Vertex Minerals Limited has received a further 4 holes of assay results from the 1,500m diamond drill program at Red Hill. Drilling is being completed by specialist contractor "The Drillers" under the supervision of the Company's own geologists. The mineralisation demonstrates significant widths from surface which the Company believes is amenable to open pit mining techniques.

The Red Hill drill program aims to increase the mineral resource within 75m of surface, which will provide the foundation of a low-risk production plan to restart processing operations at Hill End. The planned 1,500m diamond core drill program is targeting the stockwork and halo zones that have the great potential to add significant tonnage to the resource whilst improving amenability to bulk mining methods. Vertex will look to commence pegging Red Hill for a Mining Licence in the first quarter of next year.

The Red Hill Mineral Resource forms approximately 1km of the 14km strike length at the Hill End Gold Project. The project has seen extensive historical mining, however, most of the previous workings were impeded by a high-water table. Consequently, the old workings at Red Hill are relatively shallow when compared to other areas of Hill End.

Work completed in 2015 by Hill End Gold Limited culminated in a JORC 2012 resource estimate at the Red Hill Resource of 80,000 oz Au at 1.7 g/t to 150m depth.