On Romang Island, Indonesia, Robust has been exploring two projects, the southern Lakuwahi Project and the North Romang Project, since December 2008. Since that time Robust has undertaken an extensive programme of diamond core drilling, gridding, geological mapping, soil sampling and geophysics.

Through its ongoing exploration programme, Robust has identified that whilst originally a precious metals target, with the Company focusing on the near-surface gold and silver, that a significant polymetallic base metal discovery also exists at the Lakuwahi Project in the south of Romang, with thick intersections of potentially economic base metals underlying the gold and silver deposit.

Robust has identified that the base metals potential is an emerging opportunity for the Company and one that is being actively pursued.

Robust is currently conducting a Scoping Study with the aim of identifying the best way to maximise shareholder value through mining and processing of the oxide gold-silver portion of the JORC code compliant mineral resource. Concurrent testing of the metallurgical properties of the underlying polymetallic mineral deposits is establishing a likely mineral processing flowsheet to further enhance the value of the Lakuwahi Project.

At the North Romang Project, initial exploration has generated targets that are highly prospective for mesothermal gold-copper and base-metal mineralised systems. A 3D IP-Resistivity survey produced numerous resistivity and chargeability anomalies, a drilling rig has now been mobilised to the north Romang Project.

Led by an experienced and motivated Board and Management and a very stable political and economic environment, Robust is in a strong position to progress its projects on Romang Island into world class deposits.