Cyclone Metals Limited announced that the maiden exploration program of geochemical sampling at Mareburn and Macraes South has been completed. The 100% owned projects are located 40km north of Dunedin in the Otago Province of New Zealand. Highlights: 54 geochemical samples collected at Mareburn Gold Project for Ionic Leach and Supertrace analytical techniques to determine the best method for future work.

Samples submitted to the lab and expected in 3-4 weeks; 182 geochemical samples collected for Ionic Leach at Macraes South Gold Project. Samples submitted to the lab and expected in 3-4 weeks; Sampling program targeted know occurrences of gold mineralisation and also targeted cross-cutting structures which are of primary interest to Cyclone; RSC Consulting based in Dunedin will continue to assist with all future exploration. Macraes is a Carlin style gold deposit, and previous work has only targeted the thrust system.

At Carlin in Nevada, USA, gold resources within the thrust system contain approx. 20Mozs gold with approx. another 60Mozs gold located within the cross-cutting fault system, which was recognised at a later date.

The Thrust system at Macraes has produced some 10Moz to date, and Cyclone plans to test the cross-cutting fault systems for Nevada style gold mineralisation. The Mareburn Gold Project is a high priority target with significant gold mineralisation in historical drilling, within the Macraes type thrust lodes, that change in strike from ~130o to 090o within the project. The Macraes South Gold Project has had no substantive exploration and only regional mapping and structural interpretation.

As with Mareburn Cyclone will target the cross-cutting fault system. An orientation sampling program using both Ionic Leach and Supertrace has been undertaken in the maiden program, with future programs to be designed based on the results.