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[Ed Monton]

Ho Hum. More great results:

Rio Tinto/Anatolia: more gold at Copler
Monday June 23, 11:03 am ET


Follow-up drilling at Copler cuts 99 meters of 3.0 gram gold per tonne in one hole, three of four holes end in gold mineralization.
TORONTO, June 23 /CNW/ - Three of four follow-up diamond core holes intersected and ended in good gold values at the Rio Tinto Mining & Exploration ('Rio Tinto')-Anatolia Minerals Development Limited ('Anatolia') Copler Joint Venture prospect in central Turkey. Holes CDD-54A, CDD-65 and CDD-66 expanded the mineralization at depth and beyond previously assumed boundaries of the +4 million ounce inferred resource, and bottomed in interesting gold values. CDD-67 was a 'wildcat' step-out.
This follows the previously-reported program that confirmed and delineated shallow, direct-leachable gold in the Main and Marble zones and extended gold zones along the intrusive/marble contact and northwest of the Main Zone. A number of those holes stopped in +2 gram per tonne sulfide gold, indicating a good potential to increase the overall resource. To date the deposit has been estimated to contain an inferred resource of 4.1 million ounces gold at an average grade of 3.1 grams gold per tonne.

Hole CDD-54A (85 meters (at) 1.5 grams gold per tonne) indicates potentially economic gold values may extend nearly 300 meters north of the boundary used for the Main Zone resource estimate. Holes CDD-65 (47.3 meters (at) 4.2 grams gold per tonne) and CDD-66 (99 meters (at) 3.0 grams gold per tonne) expand Manganese Mine gold mineralization to the south and at depth. CDD-67, a 'wildcat' hole drilled over 300 meters southwest of the Main Zone, did not intersect any potentially economic gold values.

Mr. Richard Moores, Anatolia's President said, "These encouraging results should increase the size of gold zone, particularly in the Marble and Main Zones. The Joint Venture is currently focused on completing resource modeling and planning the next phase of evaluation. Potentially important progress is being made in improving metallurgical recoveries for the refractory portion of the resource. A progress report is anticipated soon."


Summary of significant drill results at Copler follow:

 
  
 	    CDD-54-A 
 	    -------- 
 	    From        To    Interval     Gold 
 	    Meters    Meters   Meters    Gm/Tonne 
 	    ------    ------   ------    -------- 
 	     22.0      35.0     13.0       1.1 
 	     48.0      58.0     10.0       1.5 
 	     88.0     150.0     62.0       1.6    Bottomed in + 1 gram gold per 
 	                                          tonne; T.D (at) 150 meters 
  
  
 	    CDD 65 
 	    ------ 
 	    From        To    Interval     Gold 
 	    Meters    Meters   Meters    Gm/Tonne 
 	    ------    ------   ------    -------- 
 	    165.0     201.8     36.8       4.5 
 	    257.0     267.5     10.5       2.9    Bottomed in +1 gram gold per tonne; 
 	                                          T.D (at) 267.5 m. 
  
 	    CDD-66 
 	    ------ 
 	    From        To    Interval     Gold 
 	    Meters    Meters   Meters    Gm/Tonne 
 	    ------    ------   ------    -------- 
 	     60.0      80.6     20.6       1.3 
 	     84.0      92.0      8.0       1.6 
 	    103.9     116.1     12.2       2.8 
 	    165.0     180.4     15.4       2.7 
 	    258.5     301.0     42.5       4.1    Lower 42.5 m. (at) 4.1 gram gold 
 	                                          per tonne; T.D (at) 303.5 m. 
 	   

Rio Tinto has earmarked US$2.4 million for the overall 2003 Anatolia/Rio Tinto JV Turkish program. This includes funding for grassroots exploration as well as for those projects within which Rio Tinto is seeking to earn an interest.
In April, 2000, Anatolia and Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration formed a 4- year strategic alliance to seek base and precious metal deposits in Turkey. To date, Rio Tinto has funded over US$8 million for JV exploration, with additional funding in 2003. Rio Tinto is currently earning into three prospects in Turkey, each requiring expenditures of US$10.5 million and payments of US$1.5 million for a 65% interest. Anatolia is teamed with one of the premiere mining companies in the world, enabling it to explore and advance its portfolio of exciting projects. Assays are performed by OMAC Laboratories, Ireland, with quality control of sampling, preparation and assaying overseen jointly by Rio Tinto and Anatolia whose President, Richard C. Moores, is a "qualified person" for the purposes of applicable Canadian securities regulations.

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For further information

Richard C. Moores, President, [phone]/9947 (fax), or George Duggan, Investor Relations, [phone]/249-7024 (fax), or visit www.anatolia-minerals.com