Avira Resources Limited announced that a diamond drilling program consisting of 5 drillholes for a total of 1,075m is due to commence this week at the Company's Puolalaki Project located in northern Sweden. BACKGROUND: The Puolalaki Project comprises a single exploration permit (Puolalaki nr 100) centred over a syn- orogenic gabbro intrusion that hosts the nickel mineralisation discovered by NAN in 19981. In addition to the Ni-Cu mineralisation at Puolalaki, the project also contains significant, high-grade gold mineralisation.

The project is located in Sweden's premier Gällivare mining district which is host to Europe's open-cut copper mine Aitik, owned by Boliden and to LKAB's Malmberget iron-ore mine. In February, the Company announced the results of a fixed-loop EM and UAV-borne magnetic survey from the project which identified a number of high-priority drill targets with a mix of relatively discrete, highly conductive bodies at shallow depths (30-100m) and an additional large target at depth (400- 500m). DIAMOND DRILLING: The Company has engaged the services of Finnish drilling company Northdrill OY to complete the planned diamond drilling campaign at Puolalaki.

The rig and crew are scheduled to arrive onsite Wednesday this week with drilling commencing immediately and drilling operations to be carried-out in 24-hour shifts. The drilling will be carried out using a fully enclosed, tracked-mounted drill rig and in conjunction with a dedicated cuttings collection unit. The Company is in close dialog with local landowners and stakeholders, several of which are providing logistics services to the company.

The Company will carry out the drilling following Svemin's guidelines for mineral exploration in Sweden. The drilling is expected to take 4-6 weeks to complete although will be subject to ground conditions remaining favourable; the melt period normally begins at the end of April-beginning of May and drilling will need to cease prior to this to reduce the risk of damaging the saturated ground during this period. The drill-core will be transported to Malå for logging and sampling ahead of assaying.

The ALS Global prep lab is located in Malå and expected turn-around-times for assaying are currently two-three weeks from the date of submission at the lab. The Company expects to be in a position to announce the first assay results in late May. Subject to the results of these initial drillholes, a program of DHEM may be initiated at the conclusion of the drilling and a possible second phase of drilling would likely commence during the Swedish summer and/or autumn (June-October).