TGF Tianshan Gold.

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Tianshan Goldfields Ltd
18 February 2008




                          Tianshan Goldfields Limited


          YELMAND - JINXI BLEG RESULTS SHOW EXCELLENT GOLD RECOVERY 


-    Successful completion of Bulk Leach Extractable Gold tests on all drill 
     core from the Yelmand and Jinxi deposits confirms ore heap leach
     amenability.

-    Average leach recoveries for Yelmand and Jinxi were 79.8% and 66.9% 
     respectively, on minus 2mm crushed drill core, after five days of
     leaching.

-    Leach recoveries were shown to be independent of gold head grade.


Tianshan Goldfields Limited ("Tianshan or the Company") (AIM/ASX: TGF) owns 90%
of the  2.6moz Gold Mountain project in the Xinjiang Province of North West
China. The Company's aim is to develop the Gold Mountain project into a large
tonnage, open pit mining and heap leach operation. Gold recovery results from
metallurgical testing on the Yelmand-Jinxi deposit continues to confirm heap
leach amenability.

Further to the results reported for the Mayituobi deposit on 18 October 2007,
Tianshan is pleased to report the average gold Bulk Leach Extractable Gold "BLEG
" leach recovery for the Yelmand (472 composites) and Jinxi (324 composites) was
79.8% and 66.9% respectively on 5m composite samples. The BLEGs were carried out
on five metre composites of minus 2mm crushed drill core, with leaching carried
out over a period of five days.

The results show that the gold recovery at Yelmand and Jinxi appears independent
of head grade.  The highest grade 5m composite, containing 8.3g/t Au (Jinxi),
leached to total 87.1% gold recovery after five days.

The BLEG results will be incorporated into the respective Yelmand and Jinxi
resource block models, suitably factored downwards to estimate heap leach
recovery at the design crush size of minus 6.3mm. This will provide an
estimation of recoverable gold on a block-by-block basis, providing a global
average recovery for the deposits.  A combination of gold grade and leach
recoveries, on a block-by-block basis, will assist Tianshan to evaluate mine
planning, pit design and project economics.  The BLEG results will also be used
to define samples for further column leach testing.


Table 1 shows a summary of the BLEG results for the resources that make up the
Gold Mountain project.



                     Table 1:  Summary of -2mm BLEG Results


                      Resource          Assay Head      Leach
                        Name              Grade        Recovery
                                          (g/t)          (%)
                      Yelmand              0.8           79.8
                       Jinxi               1.2           66.9
                     Mayituobi             0.77          91.7
                      Average              0.99          79.5

                                               
     Note: Figures used are rounded

TheBLEG results will also be used to define samples to be used for further
column leach testing for detailed heap leach design purposes.





Background Information

Mineral Resource

Following the completion of the 2007 field season, Tianshan reported Mineral
Resource estimates for the Yelmand, Jinxi (includes Balake), Mayituobi deposits
and the new Lion deposit within the Gold Mountain Project (Table 2, Figure 1 &
2).



Table 2: Gold Mountain Micromine January 2008 Mineral Resource Estimate (at 0.4
g/t Au cut-off grade) in accordance with JORC guidelines


              Tianshan Goldfields - Gold Mountain Project - Total Mineral Resource as at January 2008
                       Measured                 Indicated                 Inferred              Total Resource
Deposit          Tonnes    Au     Au      Tonnes   Au g Au Ounces   Tonnes    Au     Au      Tonnes   Au g Au Ounces
                           g/t  Ounces              /t                        g/t  Ounces              /t
Yelmand-Jinxi   21,942,000 0.9  642,000 46,422,000  0.9 1,268,000  16,807,000 0.9  473,000 85,172,000  0.9 2,383,000
Mayituobi        1,269,000 1.1   43,000  2,251,000  0.9    62,000     436,000 0.7   10,000  3,957,000  0.9   115,000
Lion                26,000 0.7      538  1,221,000  0.6    22,000   4,398,000 0.8  119,000  5,644,000  0.8   142,000
Total           23,237,000 0.9  686,000 49,894,000  0.8 1,352,000  21,641,000 0.9  601,000 94,772,000  0.9 2,640,000

Note: Figures used are rounded




For further information please contact Grant Thomas or Jason Bontempo on 
+61 89 221 7729

Yours faithfully



Grant Thomas
Managing Director



Mr SL Allnutt (AusIMM, MAIG), Chief Geologist of Tianshan Goldfields Limited,
and Mr K S Liddell (FAusIMM) a director of the Company, compiled the technical
aspects of this report relating to the Gold Mountain Project.  Mr Liddell and Mr
Allnutt have sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of
mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity that
is being reported on to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004
Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore
Reserves. Mr Allnutt and Mr Liddell consent to the inclusion in the report of
the matters in the form and context in which it appears.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Tianshan Goldfields Limited
Level 22, Allendale Square
77 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA 6000
Telephone:               +61 8 9221 7729
Fax:                     +61 8 9221 7866



Keith Liddell - Chairman
Grant Thomas - Managing Director
Jason Bontempo - Chief Financial Officer




WH Ireland Limited
11 St James's Square
Manchester
M2 6WH
Telephone:              +44 161 8322174


David Youngman
Katy Mitchell


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