Amara Mining Regulatory News (AMA)

18 Jan 2006 07:00

Cluff Gold PLC18 January 2006 18 January 2005 CLUFF GOLD PLC Baomahun gold project, Sierra Leone - Follow up core drilling resumes at the Baomahun Gold Project Cluff Gold Plc ("Cluff" or "the Company") today announces the recommencement ofcore drilling at the Baomahun Gold Project in Sierra Leone. Five holes,totalling 800 metres, have been initially programmed in order to investigate thenorthern mineral extensions of the Central and Western Zones. This is a followup to the good intersections in holes 25 (32m @ 3.76 g/t Au) and 27 (18.1m @3.05 g/t Au), as announced in October 2005, which demonstrated that the Centraland Western Zones are both wider and higher grade further to the north and atdepth. Assay results from this drilling are expected in February 2006. In addition, a programme of trenching is currently underway to investigate thecoincident geophysical and gold-in-soil anomalies in the prospective corridoralong the banded iron formation (''BIF'') marker horizon. Results from thetrenching would be used to programme further drilling during the second quarterof 2006. Mr. Douglas Chikohora, Technical Director of Cluff Gold plc, comments, "Weexpect our two-pronged exploration approach to cover rapidly most of the 3.4kilometre prospective corridor along the BIF." For further information, please contact: Cluff Gold Numis Securities Parkgreen CommunicationsJ.G. Cluff / Douglas Chikohora John Harrison Justine Howarth / Cathy MalinsChairman / Technical Director Tel: +44 (0) 20 7776 1500 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7493 3713Tel: +44 (0) 20 7340 9790 About Baomahun: Baomahun is located about 180 km east of the capital, Freetown, in the SouthernProvince of Sierra Leone and the geological setting is similar to the LakeVictoria goldfields in Tanzania. Cluff has a right to earn a 60% interest inBaomahun by funding the project to the completion of a bankable feasibilitystudy or to a maximum of US$5 million. This right is to be acquired fromWinston Mines which owns the two exploration licences relating to Baomahun,covering an area of approximately 137 km(2). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange