Following announcement by BlackEarth Minerals NL on the 19th January 2018 regarding the commencement of an extensive 10,800m drill program on its 100% owned Maniry graphite project in Madagascar, BlackEarth has further enhanced its relevant technical and operational credentials with the engagement of OMNI GEOX Pty Ltd. and Ms. Annick Manfrino. The company's drilling program, expected to commence in February 2018, will follow on from previous exploration work undertaken to date which has: Defined 34 large scale zones of prominently outcropping graphite mineralisation over an area of 6.5km x 2.5km; Identified individual lenses within this area having strike extensions of up to 1.8km and which can attain widths of up to 350m; Demonstrated, via sampling, consistent grades of 7-20% total graphitic carbon (TGC) with low variability and the potential for some areas of very high-grade mineralisation (results up to 50% TGC); Returned diamond drilling results to date (within 50m of surface) of: 10m at 10.2% TGC - 8m at 9.7% TGC; 12m at 11.6% TGC - 26m at 9.1% TGC; 14m at 11.3% TGC - 10m at 9.2% TGC; Provided, through traverse sampling over 14 selected graphite lenses, composite rock chip results of: 175m at 11.75% TGC, 90m at 11.75% TGC and 150m at 10.18% TGC; Consistently returned very large graphite flakes with previously completed petrology confirming the high quality and coarse nature of the graphite (up to several millimetres); Indicated that wide and weathered outcrops may result in low strip ratios and relatively low cost mining.