4 June 2009

RECORD MONTHLY GOLD PRODUCTION OF 20,457oz FROM TRIDENT

Highlights

?         Avoca produced 20,457 ounces from its Trident underground gold mine in the month of May.

?         Reconciled treatment for May from the Higginsville plant was 105,841 tonnes at 6.2 g/t gold.  Gold recovery of 97.6% is also a new monthly record. 

?         The 1005 Level Western Zone stope contributed 37,088 tonnes (or 36% of the mill feed) at a grade of 8.5 g/t gold.

ASX 200 mid-tier gold producer, Avoca Resources Ltd (ASX:AVO), is pleased to announce a new monthly production record from its Trident underground gold mine, located south of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. 

During the month of May 105,841 tonnes at 6.2 g/t gold was processed for production of 20,457 ounces, with gold recovery of 97.6%. Several ore sources from Trident contributed to May?s mill feed with the major mining locations being: 1005 Level Western Zone (36%), 1041 Level Western Zone (23%), development headings from Western Zone, Eos and Athena (17%); surface stocks (10%) and Athena stoping (6%).  Miscellaneous sources comprised 8% of the mill feed. Importantly the reconciled grade for the dominant 1005 Level Western Zone stope was 8.5 g/t gold.

Avoca Managing Director, Mr Rohan Williams, said ?this is an excellent performance from Trident and our management team at Higginsville. It is very rewarding to see record production grades well in excess of the Trident reserve grade together with record plant recoveries at almost 98%. We look forward to continuing the strong production performance we know the mine is capable of.? 

Mr Williams added that Avoca remained confident it would produce 180,000 ounces in financial year 2009/2010, at cash costs of approximately A$450 per ounce.

For further information please contact:

Avoca Resources: Rohan Williams, 08 9226 0625

Purple Communications: Warrick Hazeldine, 08 6314 6300 / 0417 944 616

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Avoca Background

Avoca is an ASX 200 gold mining and exploration company based in Perth, Western Australia. Avoca has grown rapidly since its listing in 2002, and its acquisition of the Higginsville exploration project in 2004, located 130km south of Kalgoorlie.

Following the discovery of the Trident underground gold mine at Higginsville in late 2004, and the subsequent construction of the Higginsville Gold Project which included a new 1 million tonne per annum CIL treatment facility built on time and under budget; it poured its first gold bar on 1 July 2008.  The time taken from exploration project acquisition to gold pour was exactly four years.  Presently, Trident is Western Australia?s third largest underground gold mine and has recently commenced mining the thick and high grade 1005 level, which has contributed to record gold production levels.  Avoca remains confident it will produce 180,000 ounces of gold in FY2010 at a cash cost of A$450 per ounce (not including royalties).

Avoca has a highly credentialed management team with considerable expertise in exploration, project development and underground mining.  Avoca?s managing director, Rohan Williams, has more than 15 years experience in the region having worked as a geologist at the +15 million ounce St Ives field immediately north of Higginsville, and the +6 million ounce Norseman field immediately to the south. 

The Avoca Board is confident that its management team will continue to expand and develop the existing 1.45 million ounce Higginsville resource base into realising its goal of a +10 year mine life for Higginsville.  

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