BBX Minerals Limited announced further results of preliminary metallurgical testing from the company's Ema Project. The company continues to focus its activities on advancing its metallurgical extraction process at the Marcelo da Silva Pinto M.E. facility (Marcelo), using both hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical methods. A second test conducted on the 150kg Ema bulk sample collected over an area of 100m x 40m at the Ema 1 garimpo using a pre-leach followed by smelting of a 5kg sample yielded five gold/silver-rich buttons. The buttons were analysed by fire assay using a gravimetric finish and atomic absorption (AA) for buttons 1 and 2, yielding a combined gold result of 299.3 g/t. The 5kg sample was pre-leached for 33 days and metals precipitated from the solution. Smelting of the precipitate and undissolved residue was then conducted with a copper collector, yielding two silver-rich and one gold-rich button. The smelter slag was then ground and re-smelted, producing two additional buttons. Ongoing work is focusing on streamlining both the pre-leach and smelting processes to enable pilot scale testing to commence within 1-2 months. An additional 210 kg bulk sample has been collected from the area of the Nei-Tabocão surface workings, Três Estados for ongoing testwork. Analytical tests conducted at the Nomos facility, Rio de Janeiro based on an equivalent process with shorter leach times have been conducted on three samples from the Três Estados bulk sample from the Adelar garimpo, yielding a maximum gold value of 360g/t after 18 days of leaching followed by routine fire assay. Test 3 involved a minor variation in the process, aimed at enhancing PGM recoveries. Analysis for silver was not carried out. The process is currently being fine-tuned for use as a routine analytical technique. The company has signed a contract for a programme of 1000 to 1500m of Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling, scheduled to commence at Três Estados and Ema during the week of 21 August. The RC drilling will be conducted along existing tracks without the requirement for an environmental licence. Diamond drilling is expected to commence in late-September, following granting of the environmental licence, now anticipated for early-mid September.