Dome Gold Mines Ltd. advised that a new phase of resource drilling has commenced at the Company's Sigatoka Iron Sand project in Fiji. This programme is the final stage of previously planned resource drilling and will focus on the Kulukulu area, on the western foreshore near the mouth of the Sigatoka River. It follows earlier drilling of the Koroua Island area, further upstream, and, when completed, should allow a significant upgrade of the JORC 2012 mineral resource already defined at Sigatoka. The Kulukulu area being targeted in the new programme is of high importance, as this part of the Sigatoka iron sand deposit has emerged as the most likely starting point for sand mining, pursuant to the Definitive Feasibility Study ("DFS") being conducted by IHC Robbins in Brisbane. Earlier reconnaissance drilling by Dome has indicated that this foreshore area contains abundant sand which is both deep (greater than 30m) and significantly richer in magnetite than the sand further upstream. It therefore represents an ideal starting point for mining, especially if the present expectation of using IHC-branded TT sand pumps, instead of dredges, receives full endorsement in the final DFS report. Once the new drilling has been completed the results will be compiled and added to the existing database, which includes the results of drilling at Koroua Island that are not yet incorporated into the Sigatoka mineral resource. The total package will then be evaluated by Geological consultants and a new, enhanced JORC 2012 mineral resource will be estimated.