Southern Arc reports encouraging drilling result from Lombok copper-gold prospect

Vancouver-based junior mineral explorer Southern Arc Minerals Inc. announced Thursday that the third diamond drill hole (MB003) at its Montong Botek porphyry Cu-Au target in Lombok island, West Nusatenggara has intersected further encouraging copper-gold mineralization.

The Montong Botek porphyry forms part of the Selodong Intrusive Complex (SIC), which is situated at the southeast end of a 13 km long, northwest trending structural corridor of mineralization and alteration along which also lie the Pelangan Gold Prospect and the Mencanggah Epithermal/Porphyry District, all within the company's Lombok Property.

Drill hole MB003 was completed at a total depth of 643.5 metres. Following the first 33.3 metres, which was not mineralized, drilling intersected: 363.50m at 0.30% Cu and 0.51 g/t Au from 33.30 to 396.80m

The drill rig has been moved to the Blongas II Porphyry target (Figure 1), located 600m north of Montong Botek. Coring of the first of three planned holes commenced on June 23, 2007 and is expected to be completed by mid July. (alex)