Vertex Minerals Limited announced the granting of the tenement EL 9485. The tenement was previously an `island' ML owned by others that divided the Hargraves Resource. The ML was cancelled by the Department of Regional NSW.

Vertex has now been granted a permit to drill this prospective target. The rig will be mobilised this week to Hargraves from Red Hill. The planned drilling will be the Company's second drill program undertaken at the greater Hill End Project.

Hargraves presents great potential for significant resource growth. The area to be drilled is in the middle of the existing resource area (and not included within the existing resource). The Company believes there is evidence the Hargraves deposit is a robust deep plunging deposit, and the gold inventory will benefit from additional drilling.