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East Kutai Coal Project Update

08 December 2008

More than 500Mt of coal at low strip ratios shown by preliminary pit optimisation studies

Churchill Mining Plc, (AIM:CHL) the Indonesia focused mining company with a JORC resource of 1.4 billion tonnes of thermal coal at its East Kutai Coal Project (“EKCP”), is pleased to announce that studies it has undertaken as part of its fast-track to production, show that more than 500 million tonnes of the in-situ JORC compliant resource of 1.4 billion tonnes falls within a preliminary pit design at a stripping ratio of just 2.23:1. This calculation does not constitute a JORC mineable reserve. However, the results indicate the planned future operations will allow significant tonnages of the coal resource to fall within design pit shells with a low stripping ratio.
 
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