Norsemont Mining Inc. announce that it has now completed 1,374 meters of sonic drilling across all historic dumps located on the property as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 below. Sixty-six (66) drill holes were drilled through the unconsolidated dump material to the top of bedrock, with depths ranging from 15 meters to 37 meters. Sonic drill holes are geologically logged, photographed and sampled on site by Norsemont staff. The samples will be composited and sent to a metallurgical laboratory for bottle roll and column leach test work. Norsemont is currently evaluating several well-known reputable metallurgical laboratories to undertake this next important step of test work to confirm historical grades of the significant dumps and their amenability to leaching.