Perth, May 6, 2008 (ABN Newswire) - Bellamel Mining Limited (ASX:BMM) is very pleased to announce that the JORC resource at its Kalgoorlie West Gold Project has been increased by 140% to approximately 1.7 million ounces of gold.

The updated resource estimate brings the total resource for the Kalgoorlie West Project to 44 million tonnes at 1.19g/t gold for 1.68 million ounces of contained gold. The resource is classified as follows and includes approximately one million ounces in the Measured and Indicated categories:

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Class     Tonnes     Grade(g/t) Ounces Au
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Measured   9,137,000 1.20       331,375
Indicated 12,541,000 1.41       567,040
Inferred  22,300,000 1.10       784,265
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Total     43,979,000 1.19     1,682,380
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New resources have been calculated for the Centurion, Fort William, Fort Scott and Navajo Chief Deposits as tabulated below.

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Deposit       Tonnes      Grade(g/t) Ounces Au
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Centurion      6,235,000  1.17       234,290
Fort William   5,148,000  1.84       303,960
Fort Scott       130,000  2.02         8,450
Navajo Chief* 29,073,000  1.01       945,480
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*The Navajo Chief Deposit includes the 5 smaller 
deposits previously reported as Navajo North, South 
& West and Beaver & Beaver East Deposits 

The complete resource table is attached to this announcement. The Company is confident that these resources will be further increased by the current drilling during 2008.

The Company has also commenced a scoping study to assess the viability of mining these resources. A mining engineer has been contracted and initial metallurgical test work is planned. New JORC resources are being calculated for an additional seven deposits previously delineated within the Kalgoorlie West Project and will be announced over the next six months.

The Company is rapidly advancing exploration efforts at the Kalgoorlie West Gold Project with the aim of further increasing the current resource base. The Company currently has two drilling rigs on site and exploration programmes will continue throughout 2008. The Company anticipates further strong news flow off the back of the current drilling and resource modeling program.