Victory West Moly Limited (ASX:VWM) Quarterly Activity Report Ending 31 March 2010 With Activities Focus On The Malala Molybdenum Project
Victory West Moly Limited (ASX:VWM) Quarterly Activity Report Ending 31 March 2010 With Activities Focus On The Malala Molybdenum Project

Perth, May 3, 2010 AEST (ABN Newswire) - Victory West Moly Limited (googlechartASX:VWM) is pleased to provide shareholders with this Quarterly Activities Report for the three (3) months ending 31 March 2010. Activities continued to focus on the Anomaly B and Promistis prospect areas within the Malala Molybdenum Project located in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Operations & Technical

Induced Polarisation (IP) Survey - Anomaly B

A detailed, three-dimensional, double-offset dipole-dipole Induced Polarisation (IP) survey ("IP Survey") was completed at Anomaly B during the quarter. This survey, covering an area 3.2km x 2.6km, was aimed at identifying the mineralised corridor believed to have the highest prospectivity for economic concentrations of molybdenum mineralisation. The survey was conducted by Khumsup Limited, with all data processed and interpreted by Perth-based Southern Geoscience Consultants Limited.

The survey has identified the geological contact between the Tinombo Formation and the Malala Porphyry (the "Contact Zone"). This Contact Zone has been recognised to extend over 4km in length at Anomaly B and is known to host areas of significant molybdenum mineralisation. Historical drilling undertaken by Rio Tinto (googlechartASX:RIO) (googlechartPINK:RTNTF), Santos (googlechartASX:STO) (googlechartPINK:STOSY) and more recently by VWM, has been conducted over 800m of this prospective Zone, with a number of significant intersections returned. The balance of the Contact Zone has been largely untested by drilling to date, thus providing significant demonstratable upside for the Company to investigate.

Revised Geological Model - Anomaly B

The IP data has been combined with a number of geological data sets including drilling, soil and bedrock (trenching) geochemistry to help refine a revised geological model for Anomaly B. The largely coincident data sets have allowed the Company to define a highly prospective Target Zone at Anomaly B which is in excess of 4km long and up to 300m true width.

Soil geochemistry identifies two distinct zones of anomalism within the Target Zone - termed the Northern and Southern Limb. Previous exploration, including drilling, has focussed on an area approximately 800m long within the Northern Limb, where several world-class drilling intersections have been reported, including 234m @ 1,680ppm Mo (M12) and 245m @ 1,200ppm Mo (M37). The anomalous Mo-insoils extend for 1.7km on the Northern Limb and over 1km on the Southern Limb.

Bedrock geochemistry from the Northern Limb reveals coincident anomalism with the Mo-in-soils whilst still falling within the Target Zone, thus reinforcing a target area extending 1.7km in length and up to 300m wide. Trenching on the Southern Limb will being in the current quarter.

Historical drilling on the Northern Limb was unsuccessful at confirming previous geological models, resulting in an irregular distribution of drill holes. Of the 30 drill holes completed on the Northern Limb, only M12 (Rio), M37 (VWM) and M38 (VWM) were correctly oriented to test the steeply west-dipping Target Zone. Each hole returned a world-class intersection and confirms the Target Zone hosts broad areas of significant molybdenum mineralisation.

These coincident geological data sets have provided sufficient information to define a revised geological model for the enlarged Anomaly B prospect area. This model dictates the need for future exploration and drilling programs to focus on the newly defined Target Zone. Importantly, the majority of the drilling conducted at Anomaly B has been ineffective at testing this highly prospective zone, thus there remains significant potential to expand the Company's Exploration Target* (105-115Mt @ 660-900ppm Mo) on the Northern Limb, with further upgrades likely upon preliminary testing of the Southern Limb.

This geological model will now also be applied to the remainder of Company's concession area at Malala, with the geological contact between the Tinombo Formation and the Malala Porphyry becoming the focus of detailed investigation.

Trenching - Anomaly B

Limited trenching activities continued during the quarter, with trenches L-850 C and L-950 C completed, L-1050 B extended to the north east and L-1100 B initiated (Figure 6). A total of 225 samples from 1,125 metres of trench line were collected during the three months to end March 2010. Each sample is a 5 metre continuous rock chip sample.

Assay results from trenches previously completed in the south eastern part of the Anomaly B area (L-750 C, L-850 C and L-950 C) have recently been received and are currently being processed and interpreted.

Regional Reconnaissance Sampling Program - Promistis

The regional geological work program continued to focus on a large area within the PT Promistis concession, located approximately 10km to the north west of Anomaly B. As previously reported, this area has returned several highly anomalous stream sediment and rock chip samples from an area 3km x 3km in size. Detailed work programs are now underway with the aim of defining a new hardrock molybdenum discovery.

A total of 21 stream sediment samples and 236 rock chip samples were collected during the quarter. A program of ridge-and-spur soil sampling has also been initiated, with 468 soil samples collected at 25 metre spacing. Assay results from these programs are expected to be released in the coming weeks.

The Company continues to employ approximately 70 full-time personnel at Malala.

Corporate

Appointment of CEO

In January 2010, Mr Robert Hyndes was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr Hyndes has a proven track record in leading and managing emerging and growth stage projects with global experience in Australia, UK, Asia and the US across a range of industries including resources, technology and professional services. Mr Hyndes has extensive public market experience including debt and equity capital raising, project acquisition and divestments, business and strategic planning and operational management.

Mr Hyndes appointment adds valuable experience and strength to the Management team and the Company is pleased to welcome Mr Hydnes onboard.

In addition, the Company is actively seeking to build its executive team both in Australia and Indonesia.

Beijing Trip

The Company continues to build its Asian based relationship working towards a long term goal of maximising the potential significant value of the Malala project.

The week beginning 25 January Robert Hyndes (CEO) and Luke Martino (Company Secretary) travelled to Beijing with the Governor of Sulawesi and senior members of the local Toli Toli Bupati (local government) and attended a number of key meetings with interested groups including BGRIMM (Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy) and our local Chinese consulting partner.

$1.5million Placement

The Company announced arrangements to complete a $1.5 million capital raising by way of an underwritten placement of 10,000,000 shares at $0.15 per share together with 5,000,000 attaching options. The placement closed heavily oversubscribed soon after the end of the March quarter.

Frankfurt Stock Exchange Listing

In early March, VWM initiated a secondary listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ticker code: R1E). The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is one of the world's largest trading centres for securities with a yearly total turnover greater than E5 Trillion.

The Company considers this secondary listing will further broaden the Company's shareholder base internationally and give the Company additional avenues for future capital raising opportunities via the European markets to support its longer term growth strategies German Investor Roadshow (subsequent to quarter end). The week ending the 28th April the Company's senior management attended investor trade shows in Frankfurt and Stuttgart in Germany.

Whilst in Germany, the Company's management group predominantly focused on personal meetings with analysts, researchers, investment bankers, institutional and private investors, financial media representatives and key international shareholders and partners in order to further strengthen the Company's investor relations.

For the complete Victory West Moly Limited Quarterly Activity Report including figures and maps, please refer to the following link:

http://www.abnnewswire.net/media/en/docs/62772-ASX-VWM-489870.pdf

Contact

Luke Martino
Company Secretary
Victory West Moly Limited
TEL: +61-8-9381-5819
FAX: +61-8-9388-3701



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