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RAND MINING LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2011

Apr 19, 2011

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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April 30, 2011

The Listing Manager Australian Securities Exchange Level 4 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

Quarterly Report for March 2011

Highlights

  • The first portal cut of the Decline for the Rubicon Underground Mine was completed on February 27, 2011.
  • During the quarter, 72,990 tonnes of Raleigh ore were processed and 25,283 oz of gold and 3,349 oz of silver were credited to Rand and Tribune Bullion Accounts. (Rand's share is 25%)
  • At the end of the quarter

approximately 10,100 tonnes of Raleigh ore at an estimated grade of 18.9 g/t remain as a Bed Blend Stockpile on the ROM pad at the Raleigh Mine (Rand's entitlement is 12.5%)

no Raleigh ore remains on the ROM pad at the Rubicon Mine (Rand's share is 25%)

approximately 9,300 tonnes of Raleigh ore at an estimated grade of 12.8 g/t remains on the ROM pad at the Greenfields Plant (Rand's share is 25%)

approximately 3,200 oz of gold were in transit between the Greenfields Plant and the Perth Mint (Rand's share is 25%)

GEOLOGY AND MINING

EAST KUNDANA JOINT VENTURE

Raleigh Underground Mine Production

Stope production from the 6067, 6051, 6034, 6017, 6000, 5983, 5966, 5949, 5932, 5915, 5898, 5881, 5864, 5847, 5830, 5812, 5795, 5778 and 5761 levels continued during the quarter.

Contained gold in stope development and stope ore mined during the quarter, estimated by grade control face chip sampling, is tabulated below:

RALEIGH UNDERGROUND GRADE CONTROL ESTIMATES
Month Tonnes Grade Ounces
t g/t troy oz
January 26,981 13.0 11,297
February 23,932 12.7 9,750
March 23,748 15.7 12,028
March 11 Q 74,661 13.7 33,075
December 10 Q 97,598 12.9 40,463

Rand's Entitlements (12.5%)

March 11 Q 9,333 13.7 4,134
December 10 Q 12,200 12.9 5,080

Approximately half of the ore mined in March was hauled in March. 10,100 tonnes remains as a Bed Blend Stockpile on the ROM pad at the Raleigh Mine and will be hauled in early April.

Raleigh Underground Mine Development

At the end of the quarter, the bottom of the Raleigh Decline is at 5620 m RL, 725 m from the surface.

Development progressed on the 5705, 5688, 5671 and 5654 levels.

RALEIGH UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT
Month Capital Operating
Decline Secondary Waste Ore Paste Fill
(m) (m) (m) (m) (m)
January 19.9 0.0 31.1 157.4 55.0
February 98.0 0.0 3.0 98.3 35.0
March 80.4 9.7 34.4 46.4 50.0
March 11 Q 198.3 9.7 68.5 302.1 140.0
December 10 Q 0.0 0.0 112.7 667.5 169.6

The diagrams below show the status of the mine at the end of each month of the quarter.

Mine operating costs incurred during the March 2011 Quarter were $177 per tonne mined or $400 per ounce mined compared with the December 2010 Quarter costs of $161 and $386 respectively.

Rubicon Underground Mine Development

The first portal cut of the Decline for the Rubicon Underground Mine was completed on February 27, 2011. The in‐pit portal access is at 6245 m RL, 100 m below the top of the pit.

At the end of the quarter, the bottom of the Rubicon Decline is at 6230 m RL, 115 m from the surface.

RUBICON UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT
Month Capital Operating
Decline Secondary Waste Ore Paste Fill
(m) (m) (m) (m) (m)
January 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 3.7 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
March 139.1 50.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
March 11 Q 142.8 63.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
December 10 Q 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

The diagram below shows the status of the mine at the end of the quarter.

March 11 Red and green indicates new development at Rubicon

Toll Processing

During the quarter, 40,800 tonnes (wet) of Raleigh ore were hauled to the Greenfields Plant. The seventeenth toll treatment campaign at the Greenfields Plant, which started on February 2, 2011, finished on March 2, 2011. The eighteenth toll treatment campaign at the Greenfields Plant, which started on March 23, 2011, finished on April 6, 2011. During the quarter, 72,990 tonnes of Raleigh ore were processed. At the end of the quarter, approximately 9,300 tonnes of Raleigh ore remains on the ROM pad at the Greenfields Plant.

