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Third Major Gold Anomaly Identified at WA Gold Project
Third Major Gold Anomaly Identified at WA Gold Project

Perth, Oct 4, 2016 AEST (ABN Newswire) - White Cliff Minerals Limited (googlechartASX:WCN) ("White Cliff" or the "Company") is pleased to report that a bullseye gold in soil anomaly has been identified at the Burtville East gold prospect, part of the Merolia gold project, near Laverton Western Australia.

Key Points:

- High grade gold in soil anomaly identified at Burtville Prospect

-- Peak anomaly > 42,100 ppb gold or 42.1 g/t gold at surface

-- 250m by 185 metres > 25 ppb

The soil anomaly occurs at surface and extends over 250 by 185 metre area in a roughly NNW orientation. The maximum gold values are 42,100 ppb (42.1 g/t) and 886 ppb (0.88 g/t gold) which occur adjacent to the edge of mullock dumps or ore stockpiles. There is also a large anomalous zone +100 ppb extending 150 by 75 metres and an outer halo of 250 by 185 metres of +25 ppb gold values.

Managing Director Todd Hibberd commented that "The Merolia soil geochemical sampling program keeps delivering substantial gold in soil anomalies and the Burtville East gold anomaly is even better that the recently announced anomalies at Ironstone and Comet Well. We now have two bullseye anomalies to drill test as well as the 2.7 kilometres long Comet Well anomaly. Further work will focus on preparing the required approvals for drilling for late 2016 or early in 2017.

Burtville East

The Burtville anomaly occurs immediately around historical workings that consist of two shafts and several mullock or ore dumps. The historical workings targeted quartz veins within strongly foliated basalts. Historical drilling intersected substantial mineralisation including 5 metres at 33 g/t gold, 2 metres at 6.65 g/t gold and 3 metres at 5.3 g/t gold.

The historical drilling indicates that the quartz vein is striking NNE and dipping steeply NW but further drilling 40 metres north and south did not locate any additional mineralisation. The recorded orientation is not consistent with the local geology or with the general orientation of the surface gold anomaly and Company geologists suspect that a more likely quartz vein orientation is NNW trending with the regional geology. If this is the case, there most of the drilling missed the quartz vein.

Further Work

The grade of the soil samples adjacent to the mullock dumps suggests that these could actually be ore stockpiles. The Company will conduct further sampling of the stockpiles and accurately establish the location and depth of the two shafts and any remaining drill collars. The Company is currently preparing the required approvals so that drilling can be undertaken in late 2016 or early 2017.

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Contact

Todd Hibberd
Managing Director
T: +61-8-9321-2233
White Cliff Minerals Ltd
WWW: www.wcminerals.com.au



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