IMC Exploration Group Plc (IMC) reported initial results based upon recent further exploration work carried out on the West Avoca spoil and tailing heaps. After a series of trial pits excavated across the Ballymurtagh spoil heaps in West Avoca, potential additional tonnage has been discovered as depths of spoil were greater than had previously been estimated. One sample taken vertically across a metre interval within a spoil heap returned grades of 1.14 g/t Au and 0.27% Cu.  This reinforces the potential for significantly elevated gold grades to occur within the spoil heaps.  In addition to the spoil heap tonnage, other trial pits also discovered a larger area of mine tailings contained within the north lode pit than had previously been calculated. These tailings also contain significant grades of gold and copper. IMC will immediately commission studies on the West Avoca Exploration Target with the objective of allowing upgrading to an Inferred Resource category.