'Australasian  Code  for  Reporting  of  Exploration
Results, Mineral  Resources  and Ore  Reserves  (The JORC  Code).  Mr
Morris and Mr Engler consent to the inclusion in this announcement of
the matters based on  their  information in the  form and context  in
which it appears.


Tables 3 to 7 below:


Table 3 List of Drill Holes and Intercepts, C-Seam, on and nearby the
                           Trefi Property

                                  Elev.    TD     From    To    Drilled  Drilled
 Drillhole    UTM-E     UTM-N      (m)     (m)    (m)    (m)   Thickness   By
                                                                  (m)
93P12-a23D  569437.48 6152928.40 1264.00 4564.00 725.60 728.30   2.70      Gas
                                                                          Hole
93P12-c29C  571750.00 6151600.00 1242.00 3594.00                 0.00      Gas
                                                                          Hole
 ddh-80-01  567031.22 6160881.20 710.00  198.70  165.30 165.50   0.20     Gulf
 ddh-80-02  556239.39 6160701.88 955.00  222.40                  0.00     Gulf
 ddh-80-03  569804.46 6157197.37 832.00  220.30  194.75 195.27   0.52     Gulf
ddh-81-100  572178.29 6150564.92 923.00  245.30  223.60 224.21   0.61     Gulf
ddh-81-102  568011.62 6150175.50 1380.00 160.00  121.20 123.63   2.43     Gulf
ddh-81-105  570960.80 6149506.59 971.00  238.30  204.48 206.85   2.37     Gulf
ddh-81-108  566940.61 6151908.66 1204.00 617.20  592.80 594.50   1.70     Gulf
 dh-09-01   571044.89 6148897.43 977.28  184.09  58.80  60.10    1.30     Anglo
                                                                           Pac
 dh-09-02   572672.67 6147614.16 1232.95 288.95  274.60 276.10   1.50     Anglo
                                                                           Pac
 dh-09-03   573409.02 6146220.95 1258.79 197.51  187.40 189.10   1.70     Anglo
                                                                           Pac
 dh-09-04   575092.94 6145150.46 1141.30 161.84  146.10 146.20   0.10     Anglo
                                                                           Pac
 dh-09-05   574908.98 6143796.14 1046.11 175.00                  0.00     Anglo
                                                                           Pac
 rdh-80-01  564531.63 6157670.08 775.00  317.00  283.10 283.50   0.40     Gulf
 rdh-80-02  560382.09 6163726.52 698.00  382.50                  0.00     Gulf
 rdh-80-03  548400.00 6146220.95 885.00  244.00                  0.00     Gulf
rdh -80-05  569225.00 6163925.00 780.00  270.50                  0.00     Gulf
 rdh-80-06  578811.77 6144477.39 1060.00 249.90                  0.00     Gulf
 rdh-80-07  573475.09 6146149.91 1250.00 202.70  188.53 190.50   1.97     Gulf
 rdh-80-08  575097.90 6145138.36 1153.00 172.50  145.59 148.30   2.71     Gulf
 rdh-80-12  564086.14 6153761.73 832.00  128.60  107.42 109.52   2.10     Gulf
rdh-81-101  565553.59 6153983.93 887.00  367.00  363.20 363.63   0.43     Gulf
rdh-81-103  574739.14 6143658.88 1054.00 329.90  303.14 304.91   1.77     Gulf
rdh-81-104  572663.53 6147602.48 1233.00 281.90  263.28 265.72   2.44     Gulf
rdh-81-106C 575111.59 6145128.10 1153.00 148.90  144.48 145.34   0.86     Gulf
rdh-81-107  572773.64 6146442.84 1297.00 342.90  130.80 131.76   0.96     Gulf
rdh-81-109C 573475.09 6146179.48 1250.00 191.70  187.94 190.24   2.30     Gulf
rdh-82-100  572597.97 6146934.08 1274.00 122.40  111.70 113.20   1.50     Gulf
rdh-82-101  574273.90 6145675.33 1192.00 228.00  207.25 212.10   4.85     Gulf

 Note:   Highlighted holes have full seam core samples from current
            the Trefi property and area under application

