Lincoln Minerals announced that it has commenced drilling on its Koppio Graphite project. The drilling program comprises approximately 6,000 metres of air core drilling over highly prospective graphite mineralised areas, commencing at Koppio before the rig moves to the Kookaburra Gully Extended exploration targets and finally drilling the Kookaburra Gully Deposit. The Company expects the drilling program to take approximately 3-4 weeks to complete, depending on ground conditions and other factors.

The Company will provide regular updates on the progress of the drilling program and any significant results as they become available. The Kookaburra Gully Extended prospects are along strike to the south from the Kookaburra Gully measured, indicated and inferred JORC 2012 resource estimation, and the Koppio Prospect, which includes an inferred graphite resource of 1.85Mt @ 9.8% (Total Graphitic Carbon -TGC at 5% cut-off). The drilling program is being carried out by Bullion Drilling and will involve the drilling of approximately 100 air core holes.

The program is designed to: Test the continuity and extent of the high-grade graphite mineralization identified in previous drilling at Koppio and Kookaburra Gully. Drill the exploration targets at Kookaburra Gully Extended which have strong conductive anomalies associated with graphite mineralisation. Provide additional information for the Company's resource estimation studies and importantly, add valuable data toward the review of its mining feasibility study at the Kookaburra Gully graphite deposit.