BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 19, 2011) - Intrepid Mines Limited (TSX:IAU)(ASX:IAU) ("the Company") reports that assay results from four holes (GTD-11-212, 213, 214 and 216) in the on-going drilling program at the copper-gold zone of the Tumpangpitu area of the Tujuh Bukit Project in Indonesia, have recorded further encouraging gold and copper assays, and have provided further information on the geometry of the mineralised system.

Drill holes GTD-11-212 (30 metres at 0.45% copper and 22 metres at 0.21% copper) and GTD-11-213 (54 metres at 0.25% copper) are from the south-central area of the current drilling plan and in the area of interpreted diatreme breccia that post dates several of the mineralising events. The geological observations and assay results support this interpretation and appear to define an eastern boundary to this zone (this zone is generally considered to correlate with the 'magnetic low' domain apparent in the attached image as a green domain).

Drill hole GTD-11-214 is located on the NW side of the main Tumpangpitu porphyry zone and this result (450.6 metres at 0.21 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold and 0.33% copper) continues to extend the mineralised zone in this direction. The hole finished in mineralisation and so allows for extension of resource domains at depth. This hole is one of several planned, and in progress, in this northern part of the mineralised zone aimed at growing the resource in this area.

Drill hole GTD-11-216 returned good results (682.25 metres at 0.47 g/t gold and 0.39% copper) and further enhances the scale of the better mineralised central portion. This drill hole intersected several high grade zones, and included an interval of 20 metres at 0.1% molybdenum – an extremely high Mo interval within any porphyry system.

"These four drill holes continue to deliver results that enhance our geological understanding and extend the mineralised areas adjacent to the current resource domains," said Brad Gordon, CEO. "Meanwhile, the program to increase the porphyry resource at Tumpangpitu continues apace with a total of ten drill rigs currently active at Tujuh Bukit. We plan to upgrade the porphyry resource at year end with approximately double the 26 holes that comprise the current porphyry resource. The planning is also in the final stages for the drilling program at the exciting Salakan prospect prior to year end and infill drilling continues for the Pre-Feasibility Stage of the Oxide Heap Leach project."

Results from drill hole GTD-11-212, 213, 214 and 216 comprise:-

High sulphidation mineralisation with varying degrees of relict porphyry mineralisation.

Drill holes GTD-11-214 and 216 ended in copper and gold mineralisation.

To view the drill status plans showing the location of holes GTD-11-212, 213, 214, 216 (red), and those holes currently in progress (green), please visit the following link:

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Forward-looking statements

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Statements relating to gold resource estimates are expressions of judgment, based on knowledge and experience and may require revision based on actual production experience. Such estimates are necessarily imprecise and depend to some extent on statistical inferences and other assumptions, such as gold prices, cut-off grades and operating costs, which may prove to be inaccurate.

Forestry Activities

The Indonesian Forestry Law restricts non forestry activities within protected forests and prohibits mining using an open pit method in protected forest areas. The area of the Porphyry copper-gold resource estimate, and the oxide resource estimate areas fall within a protected forest area. Intrepid's Alliance partner, PT IMN, is working with relevant Indonesian authorities regarding a potential review of forest land status. There is no assurance that the forestry reclassification will take place in this instance. PT IMN received an extension of the Forestry Exploration Permit dated 7 July 2010, which allows for exploration activities within forestry areas.

Qualified Person

The information in this announcement that relates to exploration results is based on information compiled by or under the supervision of Malcolm Norris, who is a full-time employee of Intrepid Mines Limited. Mr. Norris has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity 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" and a Qualified Person as defined in the Canadian National Instrument 43-101 (standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects). Mr. Norris consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

Sample Analysis

Intrepid exercises a strict chain of sample custody in its drilling program at Tujuh Bukit. Joint Venture personnel remove core from the drill rig and deliver it to a project geologist who logs the core and marks the core into two metre sample intervals. Intrepid and Joint Venture personnel supervise the immediate splitting, sawing and bagging of samples, and packaging of groups of samples for dispatch to the laboratory. The remainder of the split core remains on site.

Samples are securely packaged, batched, and then transported under supervision to Intertek's laboratory facility in Jakarta. At the laboratory, the samples are prepared by crushing and pulverizing and a 30 gram charge is assayed for gold by conventional fire assay and/or atomic absorption methods. Multi-element ICP analysis is carried out using a multi-acid digestion process. All samples that contain silver and/or copper, lead, and zinc values that exceed the upper detection limits for ICP are re-analysed by conventional atomic absorption methods to determine the absolute values of these metals.