The Sunday Telegraph love this one and last week they gave a positive update.

I don't know whether to buy, but the spread has narrowed and the market capital is tiny so it could jump!

I'm dancing in the dfark with this one but I'd appreciate your thoughts?

50p or 5p what will it be?

Where next?

It ready for an uplift!

A friend is getting excited about these. They're back where the Sunday Telegraph said buy last month. Any thoughts?

It's rising!

These really could be a buy! Any thoughts?

The results should be coming!

I brought some in May 2003 and I still think they are a buy

Hopefully!

Have they all forgotten about this little gem?

What does the trading statement mean?

An upturn today!

Should I buy more?

Come on!

This is odd only buys but price still down -Why?

Good update, more of a rise next Monday. A Sunday Tel favourite, any thoughts?

LONDON (AFX) - Tertiary Minerals PLC said its winter/spring drilling
programme at the Ahmavuoma project in northern Sweden has confirmed the
existence of a significant iron-oxide copper gold (IOCG) mineralised system.
IOCG style mineralisation encompasses some of the largest copper deposits in
the world.
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IOCG orebodies are typically large and represent one of the most widely sought style of deposits in the world today. A number of major mining companies, including Rio Tinto, Anglo American, BHP Billiton !!!!! and Phelps Dodge are actively exploring for such orebodies in Sweden, a country in which only two major IOCG deposits are in production. TYM could announce a fast track to production if they decide to license the new field to one of the bigger mining companies with production technology and investment clout to make this a huge profit generator. There is already a lot of interest in the find within the mining community and for example BHP want to expand this high margin leg. Any news would send the shares soaring and currently trading at 12 pence there can be little downside.

Trading at 11.75p despite recent positive news. The attached press release broke mid pm and may be picked up in the busines press tomorrow am...it's yet more very encouraging news. Also check out the TA trends on this stock - bullish buy indicators and bounce back predicted from the lower resistance points hit during the past 3 weeks. If it can make the news on this significant result maybe it can return to form - 15p in any case should be the right valuation:-

Tertiary Minerals PLC
17 June 2004



TERTIARY MINERALS PLC
17 June 2004


TERTIARY REPORTS HIGH-GRADE DRILL INTERSECTIONS FROM KAARESSELKA

Results Includes 4.90m Grading 11.0g/t Gold And 2.75m Grading 13.5g/t
Gold

Lampi Zone Enhanced By Intersection Of 10.30m Grading 3.9 G/t Gold From
Bedrock Surface

Tertiary Minerals plc ('the Company') is pleased to report a number of
high-grade gold intersections following the receipt of final assay results from
its first drilling programme at the Kaaresselka gold project in Finland.

Previous drilling at Kaaresselka by the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) was
reported to have intersected gold mineralisation in three separate zones -
Vanha, Tienvarsi and Lampi - within an area of 1.1km by 0.6km. Further
background details can be found in the Company's press release dated 3 November
2003 and in the 2003 Annual Report on the Company's website
(
www.tertiaryminerals.com
).

The recent programme comprised 10 diamond drill holes designed to evaluate the
controls and distribution of gold mineralisation in the three target zones. The
results of the first 3 holes were reported in the quarterly exploration report
released on 6 April 2004.

This release covers the results from the remaining 7 holes where assay results
have been delayed as a result of bottlenecks at the independent assay laboratory
caused by the global upturn in exploration activity.

Significant assay results are given in the accompanying table and include some
of the best results from Kaarasselka to-date. A plan illustrating the location
of the drill holes will be made available on the Company's website.

Hole 04KD005 is located in the SE extension of the Tienvarsi zone and
intersected 2.75m grading 13.5 g/t gold from 15.45m depth demonstrating that
mineralisation is open in this direction.

Hole 04KD007B, located towards the western end of the Vanha zone, intersected
4.90m thickness grading 11.0 g/t gold from 74.80m down-hole and was drilled to
test at depth the gold mineralisation intersected by GTK drill holes RC5 (3m
grading 7.2g/t gold) and R436 (1.4m grading 22 g/t gold) towards the western end
of the Vanha zone. This result is important as it suggests the potential for a
high-grade depth extension to the near surface mineralisation at this location.

Hole 04KD009 and 010 were drilled across the Lampi zone. Previous drilling by
GTK had returned a best result of 11.55m grading 1.32 g/t gold from 24.50m, but
failed to explain a strong geochemical anomaly. Drilling in a different
direction, to test an alternative interpretation of the strike direction of
mineralisation, was rewarded with an intersection in hole 04KD010 of 10.3m
grading 3.88 g/t gold from bedrock surface at a depth of 3.9m beneath the
glacial till. (This intersection comprises three composite samples with
individual samples now being re-analysed). The geometry of this zone, which is
not yet understood, can be investigated by trenching.

