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PRODIGY GOLD NL Capital/Financing Update 2008

Jun 15, 2008

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Capital/Financing Update

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16 June 2008

ASX CODE: ABU

ASX ANNOUNCEMENT / MEDIA RELEASE

5,000m RC Drilling Program Commences at Mimosa Gold Project

Key Points:

  • Mimosa has extensive gold mining history and no modern exploration

  • A 5,000 metre RC drilling program has commenced at Mimosa to test:

    • areas where rock chip sampling has returned high-grade samples of up to 30.1g/t Au

    • depth extensions to gold mineralization exploited by local artisanal miners

  • Ground magnetic survey underway to complement geological/structural mapping

Project Location

ABM Resources NL (ASX: ABU) holds a 67.33% interest in the highly prospective Mimosa gold project and has the right to increase its interest to 86.33% after spending US$3M. Mimosa is located in the under-explored Archaean greenstone belt of the Manica Province in central Mozambique, approximately 800 kilometres north of the Mozambique capital of Maputo.

Mimosa lies in the east-west trending Odzi-Mutare Greenstone Belt, which has historically produced an estimated 2.5 million ounces of gold. Local artisanal miners have been mining gold in sheeted quartz veins and stockworks at Mimosa by hand for approximately 20 years. The project consists of three concessions totalling 960 hectares.

RC Drilling Program

ABM is pleased to announce that a 5,000m RC drilling program has commenced at Mimosa. The Mimosa gold project area possesses an extensive gold mining history and has not previously been explored using modern exploration techniques. The RC drilling program is aimed at testing areas where rock chip sampling completed by ABM returned assays of up to 30.1g/t Au. In addition, drilling will test the depth extensions to gold mineralization being exploited by local artisanal miners. An agreement has been reached with the artisans association to include their ground in the project for a royalty. This drilling program is expected to be completed by the end of the September Quarter 2008.

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Ground magnetic Survey and other

A ground magnetic survey is now well advanced and will cover most of the license areas at Mimosa. This survey, in conjunction with geological mapping currently underway, will allow a better understanding of the geology and structural setting within the project area.

ABM is investigating whether drill samples from the RC drilling program can be prepared in an independent laboratory in Tete, Mozambique (4 hours drive to the north of Mimosa). The sample pulps can then be flown to an independent Perth laboratory, Genalysis, for analysis. This arrangement will allow more timely turnaround of assay results from the current RC and anticipated future drilling programs.

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Mimosa Location Map

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Drill rig and compressor

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RC drill pads under construction

For further information please contact:

MR IMANTS KINS Executive Chairman +61 8 9423 9777

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ABOUT ABM RESOURCES NL:

The company has a portfolio of Joint Venture base metal and gold projects. The base metal projects are located in Western Australia (zinc, lead and copper) and Zambia (copper). The gold projects are located in Mimosa, Mozambique and Broad’s Dam near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The conceptual exploration framework of the company is focused on delineating major mineral discoveries.

The current primary exploration focus is the substantial region-scale Volcanic Massive Sulphide (VMS) base metal project at Erayinia located in Western Australia and the gold project in Mozambique. ABM Resources also holds interests in another three Western Australian base metal projects, Joint Venture in Gascoyne, and 100% held tenements at Earaheedy and Harbutt Range in Western Australia.

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The information in this Report that relates to Exploration results is based on information compiled by Harjinder Kehal who is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Harjinder Kehal is a Consultant Geologist with over 20 years experience as a geologist.

Harjinder Kehal has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity for which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Harjinder Kehal consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it is used.

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