Talisman Mining Limited advised that it has commenced on-ground exploration activities on the Lachlan Copper-Gold Project in New South Wales which comprises Talisman's own tenure, and the tenure associated with the recently announced Peel Mining Limited Joint Venture, Bacchus Resources Pty Ltd. Joint Venture and purchase agreement with Kidman Resources Ltd. The Lachlan Copper-Gold Project represents a new strategic exploration focus for Talisman in the underexplored, highly mineralized, central and eastern Lachlan Orogen. Talisman's combined tenement package of 2,808 km2 represents a significant strategic landholding covering a strike length of approximately 160 km along the Gilmore Suture which hosts the high-grade Mt Boppy, Bobadah and Mineral Hill gold, copper and base metal mines. Through building this landholding, Talisman has established itself as a major player in this highly prospective region. Exploration efforts will be focused on the identification of copper-gold and base metal mineralization, targeting sulphide-rich deposits associated with major structures (‘Cobar-style’); Volcanic Associated Massive Sulphide (‘VAMS’) base metal deposits; and high and intermediate sulphidation epithermal gold deposits. Talisman geologists are currently completing initial reconnaissance geological mapping and rock chip sampling to verify copper, gold and base metal anomalies identified in historic data. In parallel with this field work, a number of meetings have been held with landholders and access agreements have been successfully negotiated which provide Talisman with the ability to access tenure for planned on-ground exploration activities. Talisman intends to quickly follow-up this initial reconnaissance work with systematic shallow auger drilling to collect samples for geochemical analysis. Small, light-vehicle mounted drilling rigs will be utilized as an efficient and cost-effective method of enabling the rapid collection of geochemical samples over large areas with minimal environmental impact. Discussions are currently underway with various companies to assess the availability of suitable drilling rigs.