Ark Mines Limited announced assay results from a recently-completed 45-hole drilling program highlight shallow robust nickel mineralisation, further expanding the scope of the resource. Significant intersections of `the Pod' include: 28m at .73% Ni Eq from surface including 5m at 1.8% Ni Eq from 5m, including 2m of Co at .1% from 4m; 42m at .76% Ni Eq from 2m including 19m at 1% Ni Eq from 6m; 22m at 1% Ni Eq from 4m including 9m at 1.4% Ni Eq from 8m; 28m at .7% Ni Eq from surface including 6m at 1.4% Ni Eq from 3m; 11m at .84% Ni Eq from 2m including 2m at 1.2% Ni Eq from 5m; 14m at 1.12% Ni Eq from 3m including 4m at 1.7% Ni Eq from 8m. Most intersections are shallow with little to no overburden.

Deposit remains open in numerous directions. Ark is now planning drilling known extensions to `the Pod' as well as other target areas across the Gunnawarra leases. These very encouraging results, highlighted above, support AHK's stated objective to expand the scope of a previously-identified 2004 JORC historical mineral resource estimate (MRE) at Gunnawarra, and convert it to 2012 JORC status.

The successful 45-hole drill program was carried out in an area known as `the Pod', where drilling in 2008 by Metallica Minerals Limited (ASX: MLM) reported an Inferred Resource of 280,000 tonnes at 0.73% nickel (Ni) and 0.05% Cobalt (Co). Ark believes the deposit is open to the North West and the South East with a follow up drill program being planned now. By utilising more modern drilling practices with a larger air rig, Ark anticipates significantly expanding the size of the resource with its maiden drilling program which intersected nickel-cobalt mineralisation at depths of up to 60 metres, around double the depth of the previous drilling program.

The latest assay results give Ark a strong platform to execute on its development strategy at Gunnawarra, which borders the `Sconi' project operated by Australian Mines (ASX: AUZ) - one of Australia's most advanced cobalt-nickel-scandium projects. Assay results are in line with the timeline projects previously communicated to the market by the Ark management team.