Rex Minerals Ltd. announced that exploration drilling has commenced at the company's Hog Ranch Gold Property located in northern Washoe County, Nevada, approximately 180km north-east of the city of Reno and 90km north of Gerlach, USA. The planned drilling over the coming months includes targeting the shallow disseminated gold at Bells for conversion of Inferred to Indicated Mineral Resources, and also some exploratory drilling for a high-grade feeder zone. Following on from the drilling at Bells, the drill rig is scheduled to move to the north and test targets at Krista and Cameco. At Krista there are a number of drill holes planned to test for extensions to the shallow disseminated gold mineraliation. The program will also test a few deeper, high-grade vein targets at Cameco and Krista.