Armadale announced that the exploration and development programme at the Mahenge Liandu Graphite Project in Tanzania (‘Mahenge Liandu’) is now well underway for 2018. Social and environmental study has now commenced, marking the first step in the application process for mining lease approvals from the Tanzanian Government. Completed a detailed topographic survey of the proposed mining area. Additional trenching has confirmed the continuity of the deposit between drilled lines and to the north of the current drilling pattern – results will be incorporated into an updated resource model that is expected to be completed by the end of February 2018. The deposit remains open to the north-south and down dip with significant potential for expansion with further drilling. Mapping of a graphite schist unit to the east of the Mahenge Liandu deposit has highlighted potential for a second deposit within the licence area with medium to high grade outcropping mineralisation mapped in a north-south trending unit over 5km of strike. Following the rainy season, further drilling will be undertaken to help define the product quality and assist with marketing of the high-quality graphite concentrates – negotiations with a diamond drilling company are ongoing and drilling is targeted to commence mid-April 2018. A Scoping Study for the Project is progressing and will incorporate the updated resource model – results of the Scoping Study are expected by the end of first quarter of 2018.