Kimber's Carotare delivers 36 metres of 3.90 g/t gold equivalent

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


VANCOUVER, Oct. 3  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kimber is pleased to report further drill results from the Carotare, Carmen and Veta Minitas deposits at the Monterde project.

Carotare Deposit

Results are now available for three additional holes on the Carotare deposit. These include:

CTC-06  36 metres @ 3.90 g/t Au eq.

CTC-06, a step out to the northeast of the drill pattern, extends the mineralization down dip. Road and pad building continues at Carotare. Some drilling was completed in Carotare in September. Results from these samples will be processed as soon as possible.

Veta Minitas Deposit

The Veta Minitas is a partially-drilled structure lying some 200 metres to the southwest and in the footwall of the Carmen deposit. After a resource estimate of 50,200 gold-equivalent ounces in Measured & Indicated and 14,400 Inferred had been established in November 2004 (using a 85:1 gold/silver conversion ratio), drilling was directed to other targets. Recent drilling has been to investigate the possibility of additional resources on this structure.

  Results include:

  LMR-35  10 metres @ 10.54 g/t Au eq.
  LMR-37  28 metres @ 2.66 g/t Au eq.
  LMR-30  20 metres @ 2.22 g/t Au eq. & 6 metres @ 4.85 Au eq.



LMR-35 was drilled to the southwest of LMR-31 and gave first indications of a high grade zone at depth. Other intervals of interest were found in LMR-37 and LMR-30.

Carmen Deposit

Drilling at Carmen included testing the limits to the northern part of the deposit and some infill holes.

  Results include:

  MTR-380  8 metres @ 4.98 g/t Au eq.
  MTR-405  4 metres @ 6.91 g/t Au eq.
  MTR-415  14 metres @ 1.89 g/t Au eq.



MTR-380 was in the northern part of the deposit and was targeting extensions of the Carmen deposit. MTR-405 reported a near surface intercept within the Los Hilos structure. MTR-415 was an infill hole between MTR-257 (reported August 11, 2005) and MTR-354 (reported June 6, 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
     Drill                                                           Equi-
      Hole      From         To   Interval       Gold     Silver    valent
     -----      ----        ---   --------      -----     ------   --------
                  (m)        (m)        (m)      (g/t)      (g/t)  (g/t)(x)
   CTC- 06       118        136         18      1.740          3      1.78
       and       144        154         10      2.439          5      2.51
       and       166        176         10      2.653          2      2.68
       and       180        216         36      3.793          8      3.90
       and       248        254          6      1.765          3      1.80
   CTR- 41  no significant intercepts
   CTR- 42       128        132          4      1.968         16      2.18
       and       208        214          6      1.099          5      1.17
   LMC- 01        40         56         16      0.069         66      0.94
   LMC- 02        30         38          8      0.644         41      1.19
       and        54         64         10      0.144         99      1.46
       and        86         94          8      0.174         53      0.87
       and       186        198         12      0.273         65      1.14
   LMR- 28        80         90         10      0.724         58      1.49
   LMR- 29        10         14          4      0.128        164      2.31
   LMR- 30       150        158          8      0.087         52      0.78
       and       170        190         20      0.589        123      2.22
      incl       182        188          6      1.823        227      4.85
   LMR- 31        74         90         16      0.068         94      1.32
       and       102        110          8      0.741        199      3.39
       and       122        128          6      0.242         62      1.06
       and       180        214         34      0.150        116      1.69
       and       260        268          8      0.576         27      0.93
   LMR- 33        50         58          8      0.557         64      1.41
   LMR- 34        22         40         18      0.055         89      1.25
   LMR- 35        98        120         22      0.050         67      0.94
       and       158        166          8      0.040         87      1.20
       and       300        310         10      9.531         76     10.54
   LMR- 36  scattered anomalous
   LMR- 37        54         82         28      0.686        148      2.66
       and       172        180          8      0.334         53      1.03
   LMR- 38        48         58         10      0.563         82      1.65
       and        78         82          4      0.589         89      1.78
       and       186        198         12      0.089         50      0.76
       and       222        234         12      0.046        143      1.96
   LMR- 40  scattered anomalous
   MTC- 36  scattered anomalous
   MTR-380       270        278          8      4.749         17      4.98
   MTR-403        54         68         14      0.125         43      0.69
       and       134        138          4      0.843        104      2.23
       and       216        220          4      0.932         98      2.24
            hole ended in mineralization
   MTR-405        16         20          4      3.028        292      6.91
   MTR-406         6         10          4      0.643         88      1.81
       and        28         44         16      0.127         71      1.08
       and        78         86          8      0.405         48      1.04
      incl        82         86          4      0.746         59      1.53
   MTR-408        90        100         10      0.448         57      1.21
       and       116        120          4      3.178         67      4.06
       and       210        214          4      1.990         19      2.24
       and       220        226          6      0.570         36      1.05
       and       234        238          4      0.945        164      3.13
   MTR-409  scattered anomalous
   MTR-410       188        192          4      1.837         71      2.78
   MTR-411  scattered anomalous
   MTR-412        94        100          6      0.396        138      2.23
   MTR-413  scattered anomalous
   MTR-414  scattered anomalous
   MTR-415         0         12         12      0.076         48      0.71
       and        30         52         22      0.013         58      0.79
       and        84        100         16      0.158         54      0.88
       and       160        174         14      1.349         41      1.89
   MTR-416  scattered anomalous
   MTR-417       146        154          8      0.282         62      1.11
   MTR-418  scattered anomalous
   MTR-419  scattered anomalous
   MTR-420  scattered anomalous
   MTR-421  scattered anomalous
  (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 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 Chihuahua, 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.

CONTACT: Darren Klinck, Vice President, Corporate & Investor Relations or Robert Longe, P.Eng, President and CEO, North America Toll Free: 1-866-824-1100, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Website: http://www.kimberresources.com/, Email:  

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CONTACT: Darren Klinck, Vice President, Corporate & Investor Relations or

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