                               Table 4

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Core #   |Washability      |     |Proximate Analysis dry basis  |Calorific  |
|---------+-----------------+-----+------------------------------+-----------|
|         |Sample  |Weight %|FSI  |Ash %  | VM %  | FC %  |S %   |Value      |
|---------+--------+--------+-----+-------+-------+-------+------+-----------|
|DH09-02  |Raw     |        |     | 16.07 |       |       |      |           |
|---------+--------+--------+-----+-------+-------+-------+------+-----------|
|         |Float   | 64.87  |  2  | 5.77  | 23.25 | 70.98 |      |   7962    |
|         |1.40    |        |     |       |       |       |      |           |
|---------+--------+--------+-----+-------+-------+-------+------+-----------|
|         |Sink    | 35.13  |     | 35.33 |       |       |      |           |
|         |1.40    |        |     |       |       |       |      |           |
|---------+--------+--------+-----+-------+-------+-------+------+-----------|
|         |Float   | 75.14  | 1.5 | 7.52  | 22.55 | 69.93 | 0.25 |   7838    |
|         |1.60    |        |     |       |       |       |      |           |
|---------+--------+--------+-----+-------+-------+-------+------+-----------|
|         |Sink    | 24.86  |     | 41.14 |       |       |      |           |
|         |1.60    |        |     |       |       |       |      |           |
|---------+--------+--------+-----+-------+-------+-------+------+-----------|
|         |        |        |     |       |       |       |      |           |
|---------+--------+--------+-----+-------+-------+-------+------+-----------|
|DH09-03  |Raw     |        |     | 18.90 |       |       |      |           |
|---------+--------+--------+-----+-------+-------+-------+------+-----------|
|         |Float   | 62.05  |  2  | 5.82  | 22.58 | 71.60 |      |   7993    |
|         |1.40    |        |     |       |       |       |      |           |
|---------+--------+--------+-----+-------+-------+-------+------+-----------|
|         |Sink    | 37.95  |     | 40.13 |       |       |      |           |
|         |1.40    |        |     |       |       |       |      |           |
|---------+--------+--------+-----+-------+-------+-------+------+-----------|
|         |Float   | 73.96  | 1.5 | 7.08  | 22.47 | 70.45 | 0.24 |   7889    |
|         |1.60    |        |     |       |       |       |      |           |
|---------+--------+--------+-----+-------+-------+-------+------+-----------|
|         |Sink    | 26.04  |     | 50.05 |       |       |      |           |
|         |1.60    |        |     |       |       |       |      |           |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+


                               Table 5

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  DDH   | Sample |                               Ash Chemistry (%)                                |
|        |        |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        |        | SiO2  | Al203 | TiO2 | Fe2O3 |  CaO  | MgO  | Na2O | K20  | P2O5 | SO3  | Und  |
|--------+--------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
| DH0902 | Float  | 45.93 | 23.48 | 0.93 | 7.03  | 9.29  | 1.44 | 0.23 | 0.76 | 1.87 | 7.39 | 1.65 |
|        |  1.60  |       |       |      |       |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |
|--------+--------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
|        |  Sink  | 49.49 | 22.13 | 0.92 | 3.98  | 9.63  | 1.51 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 4.41 | 6.76 | -0.6 |
|        |  1.60  |       |       |      |       |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |
|--------+--------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
| DH0903 | Float  | 53.43 | 22.66 | 1.08 | 3.86  | 7.00  | 1.21 | 0.23 | 0.89 | 2.22 | 5.09 | 2.33 |
|        |  1.60  |       |       |      |       |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |
|--------+--------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
|        |  Sink  | 42.93 | 19.77 | 0.70 | 6.93  | 11.98 | 1.69 | 0.93 | 0.77 | 3.57 | 8.32 | 2.41 |
|        |  1.60  |       |       |      |       |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


                               Table 6

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|        |        |                Gieseler Fluidity                |                   Dilatometer                   |
|        |        |-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
|  DDH   | Sample | Softening |   Max    |   Max    | Solid | Range | Soft |  Max  |  Max  | Contraction | Dilitation |
|        |        |  Temp C   | Fluidity | Fluidity |Temp C |Temp C |  T1  | Contr | Dlita |      %      |     %      |
|        |        |           |   ddpm   |  Temp C  |       |       |      |  T2   |  T3   |             |            |
|--------+--------+-----------+----------+----------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------------+------------|
| DH0902 | Float  |    454    |   0.7    |   461    |  485  |  31   | 438  |  506  |  506  |     6.0     |    5.7     |
|        |  1.60  |           |          |          |       |       |      |       |       |             |            |
|--------+--------+-----------+----------+----------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------------+------------|
|        |        |           |          |          |       |       |      |       |       |             |            |
|--------+--------+-----------+----------+----------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------------+------------|
| DH0903 | Float  |    451    |   1.6    |   454    |  481  |  30   | 425  |  506  |  506  |    11.0     |    6.6     |
|        |  1.60  |           |          |          |       |       |      |       |       |             |            |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



                               Table 7

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|        |        |   Maximum   |         Reactive Macerals          |                Inert Macerals                 |
|  DDH   | Sample | Reflectance |------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------|
|        |        |   Ro Max    | Vitrinite | Exinite |   Reactive   | Micrinite |    Inert     | Fusinite | Mineral |
|        |        |             |           |         | Semifusinite |           | Semifusinite |          | Matter  |
|--------+--------+-------------+-----------+---------+--------------+-----------+--------------+----------+---------|
| DH0902 | Float  |    1.12     |   41.30   |  2.50   |    18.90     |    7.5    |     18.8     |   6.7    |   4.2   |
|        |  1.60  |             |           |         |              |           |              |          |         |
|--------+--------+-------------+-----------+---------+--------------+-----------+--------------+----------+---------|
|        |        |             |           |         |              |           |              |          |         |
|--------+--------+-------------+-----------+---------+--------------+-----------+--------------+----------+---------|
| DH0903 | Float  |    1.11     |   41.70   |  2.20   |    18.00     |   8.70    |     19.0     |   7.40   |   4.0   |
|        |  1.60  |             |           |         |              |           |              |          |         |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


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