Pan Asia Metals Limited advised that final assays and weights have been reported for ore sorting test-work being conducted on drill core sample from the Reung Kiet Prospect (Reung Kiet) located in southern Thailand. Ore Sorting is a relatively simple and low cost process that can facilitate in upgrading mineralisation and rejecting low grade and waste. Modern ore sorting has been employed for about 30 years.

Recent improvements in technology, especially various sorting sensors combined with rapid data processing speeds, has allowed for large scale sorting to be undertaken. Sorting is particularly effective in minimizing dilution experienced in many modern mines. This can lead to improvements in capital and operating costs and other efficiencies.

In ore sorting, individual ore particles are sorted from low grade/waste material based on differing physical and chemical properties of the materials. Crushed and screened run of mine ore, with fines removed, is fed into the Ore Sorter via conveyor. Sensors detect which individual rocks in the feed have mineralisation (ore) and which is waste.

As the rock continues to the end of the conveyor and free falls, air jets are used to selectively "shoot" the ore (Accept) away from the waste stream (Reject), thus concentrating the grade of the ore in a reduced tonnage. The ore sorting sample is from drillhole RKDD006 and comprises half HQ core (63mm diameter) for the interval 54.5m to 81.5m. The total sample weight was approximately 107kg.

The core was crushed at Nagrom in Perth and sized to -50mm, +25mm and - 25mm, +10mm. A -10mm fines product was also produced. The crushed core samples show good physical separation of aplo-pegmatite, which is purple-white, from the siltstone which is dark grey to black.

The crushed sample was tested at Steinhart Australia's Test Centre in Perth. After theoretical modelling, the crushed samples were fed in a single-pass and subjected to 3D laser scanning and colour camera sensors used in combination. This produced excellent separation of the mineralised aplo-pegmatite from the low grade to waste siltstone.