Echo Resources Limited has commenced drilling at Mt Joel (70% Echo), which is located approximately 12 km north-east of the company's Bronzewing Processing Hub. This campaign is part of an accelerated, highly targeted exploration push to grow potential near-term mineral inventory within Echo's dominant landholding (1,600 km2) in the highly prospective Yandal greenstone belt of Western Australia. Echo's initial priority focus is shallow mineralised systems capable of being rapidly converted to Ore Reserves. This strategy ties in with the Yandal Project BFS optimisation and project finance processes currently in progress. It also further capitalises on the opportunity afforded to the company as a result of the short refurbishment lead time (less than 6 months) for restart of Echo's 2 Mtpa Bronzewing Processing Hub. The drilling campaign will focus on known prospects in the Mt Joel district, where historical data highlights that good potential exists to add quality, near- surface ounces to Echo's Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimates. Previous Echo drill results1 from Mt Joel include: 11m at 6.2 g/t Au from 10 m (MJAC001); 5m at 6.9 g/t Au from 18m (MJAC002); 5m at 20.2 g/t Au from 34m (MJAC007); 20m at 2.6 g/t Au from 52m (MJAC013); 4m at 7.0 g/t Au from 44m (MJAC015); and 4m at 24.8 g/t Au from 20m (MJAC016).