Bullion accredited to RAND and TRIBUNE
Quarter Gold (oz)Silver (oz) Rand's share gold
March 11 25,283.925 3,349.075 6,320.979
December 10 11,227.837 1,412.805 2,806.956

EKJV Exploration

The Raleigh Deeps Stage 1 drilling program has been completed. The aims were to test the down dip continuation of the Raleigh Main Vein from the 5600 RL ( ~ 750 m below surface) to the 5300 RL ( ~ 1,050 m below surface) – the target area (shown in Figure 1) and to estimate the inferred resource.

The program totalled 48 diamond drill holes for 11,808 m. Results for each drill hole are presented in Table 1. The drill holes are plotted in Figure 2 below.

Figure 1 Raleigh Long Section showing target area for the Raleigh Deeps drilling program

Raleigh Deeps Drilling Program – Stage 1
MARCH-OCTOBER 2010
Total Significance of
Hole ID Co-ordinates Depth Significant Assay ResultsResults
Northing Easting RL Azi. Incl. (m) From(m) To (m) Length(m) Grade(g/t) Codes Comments
RURD104A 18023 8860 5676 62 -32 230.21 160 160.5 0.5 1.01 SHEARZONE
RURD105 18023 8860 5676 77 -36 158.8 148 148.97 0.97 17.04
RURD106 18023 8860 5676 121 -44 155.9 142.63 142.9 0.27 11.7
RURD107 18019 8859 5676 142 -40 173.1 153.53 153.77 0.24 28.7
RURD108 18019 8859 5676 159 -34 200.52 183.9 184.15 0.25 1.51 No RMV
RURD111 18145 8745 5560 49 -30 314.54 295.93 296.16 0.23 22.7
RURD114 18019 8859 5676 140 -57 185.15 170.78 171.08 0.3 53.4
RURD116 18019 8859 5676 160 -50 200 186.08 186.25 0.17 53.9
RURD117 18023 8860 5676 172 -44 231.5 203.34 203.6 0.26 5.55
RURD118 18019 8860 5675 153 -37 243.38 166.2 166.73 0.53 1.07
RURD119 18019 8860 5675 145 -30 266.7 205.8 207 1.2 4.6 No RMV
RURD123 18023 8860 5676 354 -43 205.03 174.67 175.25 0.58 7.02
RURD125 18023 8860 5676 81 -67 215 169.34 170.17 0.83 7.76
RURD126 18019 8860 5675 119 -69 230.8 202.72 203.32 0.6 9.66
RURD127 18019 8860 5675 140 -57 239.5 220.47 220.93 0.46 74.1
RURD128 18019 8860 5675 150 -50 240.71 193.87 194.35 0.48 1.69
RURD128 206.77 207.2 0.43 0.07
RURD132 18143 8746 5657 64 -54 350 287.5 288 0.5 0.02 NO RMV
RURD134 18143 8746 5657 110 -81 261 236.4 236.7 0.3 2.42
RURD135 18023 8860 5676 93 -78 230.7 214.02 214.72 0.7 6.38
RURD135 195.5 196.33 0.83 6.73
RURD136 18023 8860 5676 144 -78 248.7 242.85 243.26 0.41 0.25
RURD137 18019 8860 5675 157 -46 263 257.74 258 0.26 26.3
RURD145 18019 8859 5676 185 -63 302.8 278.35 278.73 0.38 3.17
RURD149 18143 8746 5657 73 -70 410.92 384.5 384.77 0.27 0.15 No RMV
RURD151 18143 8746 5657 113 -68 359.96 302.78 303.33 0.55 0.08
RURD152 18143 8746 5657 138 -58 339 297.65 298.28 0.63 1.31
RURD153 18143 8746 5657 136 -59 390 323.49 324 0.51 0.49 NO RMV
RURD154 18143 8746 5657 145 -53 377.8 356.03 356.44 0.41 100.5
RURD154 292.9 293.4 0.5 104 SKV?
RURD156 18023 8860 5676 103 -61 167.74 113.2 113.31 0.11 68.4 Not RMV
RURD157 18023 8860 5676 79 -55 176.45 155.8 156.47 0.67 2.07
RURD158 18023 8860 5676 62 -47 209.33 150.03 150.3 0.27 10.3
RURD159 18145 8745 5660 55 -22 263.2 250.74 251.16 0.42 22.4
RURD160 18145 8745 5660 69 -35 249 212.88 213.42 0.54 3.69 KINKZONE
RURD168 18143 8746 5657 95 -56 270 231 231.19 0.19 0.03
RURD177 18019 8859 5676 172 -71 257.7 249.2 250.5 1.3 3.05
RURD178 18023 8860 5676 119 -71 224.52 200.16 200.65 0.49 22.9
RURD179 18019 8860 5675 162 -55 288 274.15 275.26 1.11 17.84
RURD192 18145 8745 5660 64 -23 240 209.85 210.3 0.45 0.46 KINKZONE
RURD193 18023 8860 5676 354 -29 214.95 180.2 180.5 0.3 18.95
RURD196 18143 8746 5657 44 -16 347.5 329.12 329.38 0.26 89.5 UR
RURD197 18143 8746 5657 49 -15 314.2 296.8 297.4 0.6 75.12 UR
RURD198 18143 8746 5657 52 -5 308.1 291.84 292.84 1 27.71
RURD199 18143 8746 5657 56 -12 300 280.39 281.05 0.66 83.1 UR
RURD200 18143 8746 5657 61 -2 269 227.15 227.75 0.6 73.1
RURD201 18143 8746 5657 65 -14 224.7 211.14 211.8 0.66 0.18
RURD202 18143 8746 5657 79 -12 224.6 202.5 202.72 0.22 1.71
RURD203 18143 8746 5657 90 -7 234.2 214.95 215.85 0.9 37.62
~ = Hole underway CI = Confirms geologicalinterpretation UR = Upgrades Resource
PCI = Partly confirms geological* = Assays not receivedCR = Confirms Resourceinterp.
? = Data subject to verification DI = Disproves geologicalDR = Downgrades Resourceinterpretation

