BBX Minerals Limited announced further results of preliminary metallurgical testing from the company's Ema and Três Estados Projects. The company has conducted further metallurgical testwork at the Marcelo da Silva Pinto M.E. facility (Marcelo), using the same process as that reported on August 14 for the 150kg Ema bulk sample collected over an area of 100m x 40m. On this occasion testing was conducted on three smaller bulk samples collected over areas measuring 10m x 10m within the previously reported bulk sample areas at both Ema and Três Estados. The company's Exploration Manager remotely defined the co-ordinates of each 10m x 10m area to be sampled within the previously sampled100m x 40 area at Ema and 200m x 100m area at Tres Estados. Each area was then marked by the company's on- site senior geologist and individual sub-samples broken off and collected from each outcrop within the 10m x 10m area without bias or regard for the visual appearance of the rock being sampled. The six bulk samples weighed approximately 5-7 kg each and comprised sub-samples from 5 to 8 locations. These sub-samples either comprised an individual rock weighing approximately 1-1.5kg or, in a few cases, a series of smaller chips taken over a radius of approximately 50cm. After collection the samples were logged in detail, sealed and transported directly to SGS in Belo Horizonte for preparation. After crushing and pulverisation to -150 mesh the samples were riffle split into five 5kg samples and one 4kg sample. The samples were sent air-freighted to the manager of the Marcelo facility in Rio de Janeiro for treatment. BBX has now completed 12 diamond drill holes, totalling 960m at Ema in areas outside the forest where an environmental licence is not required. All holes drilled to date intersected strongly altered quartz porphyry. The current phase of drilling has now been concluded, drilling will re- commence following granting of the environmental licence, enabling additional holes to be drilled within the forest. Samples from both the completed RC drilling programme and the current diamond drilling programme are currently being prepared at the SGS laboratory in Belo Horizonte. BBX prioritised the completion of the six 10m x 10m extraction tests over the drill assays given that there are approximately 1000 assays to be completed. commencement of analysis of the drill samples, using BBX proprietary techniques is currently awaiting the finalisation of fine-tuning of the assay methodology by BBX´s consultants in Brazil and Australia. It is envisaged that routine analytical work will commence in January with initial results expected in February-March.