Arena Minerals Inc. announced the commencement of drilling on the Sal de la Puna Project (?SDLP Project?) located in the Pastos Grandes basin within Salta province, Argentina. Arena is operating the drill program on behalf of Sal de la Puna Holdings Ltd., which is jointly owned by Arena (65%) and Ganfeng New Energy Technology Development (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. The drill program is focused on the Almafuerte and Graciela blocks which border Millennial Lithium?s Pastos Grandes project to the south and south-east and consists of 3,000 metres with the objective of both increasing the category of the current resource and increasing the SDLP Project?s resource base.