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___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Level 2/ 640 Murray Street West Perth 6005 Telephone: 9212 0600 Facsimile: 9212 0611 P.O. Box 626, West Perth 6872 www.legendmining.com.au ABN: 22 060 966 145 18 January 2006 Company Announcements Office Australian Stock Exchange Ltd GIDGEE PROJECT – DECEMBER 2005 DRILLING RESULTS Figure 3: Swift Oblique Section Significant results include: 12 metres at 10.4 g/t gold from 100 metres in GDC203 (Swift), 8 metres at 14.2 g/t gold from 100 metres in GDC208 (Kea, west of Swift), 8 metres at 5.0 g/t gold from 112 metres in GDC210 (Swift). The drilling results confirm the high grade and erratic nature of gold distribution within the Gidgee veins. However, the recognition of the shear sets and the role of favorable host units in controlling the distribution of gold mineralisation at Gidgee is a significant advance. The distribution of these prospective units within the Gidgee Mine Area is not well defined and this will be the focus of further study in 2006. Interpretation of Recent Reverse Circulation Drilling Results At Gidgee coarse grained high-grade gold mineralisation is hosted by sets of stacked quartz veins with variable strike length, and the coarse gold is unevenly distributed within these veins. The location of the quartz veins is controlled by a series of north-south, northwest and northeast trending shears. Gold mineralisation is best developed where these shear sets intersect one another, within favorable host units. Resource modeling of the Swift and Premium areas showed that gold mineralisation is hosted by short strike length quartz vein sets rather than more coherent lodes. The holes in this latest drill program were orientated to test for southwesterly dipping veins associated with north-south and, west-northwest trending structures identified during the course of the resource modelling. Clear evidence for these structures can be found in the Swift, Emu ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Level 2/ 640 Murray Street West Perth 6005 Telephone: 9212 0600 Facsimile: 9212 0611 P.O. Box 626, West Perth 6872 www.legendmining.com.au ABN: 22 060 966 145 Feather, Swan Bitter and North Swan Bitter pits, where quartz veins and bleached shear zones trending both north-south and 290 to 310o magnetic have been observed. Twenty five reverse circulation holes totaling 4,090 metres were drilled in this final program at Gidgee for 2005. The location of these holes is shown in Figure 1 overleaf, and a full listing of results over 1g/t gold is shown in Table 1. This recent drilling confirmed that the vein mineralisation is typified by short range structures with nuggety gold distribution. The drilling intersected quartz veins at the predicted positions below the Swan Bitter, Kea and Swift prospects, but a number of holes failed to return assays of any significance. The drilling at Kea, between the Swift and Emu pits, confirmed that high-grade gold mineralisation is hosted within a series of south-westerly dipping veins. These veins form a north-easterly plunging bundle as can be seen in Figure 2 cross section. The irregular gold distribution at Swift is further illustrated by drilling to follow-up high-grade intersections in holes GDC083. GDC083 drilled on the east side of Swift in mid-2005 intersected 18m at 20.2g/t gold from 71 metres and 11m at 9.8g/t gold from 96m, but holes GDC135, 136, 193 and 202 drilled less than 20 metre above and southwest of these intersections returned no significant result. However, GDC203 drilled to test below and to the northeast of GDC83, intercepted 12metres at 10.4g/t gold from 100 metres down hole at a position 25metres to the northeast of the intersection in GDC83. These intercepts are shown in Figure 3, which is an oblique cross section through these holes. The recognition of the shear sets and the role of favorable host units in controlling the distribution of gold mineralisation at Gidgee is a significant advance. The distribution of these prospective units and structures within the Gidgee Mine Area will be the focus of further study in 2006. Dermot Ryan Executive Director The information relating to exploration and results from Gidgee in this report is based on data compiled by Mr Donald Thomson, a Member of the AusIMM and an employee of Legend Mining Ltd. Mr Thomson has sufficient relevant experience in the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the “Australian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves” and consents to the inclusion in this report of the information in the form and context in which it appears. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Level 2/ 640 Murray Street West Perth 6005 Telephone: 9212 0600 Facsimile: 9212 0611 P.O. Box 626, West Perth 6872 www.legendmining.com.au ABN: 22 060 966 145 Table 1. Gidgee Gold Mine Area Drilling Results from December 2005 Program Hole Northing Easting Depth Dip Azimuth From (metres) To (metres) Intercept (g/t gold) GDC191 6983532 739213 300 -55 250 158 159 1m @ 4.16 GDC191 181 184 3m @ 1.56 GDC191 267 269 2m @ 1.57 GDC192 6983445 739516 173 -60 244 103 115 12m @ 3.32 GDC193 6983359 739702 128 -60 244 34 35 1m @ 1.37 GDC194 6983549 739195 304 -60 250 150 151 1m @ 1.50 GDC194 249 251 2m @ 3.11 GDC194 281 286 5m @ 1.34 GDC195 6983577 739202 340 -70 250 No Significant Intersections GDC196 6983850 739068 118 -55 250 No Significant Intersections GDC197 6983318 739492 202 -47 030 176 180 4m @ 1.77 GDC198 6983692 739124 148 -60 030 32 44 12m @ 1.56 GDC199 6983595 739096 160 -47 030 140 144 4m @ 1.68 GDC200 6983301 739481 136 -60 030 104 116 12m @ 2.02 GDC201 6983581 739182 112 -60 030 No Significant Intersections GDC202 6983380 739706 151 -50 230 No Significant Intersections GDC203 6983417 739721 166 -50 210 20 24 4m @ 3.68 GDC203 100 112 12m @ 10.40 GDC204 6983631 739241 150 -60 030 No Significant Intersections GDC205 6983622 739338 154 -60 030 20 24 4m @ 1.66 GDC206 6983297 739314 106 -60 030 No Significant Intersections GDC207 6983321 739447 118 -60 030 24 28 4m @ 4.94 GDC208 6983279 739441 160 -60 030 100 108 8m @ 14.21 GDC208 152 156 4m @ 1.62 GDC209 6983837 739112 154 -60 030 No Significant Intersections GDC210 6983422 739662 148 -60 210 112 120 8m @ 4.98 GDC211 6983283 739711 148 -60 030 128 132 4m @ 2.89 GDC212 6983591 739315 172 -60 030 64 68 4m @ 1.87 GDC213 6983767 739100 148 -60 030 No Significant Intersections GDC214 6983691 739123 100 -80 030 No Significant Intersections GDC215 6983593 739090 100 -80 030 No Significant Intersections
Minimum cut off 1 g/t gold, minimum 1 metre width, maximum 4 metres internal dilution. Co-ordinates MGA 94 Zone 50 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Level 2/ 640 Murray Street West Perth 6005 Telephone: 9212 0600 Facsimile: 9212 0611 P.O. Box 626, West Perth 6872 www.legendmining.com.au ABN: 22 060 966 145 Figure 1: Drill Hole Location Plan ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Level 2/ 640 Murray Street West Perth 6005 Telephone: 9212 0600 Facsimile: 9212 0611 P.O. Box 626, West Perth 6872 www.legendmining.com.au ABN: 22 060 966 145 Figure 2: Kea Oblique Section During December 2005, 25 shallow reverse circulation drill holes were completed within the Gidgee Mine Area to test a new structural model. The structural model was based on and supported by measurements of structures and veins exposed in the open pits. The results of this drilling program post-date the Mineral Resource estimate published in December 2005.
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