CAIJIAYING DRY COMMISSIONING

5 Apr 2005 07:00

Griffin Mining Ld05 April 2005 GRIFFIN MINING LIMITED 5th APRIL 2005 GRIFFIN ANNOUNCES "DRY COMMISSIONING" DATE FOR CAIJIAYING OF 25TH APRIL 2005 Griffin Mining Limited ("Griffin or the "Company") is extremely pleased toannounce that its Chinese design and engineering consultants and constructionmanagers for the Caijiaying mine and processing plant, the Beijing EngineeringNon-Ferrous Institute ("ENFI"), have confirmed that, subject to the delivery andinstallation of a small number of remaining components, the planned date of drycommissioning of the Caijiaying plant will be Monday, the 25th of April, 2005.This is on schedule and within the planned ENFI budget. Assuming dry commissioning encounters no installation or manufacturing defects,production should commence immediately after the curing of the main plant flooron the 15th of May 2005. In anticipation of commissioning, zinc ore has alreadybeen mined and stockpiled at the surface ready for processing. Mladen Ninkov, Griffin's Chairman, commented on these developments as follows: "Rarely does a dream become reality. Caijiaying remains on track to becommissioned on time and on budget in an extremely strong zinc metal market. Itis a just reward for the courage, patience and support the shareholders haveshown for the Company. I could not be more delighted." Further information Mladen Ninkov - Chairman Telephone: +44(0) 20 7629 7772Roger Goodwin - Finance DirectorGriffin Mining Limited Philip Davies Telephone: +44(0) 20 7953 2000Charles Stanley & Company Limited Hugo de Salis Telephone: +44(0) 20 7242 4477St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Griffin Mining Limited's shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (symbol GFM). Further information on Griffin Mining Ltd is available on the Company's web site: www.griffinmining.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange