Drilling Update Maroochydore Copper JV Project

    MURCHISON UNITED NL
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                                                                               ASX, AIM and Media Release
                                                                                         30 October 2007


                               Drilling Update at Maroochydore Copper JV

*        First 7 RC drill holes completed, with remaining 6 holes to be drilled once larger capacity rig
         becomes available.

*        Good copper intercepts from all 7 holes, including 7m @ 2.45% Cu.

*        Assay results in line with expectations for this infill drilling of the existing JORC resource of
         51Mt @ 1% Cu and 0.04% Co.

*        6 hole diamond drilling program planned to provide further infill drilling of the JORC resource
         and obtain metallurgical test samples.
    
Murchison  United  NL  (ASX:  MUR,  AIM: MUU) is pleased to announce results  of  recent  drilling  at  the
Maroochydore  Copper Joint Venture Project in Western Australia undertaken by the project operator,  Aditya
Birla Minerals Limited (ASX: ABY).

The  assay  results are from the first 7 vertical drill holes of a planned program comprising 13  RC  drill
holes  for  a  total of 1,500 metres. This program is designed in part to provide infill  drilling  of  the
existing JORC compliant resource at the Maroochydore Project of 51 million tonnes @ 1% Cu for 0.51  million
tonnes of contained copper and 20,000 tonnes contained cobalt (at 0.5% Cu cut-off). All RC holes are  being
drilled within the existing resource boundary.

The  results  received positively demonstrate continuity of mineralisation within the small  area  drilled,
with copper grades in line with expectations.

Significant intercepts were returned from all holes as shown below:

  Hole ID        Easting       Northing     From (m)    To (m)    Width (m)         Cu            Co
                                                                                   (%)          (ppm)
  MRC0084        9499.8         49550          64         86         22*           0.90          493
  MRC0085         9800         49448.5         43         98         55*           0.42          198
  MRC0086         9500         49448.5         59         86         27*           1.24          436
  MRC0087         9550         49448.5         69         95         26*           1.44          614
  MRC0088         9700         49448.5         45         49          4            1.80          157
  MRC0088                                      67         70          3*           0.89          110
  MRC0089         9600         49548.5         63         68          5*           0.63          629
  MRC0089                                      77         84          7*           2.45           99
  MRC0090         9650          49550          62         75         13*           0.84          484
Notes:  Intersections reported above a nominal 0.4%Cu cutoff.
        * denotes wet samples contained within interval

The  sampling interval was 1m down hole with samples analysed by ALS Chemex in Perth using ICP  OES.  Water
inflow  problems  encountered resulted in some wet samples being taken from each hole. These  samples  were
spear sampled while the dry samples were riffle split.

It  was  not possible to complete the planned drilling program at this time due to the limited availability
of the drill rig. Furthermore, as a result of drilling difficulties encountered due to water inflow, it has
been  decided  to  complete the remaining 6 holes using a larger capacity RC drill  rig  when  one  becomes
available.

A six-hole diamond drilling program has also been planned for further infill drilling and to obtain samples
for metallurgical test work. The timing of this program is also dependent on rig availability.

Information  on future drilling activities at Maroochydore will be released to the market when  it  becomes
available.

The  Maroochydore  Copper Project is strategically located 100km southeast of Aditya Birla's  Nifty  Copper
Mine, near Telfer, in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia.


Murchison  United  NL  is  an Australian-based no liability company whose principal  activity  is  minerals
exploration. The company currently has uranium exploration projects in Mauritania and Guinea in West Africa
and  copper interests in the Millennium copper leases in Cloncurry, Queensland and the Maroochydore  copper
project in Western Australia.

Shares  in  the  company are listed on both the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX - MUR) and  the  Alternative
Investment Market (AIM - MUU) of the London Stock Exchange.

Please call Mark Reilly with any queries.




..........
Mark Reilly
Managing Director


Murchison's Nominated Advisor for the AIM market is RFC Corporate Finance Ltd.
Contact: Stuart Laing, Ph: [phone]


The  information  on  Mineral Resources for the Maroochydore project has been reproduced  from  the  public
reporting  on  the  project's Mineral Resource's by the project operator, Aditya Birla Minerals  Ltd  (ASX:
ABY).   This  reported Mineral Resource was signed off for Aditya Birla Minerals Ltd by Mr Ian  Glacken  of
Snowden Mining Industry Consultants.

The  information in this announcement that relates to exploration results is based on information  supplied
by  the  project  operator, Aditya Birla Minerals Ltd (ASX: ABY) through their Group  Exploration  Manager,
Steve  Oxenburgh MAusIMM, who is a full time employee of ABML and is a Competent Person as defined  in  the
2004  Edition  of  the  'Australian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral  Resources  and  Ore
Reserve'.  Mr Oxenburgh consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on their  information
in the form and context in which it appears.
                                                   

								
Murchison United N.L