New Mineralised Zone

Aurum Mining PLC
07 December 2006


For Immediate Release                                           7 December 2006



                                AURUM MINING PLC

                           ('Aurum' or 'the Company')



New mineralised zone discovered at Andash: possible faulted extension to Zone 1





Aurum Mining plc (AIM: AUR), the company formed to acquire gold and other
mineral extraction projects in the Former Soviet Union (FSU), is delighted to
announce details of the discovery of a new exploration zone within the Andash
licence area. The new zone, called Nakhodka, shares the geological and
mineralogical features of Andash Zone 1, where 1.5 million ozs of gold and gold
equivalent have already been identified. The company is presently finalising the
bankable feasibility study for zone 1 and expects to deliver this shortly.



During a recent geological mapping campaign in the northern region of the Andash
licence area, a body of eruptive diorite breccia was delineated  for a distance
of approximately 3.5km, with a visible width of approximately 1.5km. Within this
breccia, a new mineralised zone was identified,  with a strike length of
approximately 1000m.

The zone is represented by strongly altered breccia with intensive sulphide
mineralisation (pyrite/chalcopyrite) and visible gold. Structurally it is a flat
North-dipping thrust zone with distinct geological and mineralogical features
similar to Zone 1. It is believed  that the mineralisation represents the upper
part of the Zone 1 orebody, faulted by a flat thrust moving it North around 2km.
This new area and Zone 1 are structurally similar and have the same host rocks
and  similar chemical elements both in type and grade.



Initially, 14 grab and chip samples were taken from the surface. Nine samples
returned elevated gold and copper values up to 124 g/t of gold and 1.05% copper.






     Sample                Location            Type of sampling   Length, m                Grade
               X              Y                                           Au, g/t          Cu, %
A-06-801     33814          11572            grab                           0.39            0.39
A-06-802     33782          11510            grab                           31.6            0.84
A-06-807     33522          11432            chip            2.0           <0.05           0.001
A-06-808     33610          11436            grab                           9.83            0.56
A-06-809     33604          11461            grab                           0.52            0.02
A-06-810     33780          11534            grab                           30.5            1.0
A-06-811     33941          11570            chip            1.0           <0.05           0.004
A-06-818     33680          11532            grab                          124.0            0.24
A-06-819     33776          11550            grab                           0.38            0.32
A-06-830     33136          11658            chip            1.5           <0.05            0.33
A-06-831     33156          11660            grab                          <0.05           0.004
A-06-832     33186          11646            grab                           0.95            1.05
A-06-833     33318          11323            grab                          <0.05           0.002
A-06-840     33934          11612            chip            0.5           <0.05           0.001







Attempts to get to bedrock by trenching were partially successful due to very
thick overburden, at times more than 4m thick. Of five trenches, only two
trenches successfully hit bed rock, with a total length of 122.6m. The trenching
results below showed strong mineralisation running 9.9m at 7.89g/t gold, and 9m
at 5.04 g/t of gold.






   ##        ## sample          Interval of     Length, m                       Grade
                                sampling, m                   Au, g/t          Cu, %           Ag, g/t
                                               Trench #17-06
              A-06-971           10.1-12.8         2.7          8.36           0.365             6.4
              A-06-974           12.8-14.0         1.2          14.4           0.333            14.4
              A-06-975           14.0-15.0         1.0          11.4           0.65             12.6
              A-06-976           15.0-16.0         1.0          10.1           0.51             10.1
              A-06-977           16.0-17.1         1.1          8.81           0.77              6.8
              A-06-978           17.1-18.0         0.9          6.98           0.263             5.0
              A-06-979           18.0-20.0         2.0          2.09           0.095             2.2
              A-06-980           20.0-22.0         2.0         0.272           0.024            <1.0
              A-06-981           22.0-24.0         2.0         0.063           0.003            <1.0
              A-06-982           24.0-26.0         2.0         <0.050          0.002            <1.0
              A-06-983           26.0-28.0         2.0         <0.050          0.001            <1.0
              A-06-984           28.0-29.6         1.6         <0.050          0.002            <1.0
               Total:            10.1-20.0         9.9          7.89           0.37             7.18
                                               Trench #21-06
             A-06-1021            0.0-1.0          1.0          2.04           0.261             2.0
             A-06-1022            1.0-2.0          1.0          27.9           0.77             33.2
             A-06-1023            2.0-3.0          1.0         0.231           0.055             2.0
             A-06-1024            3.0-6.0          3.0         0.238           0.053            <1.0
             A-06-1025            6.0-7.3          1.3         0.066           0.014            <1.0
             A-06-1026            7.3-8.3          1.0          1.11           0.192             1.8
             A-06-1027            8.3-9.0          0.7          19.0           0.418             8.5
             A-06-1028           9.0-10.0          1.0         <0.050          0.004            <1.0
             A-06-1029           10.0-12.0         2.0         <0.050          0.004            <1.0
             A-06-1030           12.0-14.2         2.2         <0.050          0.001            <1.0
               Total:             0.0-9.0          9.0          5.04           0.19             5.47





Commenting on the new find, Mark Jones, Aurum's Chief Executive, said: 'As a new
exploration zone, Nakhodka provides us with yet another great opportunity to
expand our resource base at Andash. We will begin a drilling programme in the
new season next year with a view to getting a clearer estimation of this
resource, which, in common with our Tokhtonysay exploration area, has the
attraction of proximity to the proposed Andash Zone 1 mine.



'With this new zone, our Tokhtonysay prospect and our other five zones, we have
an impressive number and size of targets within the Andash licence area. These
will augment our most advanced project, Andash Zone 1 which recently received a
Mining Licence. Andash Zone 1 contains gold and gold equivalent of more than
1.5m ozs. We look forward to initial production in 2008, when positive cashflows
will assist us to exploit the potential of the new opportunities at Andash.'





For further information:


Aurum Mining plc                                      Tel: [phone]
Mark Jones, Chief Executive

Arbuthnot Securities                                  Tel: [phone]
Graham Swindells

Buchanan Communications                               Tel: [phone]
Mark Court / Rebecca Skye Dietrich



Notes to editors



Aurum Mining joined the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in May 2004 with
the strategy of seeking, evaluating and acquiring gold and other mineral
extraction projects in the Former Soviet Union (FSU). In January 2005 the
Company completed its first acquisition, giving the Company an exploration
licence over the Andash gold and copper project in the Kyrgyz Republic. Mining
consultant Wardell Armstrong International has confirmed a JORC resource
estimate of 1.49 million ozs of gold and gold equivalent in Andash Zone 1 in
Measured and Indicated categories. A Mining Licence for the Andash area was
awarded by the Kyrgyz authorities in November 2006. The feasibility study for
Zone 1 is scheduled for completion by the end of this year, allowing production
to begin in 2008. The Andash project also includes the Zone 2 and Zone 3 along
with Tokhtonysay, Nakhodka and three other additional exploration areas.






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