Vertex Minerals Limited announced a diamond drill rig is now on site and drilling at the recently granted EL at Hargraves and the company expects completion of the first hole this week. The rig is drilling on EL9485, a newly granted exploration license that divided the Hargraves Mineral Resource. There has been no systematic exploration on EL9485 for many decades.

It is considered highly prospective for continuation of quartz veins containing very high grades of gold. Section A-A, which is on the Company's EL6996 and is adjacent to the new exploration license. The Section A-A shows a geological interpretation and the assay results from past drilling programs. Section B-B, which is a cross section through the new EL9485 with the down plunge continuation of quartz veining that represents the exploration target on EL9485.

This down plunge extension of quartz veins is well founded at Hargraves, with en extensive drill database that supports the southerly plunge of the vein system. This trend shows the upper exploration target where some depletion from historic mining is to be expected, plus two deeper exploration targets. The middle target is supported by drill data on either side of EL9485.

The Hargraves drilling program is the Company's second drill program undertaken at the Hill End Project. Hargraves presents great potential for significant resource growth. The Company believes that there is compelling evidence that the Hargraves deposit is a robust deep plunging deposit, and the gold inventory will benefit from additional drilling.

The Mineral Resource of the Hargraves Project stand at 177,000 ounces.