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    ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
    Chalice confirms high gold prospectivity over 10km
    of strike
    Chalice Gold Mines Limited ABN 47 116 648 956 22 July 2010
    Chalice Gold Mines Limited (ASX: CHN) is pleased to advise that the results from
    a recently completed regional sampling program from within the Zara Project in
    Eritrea have returned compelling results.
    The highly promising finding stems from samples collected from streams that lie
    along strike from the flagship Koka Gold Deposit (?Koka?). The streams emanate
    from several major drainages, highlighting pronounced gold anomalism over a
    strike length of at least 10km.
    These anomalies are not related to previously known gold occurrences (Figure
    1), highlighting the significant prospectivity for further gold deposits at the Zara
    Project.
    A feasibility study released last week on the development of Koka found it would
    be robust and viable based on production of 104,000 ounces of gold a year over
    seven years. Cash costs would average US$338 an ounce. Further near mine
    discoveries will significantly add to the already solid economics of Koka.
    In the latest results, a total of 59 samples were collected as part of a Bulk Leach
    Extractable Gold (BLEG) drainage sampling program completed over the Zara
    North and Zara South Prospecting Licenses.
    Six samples contained greater than 10 parts per billion (ppb) gold, with the best
    sample returning 362ppb (Table 1) gold. A further seven samples gave values of
    between five and 10ppb gold, a level still considered anomalous.
    The high-grade nature of these samples and their value as an indicator of
    extensive gold mineralisation is highlighted by the fact that similar sampling
    conducted around the Koka deposit returned a highest value of 75ppb gold.
    The highest value of 362ppb from the recent program also represents the
    highest value obtained to date from all of the Zara Project BLEG samples and is
    an order of magnitude higher than most of those obtained in the lead up to the
    Koka discovery.
    Significantly, the exploration potential is enhanced by the fact that this BLEG
    program has been the first to sample the areas showing anomalous results.
    INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
    High grade Indicated gold
    Resource (840,000 oz @
    5.3 g/t gold)
    Feasibility Study completed:
    - Low cash costs of $338/oz
    - 7 year mine life at
    >100,000 oz average
    production per year
    Drilling at near mine Konate
    Prospect in progress
    Large unexplored ground
    position in the Arabian Nubian
    Shield
    www.chalicegold.com
    Chalice Gold Mines Limited, Level 2, 1292 Hay Street, West Perth, Western Australia T: +618 9322 3960 F: +618 9322 5800 E: [email protected]
    BLEG samples greater than 10ppb gold BLEG samples 5 to 10 ppb gold
    Sample number and PL Value/ppb Sample number and PL Value/ppb
    540483 Zara South 14.8 540462 Zara South 7.36
    540490 Zara North 11.36 540475 Zara South 9.16
    540491 Zara North 52.8 540482 Zara South 6.18
    540492 Zara North 82.4 540489 Zara North 5.74
    540493 Zara North 362.0 540499 Zara North 6.4
    540494 Zara North 61.4 540505 Zara North 9.1
    540506 Zara North 6.14
    Table 1: Significant BLEG results for Chalice Gold Zara Project
    The highest gold values from the BLEG samples show clustering in the northern drainages of Zara
    North, highlighting the substantial exploration potential for the areas upstream of the samples.
    Importantly, the best values have been obtained from streams draining from the same north-south
    trending package of rocks that hosts Koka.
    A program of geological mapping, rock chip sampling and infill BLEG stream sediment sampling will
    now be undertaken upstream of the anomalous values to identify the sources of the anomalies.
 
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