Venus Metals Corporation Limited commenced an Aircore drilling program at the Stone Tank Bore and Estonia Prospects that are part of the Youanmi Cobalt-Nickel Project in the Youanmi Greenstone Belt, Western Australia. Stone Tank Bore Prospect was identified by a recent data compilation as a significant target beneath transported cover and laterite, north of the Estonia Prospect. The target, open to the north and south, coincides with a magnetic lag anomaly and comprises historic drill data1 that reveal significant cobalt and nickel intercepts: 6YMA0066 - 12m @ 0.17% Co & 0.55% Ni from 20m, including 4m @ 0.37% Co & 0.60% Ni from 20m, including 1m @ 0.53% Co from 20m, and 3m @ 0.13% Co & 0.58% Ni from 29m. 6YMA0067 - 14m @ 0.10% Co & 0.81% Ni from 10m, Including 8m @ 0.12% Co & 1.01% Ni from 10m, and 1m @ 0.10% Co & 0.45% Ni from 23m. Estonia Prospect is a historic geochemical anomaly in magnetic surface lag measuring approximately 2 km along strike. Historic drilling shows several intercepts with significant cobalt and nickel values: 6YMA0093 - 4m @ 0.10% Co & 0.61% Ni from 27m, 6YMA0086 - 2m @ 0.09% Co & 0.83% Ni from 27m and 1m @ 0.06% Co & 0.82% Ni from 34m. The current drilling programme (approximately 4,000 metres) will test highly prospective Co-Ni targets at the Stone Tank Bore and Estonia prospects.