Santana Minerals Limited (ASX: SMI) ('Santana' or 'the Company') is pleased to announce the first results from diamond drilling (DD) undertaken between November 2020 and January 2021 from 100% owned Bendigo-Ophir Project ('the Project').

Commenting on the diamond drill results Executive Director Dick Keevers said: 'We are delighted to report the first diamond drilling results, where three large PQ diameter diamond drill holes, one each at the CIT, RAS and SHR/SRE prospects were completed, to cover four kilometres of the NW - SE strike length of the target zone. These very first diamond drill holes at the Bendigo - Ophir gold project, have given further positive insights into the style, continuity and grade of the gold mineralisation. These intersections over substantial widths, have reinforced our objective to define a large resource of open pittable and heap leachable gold mineralisation. New sighter indicative metallurgical test work will begin as soon as possible, using this drill core, to measure the heap leach characteristics of the gold. We look forward to reporting further encouraging progress in the period ahead'.

Contact:

Richard Keevers

Tel: +61 408 873 353

Email: rkeevers@westnet.com.au

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