Figure 2 Raleigh Long Section showing drill holes for the Raleigh Deeps drilling program

These results indicate that the RMV grades decrease rapidly below the 5600 RL hence Stage 2 (infill drilling to convert resources to reserves) has been cancelled.

The 5600 RL drilling program, consisting of 7 diamond drill holes for 2,615 m, was completed to test the continuity and extent of the high grade shoot (north of the Kink Zone around the 5530 RL), identified in Stage 1. Results for each drill hole are presented in the table below.

5600 RL Drilling Program
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2010
Hole ID Co-ordinates Significant Assay Results Significance ofResults
Northing Easting RL Azi. Incl. (m) From(m) To (m) Grade(g/t) Codes Comments
RURD204 18145 8747 5657 39 -20 395.8 358.7 359.3 0.6 32.1 UR
RURD205 18145 8747 5657 46 -23 333 311 312 1 4.15
RURD206 18145 8747 5657 40 -27 356.8 345.74 346.11 0.37 *
RURD207 18145 8747 5657 43 -34.4 350.8 339 340 1 70.5 UR
RURD208 18145 8747 5657 35 -23.7 392 394 395 1 6.39
RURD209 18145 8747 5657 35 -16.3 399 376.5 377.2 0.7 4.83
RURD210 18145 8747 5657 40 -12.4 363 340 340.5 0.5 0.15
~ = Hole underway CI = Confirms geologicalUR = Upgrades Resourceinterpretation
* = Assays not received PCI = Partly confirms geologicalinterp. CR = Confirms Resource
? = Data subject to verification DI = Disproves geologicalinterpretation DR = Downgrades Resource

OTHER EXPLORATION

Wongan Hills (Rand's Interest 100%)

A follow‐up exploration programme to test previously reported anomalies has been planned and will be undertaken when unrestricted access to the area is available following the harvesting of the current wheat crop.

Seven Mile Hill Joint Venture (Rand's Interest 50%)

Discussions to farm out the Seven Mile Hill tenements are continuing.

Information in this report pertaining to mineral resources and exploration results was compiled by Mr. M P Sullivan who is a member of AusIMM. Mr. Sullivan has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and the type of deposit that is under consideration and to the activity that 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". Mr. Sullivan consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

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, 01/06/10.

