Avanco Resources commences drilling at the Touro Nickel Project, Brazil March 11, 2010

Avanco Resources (ASX: AVB) has commenced a 2,000m diamond drilling program at its 100% owned Touro Nickel Project in the Carajas Province of Brazil. The drilling programme will test the coincident nickel, platinum and Induced Polarisation (IP) anomalous trends across the Touro Sill.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Drilling has commenced at the Touro Nickel Project in Carajas Province of Brazil.
• The Company has identified numerous high priority targets to be tested with a 2,000m diamond core drilling programme.
• Induced Polarisation (IP) anomalies have been identified over a four kilometre trend. These show strong chargeabilities typical of sulphide mineralisation.
• Soil geochemistry has identified a significant trend of anomalously high nickel and platinum associated with the IP anomalies.
• Previously reported drill hole, TSD-01, intersected 130 metres at 0.09% nickel and confirmed the existence of sulphides and significant widths of nickel mineralisation within the Touro differentiated sill. Importantly, TSD-01 was drilled outside the IP anomalies.
• The Company has recently announced a fully underwritten non renounceable entitlements issue to raise $5,112,324.
• Avanco is now in a strong position to: aggressively explore for nickel sulphide at its Touro Nickel Project, to develop the Rio Verde High Grade Copper Project and to pursue additional new growth opportunities in Brazil.

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For further information, please contact:

Tony Polglase
Executive Director
E-mail: info@avancoresources.com
Tel: +61 8 9321 6600

Media:
Fortbridge
Luke Dean
Tel: +61 9331 0655
Mob: +61 414 535 433
luke.dean@fortbridge.com