AVALON MINERALS LTD

Avalon Minerals provided an interim update on the drilling program currently underway on the Viscaria copper project, Sweden. A total of 2,384.3 m of diamond drilling and 2,513 m of reverse circulation drilling has been completed since mid year. Assays for most of the drilling are yet to be submitted for analysis. The program was designed to test the following; shallower southerly extensions to the ‘A’ Zone; the potential to join the ‘A’ Zone South and the ‘A’ Zone North copper resources; extensions to the ‘A’ Zone South at depth and to the south.