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Montréal - Robex
Resources Inc. (TSX-V: RBX) is announcing the details of its most important exploration program to date. Approximately M will be invested in exploration in West Africa during the current season, which started in October 2006 and concludes in June 2007.
Robex holds exploration rights to ten properties in Mali. Three in South Mali: Mininko, N’Golopene and Kamasso, and seven in West Mali: Diangounte, Sanoula, Kolomba, Moussala, Kossaya, Wili-Wili and West Wili-Wili. Some properties are at an advanced stage of exploration, while others are at the grassroots stage. The exploration programs will focus mainly on the three currently most promising properties: Mininko, N’Golopene and Wili-Wili.
This years’ rainy season in Mali had been particularly extended. The rains, which usually end in late September, were still abundant at the end of October, therefore accessibility to the field was difficult and delays occurred in the beginning of the exploration programs, especially for Wili-Wili.
SOUTH MALI PROGRAMS – October 2006 – June 2007
The Mininko and N’Golopene properties will be the target of exploration. Anticipated expenditures will reach close to M, 50% of which will be spent on drilling.
 Figure 1 : Robex’ properties in South Mali
Mininko: Drilling program
Mininko is located between the Morila and Syama world-class gold mines. Three gold targets are located on the Mininko permit: Nampala in the northeast, N’Golola in the southeast and an arsenic anomaly area in the northwest.
Previous drilling programs have consistently expanded our well-established gold resource at Mininko. Approximately 6000 m of RC and/or AC drilling was undertaken between October 17 and November 20 this season. Drilling samples of 3 meter intervals were prepared at Robex’s field camp in Nampala and sent to the Abilab laboratory in Bamako for gold and arsenic assays. Assays of the 3m-interval samples returning grades equal to or above 1.0 g/t Au are re assayed in 1m intervals. The complete results of the Mininko drilling program are currently pending and will be announced shortly.
 Figure 2 : Arsenic map of Mininko permit
N’Golopene
N’Golopene is a new acquisition for Robex. The property is located in the Birimian formation, the volcano-sedimentary rock hosting the Syama gold mine. N'Golopene is adjacent to the North and to the East of the Syama gold deposit currently being reopened by Resolute Mining. Robex has identified targets, two of which offer opportunities, including eluvial and hard rock environments.
Several areas of the property exhibit historical and current gold digging activity. The Banmbere and the N'Golopene sectors show geological settings favourable for gold mineralization.
A soil geochemical survey was completed in mid-November. A geophysical survey was started on November 22 and should be completed before the end of the year. A 2000 m program of Air Core or RC drilling will be initiated in the second week of January 2007.
WEST MALI PROGRAMS – September 2006 – June 2007
Four of our seven properties will be the target of exploration this season. Anticipated expenditures will reach M, 50% of which will be spent on drilling.
 Figure 3 : Robex’ properties in West Mali
Wili-Wili: priority number one in West Mali
Grassroots exploration carried out earlier this year led to an important gold discovery. Wili-Wili is now Robex’s no.1 priority in West Mali. Soil-geochemistry identified a gold–arsenic anomaly, 2.8 km long by 600 m wide, coinciding with two structural systems oriented NW and NNW visible on the regional MAG map. Re-sampling of old pits from the north-central part of the anomaly revealed high gold values, with assays running as high as 70 g/t Au.
Exploration was initiated on November 24. It will include additional geochemical work to define extensions of the large gold and arsenic anomaly and the digging of pits and trenches for sampling purposes to confirm consistent gold values over a broader area. The pits and trenches will be completed over the Fandou area previously sampled. An IP survey will also be carried out over the geochemical surveyed area. Drilling is expected to start in February 2007.
 Figure 4 : Wili-Wili in Wet Mali - gold – arsenic anomaly
Sanoula
Recent drilling along the Senegalo-Malian shear zone within the Sanoula permit yielded promising gold results in mineralization typically found at the Loulo Gold Mine located south along the same tectonic shear zone. Mineralization remains open to the south. Complementary RC drilling could be undertaken in 2007.
Moussala
Samples from two 100 m-long trenches in the northeastern part of Moussala returned interesting sporadic values.
Geology in the southern part of the permit is different from geology in the northeastern part, and holds potential for a gold discovery. Grassroots prospecting, both geochemical and geophysical, is planned for the southern part of Moussala in December.
Kossaya
A limited grassroots geochemical program will be undertaken in the northern part of the permit to determine whether the property has exploration potential.
Robex takes this opportunity to thank the shareholders who visited the Company’s booth at the Self-Directed Investor exhibition, that was held on November 25 and 26, at the Palais des Congrès of Montréal and the numerous visitors who also visited our booth.
Our PowerPoint presentation gives a good overview of what is currently happening with Robex and its several exploration properties in Mali, West Africa, including as it does, corporate facts, management and Director information, pictures, property location maps, current and planned exploration and geological activities, drilling and exploration results, etc.
Robex Resources Inc TSX-V: RBX is a Canadian mining exploration and development company focusing on Mali, West Africa. Mali is currently the 4th most important gold producing country in Africa. Robex's permanent exploration office is located in Mali, and is operated by senior geologists with an extensive experience in West African mining exploration. The team works on projects the Company already owns and is always on the lookout for new projects with favourable geology and a high potential for the discovery of world-class gold deposits. This permanent presence in Mali has allowed Robex to become one of the most active exploration and development companies in West Africa. In 2005, Robex was the third most important mining company operating in Mali in terms of investment in exploration.
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This Press Release and the within disclosure have been reviewed by Richard Savard, Geologist, President and CEO of Robex Resources Inc. and a Qualified Person in accordance with NI 43-101.
FOR THE BOARD
Richard Savard,Geologist, president and CEO
For more information call:
Richard Savardpresident and CEO, Montreal (514) 620-0850, r.savard@robexgold.com
M-C Poitras, investors relations, Quebec, (418) 870-1482 , mc.poitras@robexgold.com
Kirsti E.Matson, corporate communications, Vancouver, (604) 202-2484 , kusickmattson@yahoo.ca
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