EAST COAST MINERALS NL                        2002-04-08  ASX-SIGNAL-G

HOMEX - Sydney                                                        

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EAST COAST MINERALS NL (66.2/3 %) LEGEND MINING LIMITED (33.1/3%)

A surface RC drilling program will commence mid-late April 2002 to
target shallow mineralisation around the high grade Elizabeth Hill
silver ore body, and to test new structural targets north and south
of the known mineralisation.

Data from existing drilling and from underground mining indicate that
the upper part of the mineralisation has not been adequately tested,
as many of the early surface drill holes were vertical and may have
missed the steeply plunging ore body.

The large amount of silver mined from Elizabeth Hill indicates that
the known ore body is likely to be part of a large hydrothermal
system and additional mineralisation is likely to be present in
structurally favourable sites along the Munni Munni Fault.

It is planned to drill approximately 30 holes totalling 1800m with 20
holes in the mine area, and the remainder testing a structural target
north of the mine and a geophysical / alteration target within the
Munni Munni Intrusion south of the silver mine.

G Lorentz
DIRECTOR