TUNCELI

Announced the preliminary metallurgical test results for drill core from the ‘Ridge Zone’ zone of secondary copper enrichment at Kizilviran. Preliminary tests indicate recovery of 95% of contained copper, 92% of contained by-product gold and 80-85% of contained molybdenum using standard flotation methods. Follow-up tests indicated the flotation product can be upgraded to clean, marketable-grade concentrate containing very minor amounts of impurities. Tests indicate 54% of total copper is readily leachable, but gold and molybdenum are not recoverable by conventional copper leaching processes.

Released the results from the completed multiple rig drilling program at Kizilviran. The drilling program consisted of 2,555 m of diamond drilling in 9 holes, and 2,543 m of RC drilling in 18 holes. Highlights from the drill program include: 43.0 m grading 1.19% Cu, 0.18 g/t Au and 105 ppm Mo (from 21.0 m) in hole KRC-016; 49.0 m grading 0.85% Cu, 0.15 g/t Au and 38 ppm Mo (from 17.0 m) in hole KRC-011; and 65.0 m grading 0.60% Cu, 0.11 g/t Au and 226 ppm Mo (from 98.0 m) in hole KIZ-005. The RC drilling program was completed and totaled 2,543 m in 18 holes. The deposit (Main Ridge area) has an enriched copper blanket over a length of nearly 1.5 km with widths of 200 to 500 m, both open for extension.

Anatolia Minerals and Rio Tinto have released the results from the completed multiple rig drilling program at Kizilviran (part of the Tunceli joint venture) in eastern Turkey. The drilling program consisted of 2,555 m of diamond drilling in 9 holes, and 2,543 m of RC drilling in 18 holes. Highlights from the drill program include: 43.0 m grading 1.19% Cu, 0.18 g/t Au and 105 ppm Mo (from 21.0 m) in hole KRC-016; 49.0 m grading 0.85% Cu, 0.15 g/t Au and 38 ppm Mo (from 17.0 m) in hole KRC-011; and 65.0 m grading 0.60% Cu, 0.11 g/t Au and 226 ppm Mo (from 98.0 m) in hole KIZ-005. The deposit has an enriched copper blanket over a length of nearly 1.5 km with widths of 200 to 500 m, both open for extension.