Conroy Gold and Natural Resources PLC announced that over 6,000 metres of drilling has been completed to date in Phase 1 of the Company's joint venture with Demir Export AS in the Longford-Down Massif. Additionally, a deep overburden ("DOB") sampling programme has identified new drilling targets over five licence areas. 4 new anomalous gold areas have been identified in the vicinity of the newly discovered Creenkill gold target, in Co Armagh.

The DOB assay results reported in today's announcement form part of an on-going overall technical assessment, incorporating drilling together with extensive soil and deep overburden sampling and geophysics, across both district scale gold trends which the Company has discovered in the Longford - Down gold district. The primary focus of the joint venture is to develop a mine at Clontibret, or elsewhere along the gold trends, with the long-term objective of the delivery of a series of mine developments across the new gold districts. Professor Richard Conroy, Chairman, commented: "I am very pleased that over 6,000 meters of drilling has been completed todate in Phase 1 of the JV programme together with other detailed technical work including the extensive deep overburden sampling programme reported above.