Abu Dabbab Alluvial Tin Resource

    RNS Number : 9080J
  Gippsland Limited
  11 December 2008
   

        

    11 December 2008

    Gippsland Limited ("Gippsland" or "the Company")

    To view this announcement and the associated geological graphic, please visit the INVESTOR RELATIONS section of the Gippsland website
www.gippslandltd.com 


    ABU DABBAB ALLUVIAL TIN RESOURCE 


    Highlights 
    *     Inferred Resource of 438,000m3 containing 760 tonnes of recoverable tin metal
    *     Potential for additional revenue of US$8.7 million
    *     Net cash bonus of US$5.1 million during the first year of operation


    Directors of Gippsland Limited ('Gippsland' or 'the Company') [ASX, AIM: GIP, Deutsche B?: GIX] announce today that the Company has
completed a scoping study ('study') in relation to an extensive alluvial tin deposit contained within the 20km2 Exploitation Licences
covering the 44.5 million tonne Abu Dabbab tantalum-tin-feldspar project in Egypt.

    Based on exploration data gathered during the early 1970's and using a high tin cut off grade of 1.2kg/m3, the Company has estimated an
Inferred Resource of 438,000m3 of alluvium containing in excess of 760 tonnes of recoverable tin metal within the alluvial tin deposits
explored.  

    Given that the current Inferred Resources only includes the higher-grade basal parts of the channels, the Directors are confident that
additional resources of alluvial tin will be delineated within the Exploitation Licences as the previous exploration work utilised the same
high tin cut-off grade, effectively excluding large quantities of the overlying tin-bearing alluvium. These areas are currently being
evaluated as part of the Company's continuing tin exploration programme within the region. The overlying tin-bearing alluvium is being
re-assessed and additional sampling has been completed which is expected to support the promotion of a large proportion of the presently
defined Inferred Resource to the higher Indicated Resource classification.

    The study indicated that the recovery of the alluvial tin can be efficiently recovered by screening the alluvium following which the
fines will be delivered to the gravity circuit of the main Abu Dabbab tantalum-tin production facility.  Accordingly, minimal additional
plant and equipment will be required to process and recover the alluvial tin, making it an extremely cost effective process.  The alluvial
tin concentrate will be smelted in the Abu Dabbab submerged arc electric furnace to produce London Metal Exchange grade tin metal.

    Based upon the present tin price of US$11,500 per tonne, the scoping study indicated that the alluvial tin has the potential to generate
an additional US$8.7 million revenue during the one year it will take to process the material and in doing so will generate a net cash bonus
for the overall Abu Dabbab project of approximately US$5.1 million during the first year of operation.

    For further information on the Abu Dabbab tantalum-tin-feldspar project, please visit the Company's website.

    RJ (Jack) Telford
    Executive Chairman 
    Gippsland Limited
    www.gippslandltd.com  

    For further information, please contact:

 Jack Telford                           Fiona Hyland
 Gippsland Limited                      Investor Relations
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 E: [e-mail]           E: [e-mail]

 Oliver Stansfield                      Daniel Fox-Davies
 Fox-Davies Capital Limited             Fox-Davies Capital Limited 
 T: [phone]                    T: [phone]
 E: [e-mail]         E: [e-mail]

 Matthew Thomas                         Nandita Sahgal
 Seymour Pierce Limited                 Seymour Pierce Limited
 T: [phone]                    T: [phone]
 E: [e-mail]   E: [e-mail] 


    Note:  

    In accordance with Listing Rule 5.6 of the Australian Stock Exchange Limited and Part 2 of the AIM Guidance Notes for Mining, Oil and
Gas Companies, the geological information in this report that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves is based on
data compiled by Dr John Chisholm, a Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Dr Chisholm who is an Executive Director
of Gippsland Limited with over 25 years experience in the mineral industry including the evaluation of exploration data, mineral resources
and ore reserves, has consented to the issue of the information in this report in the form and context in which it appears. 


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