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ASX Company News: CGA Mining Breaks Output Record At Masbate Gold Project

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

The Board of CGA Mining Limited (CGX) is pleased to announce a new record throughput level at the Masbate Gold Project with the mill having processed 22,562 tonnes on 27 November (previous record 21,831 tonnes announced 15 November 2010), which at a 94% availability, is equivalent to an annual throughput of approx. 7.5Mtpa – in excess of 90% above design capacity.

This has been achieved with no significant investment yet in the planned expansion program, apart from the investment in key spares. During November, the plant has performed exceptionally well, achieving a number of key milestones including a daily throughput rate of 945 dtph and the top 6 throughput days, with a number of those records achieved on consecutive days.

Michael Carrick, the CEO said “the performance of the plant in November demonstrates the outstanding upside potential of this project and the quality of both the operating team and development at Masbate.”

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CGA Mining Output Exceeding Expectations

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

The Board of CGA Mining Limited (CGX) reports that during the current month, with the continuing improvement in performance of the plant at the Masbate Gold Project, we have now achieved a new record throughput of in excess of 20,000 dry tonnes (on soft ore) in a 24 hour period (annual equivalent of in excess of 7 mtpa at 95% availability). The design throughput was only 4 mtpa and this was achieved before any of the planned modifications to further expand the production capacity of the plant.  Given the success of the addition of lead nitrate, the record throughput has also been achieved while maintaining strong recoveries.

CGA is listed on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Australian Securities Exchange.  The Masbate Gold Project is the largest gold project in the Philippines and was successfully developed with first gold poured on 12 May 2009. The project, which is currently ramping up to full production, has a total indicated resource base of 4.55M ounces, total inferred resource base of 3.22M ounces with a probable reserve of 3.03M ounces of gold. At steady state operations the project is forecast to produce over 200,000 ounces per annum.

The 4Mtpa plant was constructed by Leighton Contractors Asia Limited (“Leighton”) without one lost time injury. The mining contract for the Masbate Gold Project has been awarded to Leighton, the largest mining contractor in the world. CGA is completing a scoping study for the expansion of the plant throughput at Masbate.

CGA has a disciplined acquisition program focused on acquiring new gold projects with a substantial initial resource with the capacity to grow materially and where the development and operational experience of CGA can be applied to enhance shareholder value.

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