Iron Road Limited: Completed Stage I Exploration Drilling At Gawler Iron Project, South Australia

09:48 AEST May 31, 2010 ABN Newswire (C) 2004-2010 Asia Business News PL. All Rights Reserved.

Perth, Australia (ABN Newswire) - Iron Road Limited (ASX: IRD) (IRDO) is pleased to announce that the first stage of exploration drilling at the Gawler Iron Project has been completed on schedule. The programme comprised 71 reverse circulation (RC) drill holes for 6,101m. A Stage II drilling programme comprising diamond drilling is expected to commence in Q3 2010 after a full appraisal of collected geological information and assay data for submitted drill samples has concluded.


Highlights

- Completion of 71 inclined RC drill holes for 6,101m to test geophysical anomalies identified from detailed aeromagnetic and gravity surveys conducted by Iron Road.

- Nine target areas, including six targets below Tertiary cover, tested by drill traverses. Hematite- and magnetite-rich gneiss encountered at all tested target areas.

- Successful visit by the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara native title claimants as part of an ongoing monitoring programme of drilling operations.

- Award of a A$60,000 grant by the South Australian Government as part of its Plan for Accelerating Exploration (PACE). This contribution towards the cost of Stage II drilling is considered an important endorsement of Iron Road's exploration effort in the underexplored north-western area of the Gawler Craton.

The first drilling programme planned for the Gawler Iron Project is now complete. The programme investigated nine targets, employing sixteen traverses, for a total of 71 holes (6,101m). This area has not been systematically explored for iron ore despite reconnaissance drilling of surface outcrops by the South Australian government in the 1960's that identified several BIF-hosted iron deposits.

Iron Road is assessing collected geological information, though the majority of assays are yet to be received from the laboratory. Once the review is complete, a diamond-drilling programme will further test the resulting high priority areas, generally at coincident gravity and magnetic anomalies potentially associated with recessive zones of iron enrichment. An exploration model similar to the style of mineralisation found at the Archaen K Deposit at Kollyanobbing has been proposed. Confirmation of this model would present a new style of iron mineralisation in South Australia that may have economic benefits.

The Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara native title claimants visited site prior to drilling and conducted monitoring of the Company's activities during the programme. No significant concerns were identified.


Background Information

Iron Road's principal project is the Central Eyre Iron Project in South Australia. This project is complemented by early stage projects prospective for iron ore mineralisation in Western Australia (Windarling, Murchison), and the Gawler Iron Project in South Australia.

Iron Road has a farm-in agreement with tenement holder Dominion Mining (ASX: DOM) (PINK: DMNOY) to earn up to 90% interest in the iron ore rights at Gawler Iron Project, with the objective of expanding its footprint in the potential iron ore province. The project area is located approximately 25km north of the standard gauge Trans Australian Railway that connects to the Central Australia Railway at Tarcoola and ultimately a number of ports.

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on and accurately reflects information compiled by Mr Larry Ingle who is a fulltime employee of Iron Road Limited and a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Ingle has sufficient experiencerelevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposits under consideration and to the activity, which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves'. Mr Ingle consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

For the complete Iron Road announcement including figures, please refer to the following link:
http://www.abnnewswire.net/media/en/docs/62980-ASX-IRD-492777.pdf


About Iron Road Limited:

Iron Road Limited (ASX:IRD) is an Australia-based company. The Company is engaged in exploration and evaluation of its iron ore ground holdings. Its projects include the Central Eyre Iron project, Gawler Iron project and Windarling Iron project. The Central Eyre Iron Project consists of three distinct prospects: Warramboo, Kopi and Hambidge. The Company focuses on establishing a resource inventory that underpins a 5 to 10 metric tons per annum (Mtpa) magnetite export operation. It contains magnetite-bearing gneiss units with a cumulative strike length. Gawler Iron project includes over ten areas of known iron occurrences, including the Mt Christie deposit. A total of 252 in-situ rock chip and grab samples from 10 localities at the West Gawler project returned an average grade of 53.4% Fe. The Company developed a stage plan of ground work on Windarling project.




Contact:

Andrew Stocks, Managing Director
Iron Road Limited
Tel: +61-8-9200-6020
Mob: +61-403-226-748
Email: astocks@ironroadlimited.com.au
www.ironroadlimited.com.au