Kimber drills 18 metres of 17.7 g/t Au eq. at Carmen

Kimber Resources Inc. (AMEX:KBX, TSX:KBR) 


VANCOUVER, Aug. 8  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kimber is pleased to report further drill results from both the Carmen and Carotare deposits.

Carmen Deposit

Drilling on the Carmen deposit focused on drilling infill holes to close gaps, and step-out holes to test the limits of the deposit.

The most notable hole, MTR-363 returned 18 metres of 17.70 g/t gold equivalent including 4.0 metres of 70.67 g/t gold equivalent. This hole was targeting part of the Los Hilos structure located on the eastern part of Carmen, where there is an area of about 100 metres across with little drilling. This area has been followed up with MTR-384 (results pending), up dip from MTR-363, and will likely see further drilling if results continue to show intercepts of economic interest.

MTR-365 located in an area between Carmen and Cocos returned a 44 metre interval of 2.29 g/t gold equivalent. MTR-373, positioned in the northern part of the Carmen was a step-out to continue testing the limits of the deposit. It intersected 6.0 metres of 5.41 g/t gold equivalent and 14 metres of 3.56 g/t gold equivalent and will be followed up with further step-outs in the same direction. MTR-367, 368, 370 and 371, also targeted to test the limits of the deposit, all reported scattered anomalous or scattered low grade. A few holes still to be drilled will continue to test the limits of the deposit

The portions of the deposit likely to be included in an initial pit are now well defined. There will be a minimal number of holes drilled in a few zones where drill spacing needs to be tighter.

Carotare Deposit

Results from Carotare include two core holes (CTC) and one reverse circulation hole (CTR) all from Carotare East.

Most notable was CTC-04 which returned 14.95 metres of 6.10 g/t gold equivalent including an interval of 2.95 metres of 16.10 g/t gold equivalent. This is a step out from CTR-10 (reported June 22, 2005) and from CTC-01 (reported March 2, 2006).

To view the location of the drill results below in relation to the deposits, please utilize the Google Earth feature of our website at: http://www.kimberresources.com/monterde3d.html.

                                                                     Gold
                                                                    Equiv-
  Drill Hole    From         To   Interval       Gold     Silver    alent
  ----------    ----         --   --------       ----     ------   -------
                 (m)        (m)        (m)      (g/t)      (g/t)   (g/t)(x)
  Carmen
  MTR-360        172        178          6      0.420        102      1.78
  MTR-363          6         26         20      1.093        120      2.69
    and          112        130         18     16.985         54     17.70
    incl         116        120          4     69.600         81     70.67
    and          162        166          4      2.721         16      2.93
    and          206        210          4      1.404         14      1.59
  MTR-364         60         66          6      1.114        206      3.87
  MTR-365        182        226         44      1.109         89      2.29
    incl         216        222          6      3.895        161      6.04
    and          244        248          4      2.093         63      2.93
    and          270        276          6      0.891         16      1.10
  MTR-366        184        188          4      0.668         68      1.57
    and          230        236          6      1.131         11      1.28
    and          272        280          8      1.097          7      1.19
  MTR-367     Scattered lowgrade
  MTR-368     Scattered anomalous
  MTR-369         56         66         10      0.020         46      0.63
    and           72        104         32      0.039         55      0.77
    and          190        194          4      1.111         56      1.86
  MTR-370     Scattered lowgrade
  MTR-371     Scattered lowgrade
  MTR-372        166        172          6      0.705         46      1.31
  MTR-373        120        140         20      0.495         50      1.16
    and          164        172          8      2.983         83      4.09
    and          210        216          6      3.586        137      5.41
    and          278        284          6      2.156         61      2.96
    and          288        302         14      1.825        130      3.56
    and          346        350          4      2.667          5      2.73
            hole ended in mineralization
  MTR-374         30         40         10      0.376         38      0.88
  MTR-375        160        172         12      3.709         63      4.55
    and          192        196          4      0.800         79      1.85
  MTR-376        162        170          8      0.758         29      1.14
    and          190        194          4      1.172        211      3.98
  MTR-377         92        106         14      0.132         45      0.73
    and          228        232          4      1.572         15      1.77
  MTR-378        204        208          4      2.725         36      3.21
    and          214        218          4      1.857         27      2.22
  MTR-379         38         42          4      1.590         27      1.95
    and          186        192          6      0.694         36      1.17
  MTR-381   Scattered lowgrade to .90g/t Au
  MTR-382         22         40         18      0.432        103      1.81
    incl          26         30          4      1.580        268      5.15
    and          148        154          6      0.122         74      1.11
  MTR-383         60         74         14      0.807        102      2.16
    and           82        104         22      0.226         55      0.96
            hole ended in mineralization


  Carotare
  CTC-04         110        126         16      1.518         10      1.65
    and          176     190.95      14.95      5.900         15      6.10
    incl         188     190.95       2.95     15.550         42     16.10
    and          222        236         14      1.016          3      1.06
  CTC-07      Scattered lowgrade
  CTR-33         222        228          6      1.267          3      1.31

  (x) Gold equivalent grade assumes equivalence of 75 grams of silver to
      one gram of gold.




True widths are expected to range between 65% and 85% of the intervals reported on the table above. All samples are prepared and analysed by ALS Chemex.

About Kimber

Kimber Resources Inc., which holds a 100% interest in the Monterde property in the Sierra Madre of northern Mexico, is advancing the Carmen gold-silver deposit towards production. The Carmen deposit, an underground mine in the 1930's, is a typical low sulphidation epithermal system, oxidized, and believed to be suitable for open pit mining. Two adjacent epithermal systems first identified in 2005, the Carotare deposit and El Orito Norte exploration target appear to be similar to the Carmen. The initial resource estimate on Carotare was reported in November 2005. The goal of the company is to demonstrate at least three million resource ounces from the two deposits and exploration target identified. For further information on the company visit SEDAR or the company website at http://www.kimberresources.com/.

Mr. Fernando Oviedo, B.Sc., Project Manager, managed this program of drilling on the Monterde project. Mr. J.B. Richards, P.Eng., Vice President Engineering, and designated Qualified Person (Q.P.) for the project is responsible for quality control and has verified the data disclosed. He has determined that the laboratory reports matched the drill sample logs and that the quality control assays fall within reasonable limits. QA./QC procedures incorporate blanks and duplicates inserted at the drill site and standards inserted after sample preparation. Drilling is by reverse circulation. A one eighth split of each two-metre section of the drill hole, weighing approximately 6 kg is processed by ALS Chemex at its preparation laboratory in Hermosillo, Mexico. Pulps are analysed by ALS Chemex at its laboratory in North Vancouver, British Columbia, using 50 gram subsamples, fire assay with an AA finish for gold and four-acid digestion and ICP finish for silver from a 0.4 gram subsample. Highgrade gold or silver intervals are re-assayed by fire assay with gravimetric finish.

Cautionary Statement

Statements in this release may be viewed as forward-looking statements. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. There are no assurances the Company can fulfill such forward-looking statements and the Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements. Such forward-looking statements are only predictions; actual events or results may differ materially as a result of risks facing the Company, some of which are beyond the Company's control.

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