Southern Arc Reports Sabalong Drill Results

Southern Arc Minerals (TSX VENTURE:SA)(OTCQX:SOACF) ("Southern Arc" or "the
Company") today provided an update on recent drilling activities at its Sabalong
property. 


Based on encouraging historical surface and subsurface work at the Sabalong
property by Newmont (1986-92), Rio Tinto Zinc ("RTZ") (1993-98) and Southern Arc
(2007-present), Southern Arc decided to drill test a number of mineralized zones
delineated within the upper parts of the Toyang epithermal gold vein system. Six
holes totaling 1,035.6 metres (Table 1, Figure 1) were drilled with the
objective of reconfirming historical RTZ drill intercepts, checking lateral
extensions of these intercepts and testing subsurface potential of other
mineralized surface quartz veining and breccia-like pipe bodies.


While a number of the holes revealed mineralized intervals similar in scale and
tenor to historical RTZ results, Southern Arc's drilling failed to demonstrate
any increase in grade or width with depth, and did not establish lateral
extension of the mineralization. The Company has not planned any follow-up
drilling at this time, and is considering future options for the Sabalong
property.


Drill intercepts of note were:



DDG01:  75.9 m @ 0.70 g/t gold and 3.8 g/t silver from 1.50 metres          
        (incl. 1.0 m @ 18.4 g/t gold and 35.0 g/t silver from 65.95 metres) 
                                                                            
DDG03:  33.5 m @ 0.53 g/t gold and 4.4 g/t silver from 6.2 metres           
        (incl. 0.6 m @ 3.70 g/t gold and 10.3 g/t silver from 39.10 metres) 
                                                                            
DDH04:  2.05 m @ 1.21 g/t gold and 4.5 g/t silver from 22.30 metres         



On behalf of the Board of Southern Arc Minerals Inc. 

John Proust, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

About Southern Arc

Southern Arc Minerals Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on
gold and copper-gold exploration. The Company's portfolio includes four
exploration projects with epithermal gold and copper-gold porphyry prospects on
the Lombok and Sumbawa islands in Indonesia, one of which is being advanced in
partnership with Vale S.A. The Company's key exploration property is its West
Lombok project, with several gold-rich copper porphyry and epithermal gold vein
prospects. Southern Arc is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol
SA and on the OTCQX International under the symbol SOACF. More information is
available at www.southernarcminerals.com or by emailing
[e-mail]. 


Forward-looking Statements 

This news release contains forward-looking statements relating to expected or
anticipated future events and operations, timing of projects and anticipated
results that are forward-looking in nature and, as a result, are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties, such as general economic, market and business
conditions, the regulatory process and actions, technical issues, new
legislation, competitive and general economic factors and conditions, the
uncertainties resulting from potential delays or changes in plans, the
occurrence of unexpected events, and the company's capability to execute and
implement future plans. Actual results achieved may vary from the information
provided herein as a result of numerous known and unknown risks and
uncertainties and other factors. There is no representation by the company that
actual results achieved during the forecast period will be the same in whole or
in part as that forecast. 


Qualified Person Statement

The technical information in this document has been reviewed by Southern Arc's
Executive Vice President, Andrew Rowe, B. App. Sc. Geology, MAusIMM. Mr. Rowe
has over 18 years of international mineral exploration experience throughout
Southeast and Central Asia and Australia. During this time he has held such
positions as Principal Geologist - Feasibility Studies, Senior Geologist and
Consulting Geologist. The technical information in this document has also been
reviewed by Southern Arc's President & Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Mike
Andrews, PhD, FAusIMM, who has sufficient experience relevant to the style of
mineralization under consideration and qualifies as a Qualified Person as
defined by National Instrument 43-101. 


The drill program and sampling protocol is managed by Southern Arc under the
supervision of Andrew Rowe. The diamond drill holes are drilled at PQ, HQ and NQ
sizes depending on hole depth and core recovery to date has averaged 98.5%. Half
core is cut by rock saw and is generally sampled according to geological
contacts ranging between 0.2 to 2.5 metres in length. Three quality control
samples (one blank and two standards) are inserted into each batch of 40
samples. The half core samples are securely transported from the project site to
the Intertek Testing Services ("ITS") sample preparation laboratory in Sumbawa
Besar via private truck hired by Southern Arc. Sample pulps are then sent to the
ITS Jakarta laboratory by ITS. Gold is analyzed by fire assay with AAS finish
and a four-acid digestion with ICP-MS finish is used to analyze a full suite of
elements including silver and base metals. 


For surface rock samples, standard sampling procedures involved removal of any
obvious surface weathering and/or organic matter, followed by the collection of
a representative sample of the inferred mineralized rock material. Continuous
1-3 metre outcrop channel samples were oriented perpendicular to any obvious
mineralized structure and a continuous channel of HQ/NQ core proportions using
either a rock chisel and hammer or Stihl TS50 rock saw was collected. Emphasis
was placed on collecting a uniform representative sample over the channel width
to avoid sample bias. Sample intervals were selected using geological
boundaries. Standard reference check samples along with blanks were submitted
into the sample stream to approximate one check sample per 25 rock samples. The
rock samples were securely transported from the project site to the ITS sample
preparation laboratory in Sumbawa Besar via a Southern Arc vehicle. Sample pulps
were sent to the ITS Jakarta laboratory by ITS. Gold was analyzed by fire assay
with AAS finish and a four-acid digestion with AAS finish to analyze a full
suite of elements including silver and base metal. 


ITS is one of the world's largest product and commodity testing, inspection and
certification organizations. The Jakarta laboratory is ISO 17025 accredited and
employs a Laboratory Information Management System for sample tracking, quality
control and reporting. 


To view Table 1, please visit the following link:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/sa1029table1.pdf.


To view Figure 1, please visit the following link:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/sa1029fig1.pdf.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Southern Arc Minerals Inc.
Rhylin Bailie
Vice President, Communications & Investor Relations
604-676-5241
[e-mail]
www.southernarcminerals.com