Hole 04KD004 is located 100m along strike from previously reported hole 04KD002
and the NW end of the Tienvarsi zone. A narrow, low-grade intersection was
returned (see table below) indicating that gold mineralisation, albeit weak, is
open in this direction.

The results from the Company's first drilling programme at Kaaresselka are
considered to be encouraging as they confirm that gold mineralisation is spread
over a wide area, with a number of high-grade intersections having been returned
both from surface in the weathered zone and in the fresh rock. The results have
also significantly upgraded the Lampi zone as a target for further drilling.

The Company is now carrying out further core sampling and plans additional core
logging and a detailed location survey for all old drill holes. This will enable
the planning of follow up drilling programmes aimed at resource delineation.


DRILLING RESULTS KAARESELKA Winter/Spring 2004

Hole Number From Drill Hole Gold Grade
(down hole depth) Intersection (grammes per tonne
(down hole width) -g/t - gold)
TIENVARSI ZONE

04KD004 56.05m 1.00m 1.00 g/t Au

04KD005 15.45m 2.75m 13.46 g/t Au
Including 16.10m 1.10m 29.20 g/t Au

VANHA ZONE

04KD007B 69.40m 1.00m 2.64 g/t Au

And 74.80m 4.90m 11.02 g/t Au
Including 74.80m 1.10m 39.30 g/t Au

And 94.20m 0.30m 1.07 g/t Au

LAMPI ZONE

04KD010 3.90m 10.30m 3.88 g/t Au

And 74.00m 0.70m 3.62 g/t Au

All reported assays made by independent laboratory ALS Chemex by method Au-AA26
(50g Fire Assay)



For further information please contact:

Patrick Cheetham, Executive Chairman, Tertiary Minerals plc. Tel: 01625-626203
Ron Marshman/John Greenhalgh, City of London PR Limited. Tel: 020-7628-5518



This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

We've moved forward -anything left?

I still hold to my earlier comment and good to see some realty checks coming back in recent days. Recent move just shows the importance of positive news for this stock - the underlying health is good and interims will be positive so I'd hold on and expect some further upward movement this month.

Positive news on several fronts...the Finnish diamond drilling report has been eagerly awaited for some time..looks like we'll know soon..a positive report will see TYM waken up and start moving again.. keep watching the trades closely this week...


LONDON (AFX) - Tertiary Minerals PLC said the newly revised mining laws in
Saudi Arabia, bringing regulations into line with international best-practice,
will simplify the retention of the group's Ghurayyah project and reduce the
company's holding costs in Saudi Arabia.
In its quarterly report for the three months to Sept 30 2004, Tertiary also
said its report on diamond potential of the new Finnish kimberlite cluster is
expected soon.
It also said drilling is to resume on all three mineralised zones at
Kaaresselka.
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For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and
www.afxpress.com

i have been watching this one and like you feel it may be around the "bottom" price wise.Usual problem, we need regular news which is reasonably positive.It has after all languished of late

TERTIARY MINERALS PLC
1 November 2004

QUARTERLY REPORT ON EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2004

Report On Diamond Potential Of New Finnish Kimberlite Cluster Expected Soon

Second Mineralised Boulder Train With Visible Gold Located At Pitkajarvi

Drilling To Resume On All Three Mineralised Zones At Kaaresselka

Tantalum: Newly Introduced Saudi Mining Law Favours Explorers
_____________________________________________________________________

INTRODUCTION

This report gives details and results of exploration work carried out during the
quarter ended
30 September 2004 and up to the date of this report.

FINNISH DIAMOND PROJECT
Tertiary Minerals 100%

The Company has previously announced the discovery of three kimberlites in two
separate areas in Northern Finland.

In July, drilling at Kalettomanpuro identified two kimberlites and in August it
was reported that the first drill hole at Kattaisenvaara, some 20km away, had
also intersected kimberlite. Since then three further holes were attempted at
Kattaisenvaara. Only one successfully tested the kimberlite, the other two holes
being abandoned in deep overburden. The successful hole collared in kimberlite
at the same location as the first reported hole but was drilled in the opposite
direction proving the total width of the kimberlite in the plane of drilling to
be 48m. The kimberlite appears to have faulted contacts at both its northern and
southern margins and a well developed breccia at the southern margin. The strike
length of the kimberlite is not yet known.

Samples of the Kattaisenvaara kimberlite have been sent for microdiamond
analysis and indicator mineral extraction. Results are expected shortly.

