DART MINING NL — Interim / Quarterly Report 2008

Jan 29, 2008

Appendix 5B Mining exploration entity quarterly report

Rule 5.3

Appendix 5B

Mining exploration entity quarterly report

Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 8. Amended 1/7/97, 1/7/98, 30/9/2001.

Name of entity DART MINING NL

	ABN 84 119 904 880 Consolidated statement of cash flows		Quarter ended (“current quarter”) 31 December 2007	Quarter ended (“current quarter”) 31 December 2007
Cash flows related to operating activities 1.1 Receipts from product sales and related debtors 1.2 Payments for (a) exploration and evaluation (b) development (c) production (d) administration 1.3 Dividends received 1.4 Interest and other items of a similar nature received 1.5 Interest and other costs of finance paid 1.6 Income taxes paid 1.7 Other (provide details if material) Net Operating Cash Flows			Current quarter $A’000	Year to date (6 months) $A’000
			(235) - - (168) 33 - - -	(367) - - (267) 53 - - -
			(370)	(581)
Cash flows related to investing activities 1.8 Payment for purchases of: (a)prospects (b)equity investments (c) other fixed assets 1.9 Proceeds from sale of: (a)prospects (b)equity investments (c)other fixed assets 1.10 Loans to other entities 1.11 Loans repaid by other entities 1.12 Other (provide details if material) Net investing cash flows 1.13 Total operating and investing cash flows (carried forward)			- - (20) - - - - - -	(2) - (134) - - - - - -
			(20)	(136)
			(390)	(717)

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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1.13 Total operating and investing cash flows (brought forward)	(390)	(717)
Cash flows related to financing activities 1.14 Proceeds from issues of shares, options, etc. 1.15 Proceeds from sale of forfeited shares 1.16 Proceeds from borrowings 1.17 Repayment of borrowings 1.18 Dividends paid 1.19 Other (provide details if material)–IPO Costs Net financing cash flows	- - - - - -	- - - - - (137)
	(-)	(137)
Net increase (decrease) in cash held 1.20 Cash at beginning of quarter/year to date 1.21 Exchange rate adjustments to item 1.20 1.22 Cash at end of quarter	(390) 3,851 -	(854) 4,315 -
	3,461	3,461

Payments to directors of the entity and associates of the directors Payments to related entities of the entity and associates of the related entities

1.23 1.24	Aggregate amount of payments to the parties included in item 1.2 Aggregate amount of loans to the parties included in item 1.10	Current quarter $A'000
		(269)
		-
1.25	Explanation necessaryfor an understandingof the transactions
	Payments to Director related entities North East Geological Contractors P/L–1.2 (a) B Hochwimmer & Associates P/L–1.2 (a), 1.2 (d) Edrill P/L–1.2 (a), 1.2 (d) Tesaneer P/L–1.2 (d) Investor Resource Services P/L–1.2(d)	47 64 94 17 47

Non-cash financing and investing activities

• 2.1 Details of financing and investing transactions which have had a material effect on consolidated assets and liabilities but did not involve cash flows

• 2.2 Details of outlays made by other entities to establish or increase their share in projects in which the reporting entity has an interest

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Financing facilities available

Add notes as necessary for an understanding of the position.

3.1 Loan facilities 3.2 Credit standby arrangements	Amount available $A’000	Amount used $A’000
	-
	-

Estimated cash outflows for next quarter

4.1 Exploration and evaluation 4.2 Development	$A’000
	500
	-
Total	500

Reconciliation of cash

Total Reconciliation of cash		500
Reconciliation of cash at the end of the quarter (as	Current quarter	Previous quarter
shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows) to	$A’000	$A’000
the related items in the accounts is as follows.
5.1 Cash on hand and at bank	905	1,314
5.2 Deposits at call	2,526	2,507
5.3 Bank overdraft	-	-
5.4 Other (Tenement bonds)	30	30
Total: cash at end of quarter(item 1.22)	3,461	3,851

Changes in interests in mining tenements

6.1 Interests in mining tenements relinquished, reduced or lapsed 6.2 Interests in mining tenements acquired or increased	Tenement reference	Nature of interest (note (2))	Interest at beginning ofquarter	Interest at end of quarter
	EL4724 and EL4726	Reduction in areas held to 40% of original grant size as required after 4 years under Vic DPI requirements	100%	100%
	EL5058 EL5059	558km2around Cudgewa in NE Victoria 524km2around Koetong in NE Victoria	Nil Nil	100% 100%

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Issued and quoted securities at end of current quarter

Description includes rate of interest and any redemption or conversion rights together with prices and dates.

	Total number	Number quoted	Issue price per security (see note 3) (cents)	Amount paid up per security (see note 3) (cents)
7.1 Preference +securities (description) 7.2 Changes during quarter (a) Increases through issues (b) Decreases through returns of capital, buy-backs, redemptions	-	-
	- -	- -
7.3 +Ordinary securities 7.4 Changes during quarter (a) Increases through issues (b) Decreases through returns of capital,buy-backs	42,750,000	29,589,588	20.0 cents	20.0 cents
	- -	- -
7.5 +Partly Paid Ordinary securities(subject to 9cents call between 1 July 2009 and 31 December 2009) 7.6 Changes during quarter (a) Increases through issues (b) Decreases through securities matured, converted	8,875,000	-	1.0 cents	1.0 cents
	- -	- -	- -	- -
7.7 Options (description and conversion factor) 7.8 Issued during quarter 7.9 Exercised during quarter 7.10 Expired during quarter	2,800,000	-	Exercise price 20.0 cents	Expiry date 31 December 2010
	21,375,008	21,375,008	Exercise price 20.0 cents	Expiry date 31 May2010
	-	-
	-	-
7.11 Debentures (totals only)	-	-
7.12 Unsecured notes(totals only)	-	-

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Compliance statement

• 1 This statement has been prepared under accounting policies which comply with accounting standards as defined in the Corporations Act or other standards acceptable to ASX (see note 4).

• 2 This statement does give a true and fair view of the matters disclosed.

Sign here: ................ ................... Date: ....30 January 2008. (Company secretary) Print name: ......John Quayle...................................................

Notes

• 1 The quarterly report provides a basis for informing the market how the entity’s activities have been financed for the past quarter and the effect on its cash position. An entity wanting to disclose additional information is encouraged to do so, in a note or notes attached to this report.

• 2 The “Nature of interest” (items 6.1 and 6.2) includes options in respect of interests in mining tenements acquired, exercised or lapsed during the reporting period. If the entity is involved in a joint venture agreement and there are conditions precedent which will change its percentage interest in a mining tenement, it should disclose the change of percentage interest and conditions precedent in the list required for items 6.1 and 6.2.

• 3 Issued and quoted securities The issue price and amount paid up is not required in items 7.1 and 7.3 for fully paid securities .

• 4 The definitions in, and provisions of, AASB 1022: Accounting for Extractive Industries and AASB 1026: Statement of Cash Flows apply to this report.

• 5 Accounting Standards ASX will accept, for example, the use of International Accounting Standards for foreign entities. If the standards used do not address a topic, the Australian standard on that topic (if any) must be complied with.

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• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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