Macarthur Minerals Limited (TSX VENTURE:MMS) reported that the company's 2010 field activities have commenced at its 100% owned Lake Giles Iron Ore project located in the Southern Yilgarn Iron Ore Province in Western Australia.

The press release is quoted as saying:

The priority and focus for the exploration activities for the March 2010 quarter will be reverse circulation (RC) drilling of the recently announced hematite (DSO) occurrences. Drilling is scheduled to commence in mid February and will initially test the outcropping hematite on 200m sections lines at Moonshine and Banjo where up to 62.5% Fe has been recorded from rock chip sampling.

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