Hamelin Gold Limited announced the commencement of the Company's maiden drilling program at the West Tanami Gold Project in Western Australia. Highlights: Hamelin's maiden drilling program at the West Tanami Gold Project has commenced; One diamond rig and one RC rig on site for major program testing a suite of targets across the project; Diamond drilling program of 3,800 metres to test the Mojave, Bandicoot, Quenda, Camel, Afghan and Fremlins prospects; RC program totalling 3,500 metres targeting Camel, Hutch's Find and Fremlins prospects; Diamond drilling to be supported by WA Government EIS co-funded grants totalling up to AUD 510,000. Diamond and RC Drilling Programs: A 3,800 metre diamond drilling program has commenced at the West Tanami Project.

Drilling is planned for the Mojave, Bandicoot, Quenda, Camel, Afghan and Fremlins prospects. The program will be co- funded through three separate WA Government EIS grants totalling up to $510,000. The priorities for this program are to: Confirm the structural architecture and geology at these key prospects; Explain previous untested magnetic anomalies at Bandicoot and Quenda; and Discover extensions to high grade gold mineralisation at Camel, Fremlins and Afghan.

In addition RC drilling programs will be conducted at the Camel, Hutch's Find and Fremlins prospects. A total of 3,500 metres of RC drilling has been designed to discover extensions of near surface gold mineralisation and test areas of previous ineffective drilling.