Rand Mining Ltd
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41 004 669 658 31 March 2011

ABN Quarter ended ("current quarter")

Consolidated statement of cash flows

Current quarter Year to date
Cash flows related to operating activities $A'000 (9 months)
$A'000
1.1 Receipts from product sales and related debtors 4,618 11,575
1.2 Payments for(a) exploration & evaluation (4) (316)
(b) development (174) (364)
(c) production (2,025) (8,483)
(d) administration (337) (857)
1.3 Dividends received
1.4 Interest and other items of a similar nature
received 26 97
1.5 Interest and other costs of finance paid (112) (197)
1.6 Income taxes paid (267) (775)
1.7 Other (provide details if material)
Net Operating Cash Flows 1,725 680
Cash flows related to investing activities
1.8 Payment for purchases of:(a) prospects
(b) equity investments (51)
(c) other fixed assets (652) (926)
1.9 Proceeds from sale of:(a) prospects
(b) equity investments
(c) other fixed assets
1.10 Loans to other entities (228) (249)
1.11 Cash out on deconsolidation of Onslow Resources (57)
1.12 Loans from other entities (160) 96
Net investing cash flows (1,040) (1,187)
1.13 Total operating and investing cash flows (carried
forward) 685 (507)

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

Appendix 5B Mining exploration entity quarterly report

1.13 Total operating and investing cash flows (broughtforward) 685 (507)
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 1,275 1,275
1.17 Repayment of borrowings
1.18 Dividends paid
1.19 Other (provide details if material)
Net financing cash flows 1,275 1,275
Net increase (decrease) in cash held 1,960 768
1.20 Cash at beginning of quarter/year to date 2,316 3,508
1.21 Exchange rate adjustments to item 1.20
1.22 Cash at end of quarter 4,276 4,276

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

Current quarter$A'000
1.23 Aggregate amount of payments to the parties included in item 1.2 (74)
1.24 Aggregate amount of loans to the parties included in item 1.10 (225)

1.25 Explanation necessary for an understanding of the transactions

Directors fees and superannuation (included in administration 1.2(d)) (60) Royalty payment (included in production 1.2(c)) (14)

Included in the aggregate amount of loans to other entities (item 1.10) is the following:

Iron Resources (Liberia) – (225)

Included in the aggregate amount of loans received from other entities (item 1.12) is the following:

Onslow Resources Ltd – repayment of tax losses on deconsolidation (160)

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

Not applicable

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

Not applicable

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

Financing facilities available

Add notes as necessary for an understanding of the position.

Amount available$A'000 Amount used$A'000
3.1 Loan facilities 3,725 1,275
3.2 Credit standby arrangements

Estimated cash outflows for next quarter

4.1 Exploration and evaluation 100
4.2 Development 400
4.3 Production 2,000
4.4 Administration 350
Total 2,850

Reconciliation of cash

Reconciliation of cash at the end of the quarter (asshown in the consolidated statement of cash flows) tothe related items in the accounts is as follows. Current quarter$A'000 Previous quarter$A'000
5.1 Cash on hand and at bank 4,143 2,183
5.2 Deposits at call 133 133
5.3 Bank overdraft
5.4Other (provide details)
Total: cash at end of quarter (item 1.22) 4,276 2,316

Changes in interests in mining tenements

Tenementreference Nature of interest(note (2)) Interest atbeginningof quarter Interest atend ofquarter
6.1 Interests in miningtenements relinquished,reduced or lapsed

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

6.2 Interests in miningtenements acquired orincreased

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 persecurity (see note3) (cents) Amount paid up persecurity (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 60,841,209 60,841,209
securities
7.4 Changes during
quarter
(a) Increases
through issues
(b) Decreases
through returns
of capital, buy‐
backs
7.5 +Convertible
debt securities
(description)
7.6 Changes during
quarter
(a) Increases
through issues
(b) Decreases
through
securities
matured,
converted
7.7 Options Exercise price Expiry date
(description and 4,000,000 $0.60 26 October 2012
conversion
factor)
7.8 Issued during
quarter
7.9 Exercised during
quarter

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

7.10 Expired duringquarter Exercise price Expiry date
7.11 Debentures(totals only)
7.12 Unsecurednotes (totalsonly)

C omplian nce state ment

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Sig gn here: ........... (Direct .................... or/Company .................... y secretary) .......... Date : 20 April 20 011

Pr rint name: Anthon ny Billis

N Notes

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  • 4 The and A definitions in AASB 1026: n, and provis Statement of sions of, AAS Cash Flows SB 1022: Acco s apply to thi ounting for E is report. Extractive Ind dustries
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+ S See chapter 19 9 for defined te erms.