Friday, 16 December 2011: Altius Mining Limited (ASX:AYM) is pleased to announce that it has completed its RC percussion drilling programme at its Ropewalk gold deposit in ML 3417, near Forsayth, in North Queensland.  

Altius Mining has drilled 16 of the proposed 17 holes at its Ropewalk deposit, for a total of approximately 700 metres of drilling over the past eight days.  One hole was not drilled because of poor site access and four holes remain to be drilled in the New Year at the nearby Just-in-Time deposit.  

Altius Mining expects to receive the results for the gold assays of its drilling samples from the Ropewalk deposit in the next few weeks subject to timing over the Christmas-New Year period, and will announce the full results of the Ropewalk deposit’s drilling programme when the gold assays are available.