Not all kimberlites in a given cluster contain diamonds, but the potential of a
cluster to host diamonds can be evaluated by detailed mineralogical studies of
the kimberlites in that cluster. The company has therefore commissioned GTK to
undertake mineralogical studies on the Kalletomanpuro and Kataisenvaara
kimberlites. The preliminary report will be delivered soon and is keenly
awaited. This will enable the company to evaluate diamond potential of the
numerous other kimberlite targets within its claim holdings.

GOLD PROJECTS

Kaaresselka Gold Project
Finland - Tertiary Minerals 100%

Following the receipt of encouraging results from the Company's first drill
programme earlier this year the Company has completed a drill-hole collar survey
to accurately locate all previous GTK drilling. This has enabled the compilation
of an accurate database for further drill planning.

A second drill program is scheduled to start in late November and will focus on
the Lampi zone where an intersection of 10.3m grading 3.88 g/t gold was made
from near surface, the central part of the Vanha zone high-grade gold
mineralisation and the SE extension of the Tienvarssi zone where gold
mineralisation remains open along strike.

Pitkajarvi Gold Project
Finland - Tertiary Minerals 100% (subject to 6% NPI royalty)

The acquisition of the Pitkajarvi high-grade gold prospect was announced in
August. The prospect was discovered in May this year when an independent
prospector discovered a train of boulders on the ground surface containing
visible native gold. The boulders occur in an area roughly 150m long by 70m wide
although the full extent of the boulder train is thought to be hidden beneath
surrounding marshland.

A preliminary field visit by Tertiary confirmed significant gold grades in
surface boulders of probable local origin. Visible free gold in hand-specimen
was seen to be associated with quartz veining, silicification and weak sulphide
mineralisation in a moderately altered granodiorite. Nine samples from different
mineralised boulders, up to 1m across, assayed up to 16.6 grammes per tonne gold
and averaged 8.5 grammes per tonne gold.

A subsequent field visit has resulted in the discovery of more mineralised
boulders at Pitkajarvi. In addition a second, previously documented, boulder
train some 2km NW of Pitkajarvi, at Tiaskuru, was relocated and a number of
boulders with visible gold and copper mineralisation were sampled. Assay results
are awaited.

An interpretation of available airborne geophysical data covering the Pitkajarvi
and Tiaskuru areas has identified a number of possible source areas for
the mineralised boulders. A ground geophysical survey has now started to
identify drilling targets.

BASE METAL PROJECTS

Djuragruvan Zinc-Silver Project
Sweden - Tertiary Minerals 100%

The Company has recently completed a drilling programme to test for zinc-silver
mineralisation at its Djuragruvan project in the Bergslagen district of
south-central Sweden

Three holes were drilled to target down-dip and along the strike extensions to
zinc-lead-silver mineralisation at the Gruvberget open-pit where, in 1989, a
small, privately-managed mining campaign produced 40,000t of custom-milling ore
grading 7% zinc-lead and 90g/t silver from a 30m deep open-pit. No significant
mineralisation was intersected.

A programme of trenching will take place in November to test an area to the
south of Gruvberget where Tertiary discovered a field of zinc and silver rich
boulders in an earlier exploration campaign.

Other Base-Metal Projects

No work was carried out on the Company's IOCG projects this last quarter.

A programme of trenching will start in two weeks time on the Vehkavaara
copper-gold project to investigate the source of base-of-till copper anomalies.

Further drilling is also planned for the winter of 2004/5 on the Ahmavuoma
copper-gold-cobalt project to follow up encouraging grades of mineralisation
intersected during the last drill programme.

TANTALUM PROJECTS

During the quarter the Company's Chairman attended the annual Tantalum & Niobium
International Study Centre (TIC) annual meeting.

A major focus for discussion was the current situation of the world's largest
tantalum producer Sons of Gwalia now in Voluntary Administration following its
failure to re-negotiate the terms of its gold division hedge commitments. The
possibility that there may be a change in control of the majority of the world's
tantalum production has thrown the spotlight onto alternative sources of supply
for tantalum, including the Company's world-class Ghurayyah tantalum project.

Ghurayyah - Tantalum
Saudi Arabia - Tertiary Minerals 100%

The long-awaited revision of the Mining Law in Saudi Arabia has now passed
through the Legislative Council and received Royal Assent. The purpose of the
new law is to update the Mining Code & Regulations in Saudi Arabia in line with
international best-practice and thereby make exploration in Saudi Arabia more
attractive to foreign investment.

The changes will simplify the retention of the Ghurayyah project and reduce the
Company's holding costs in Saudi Arabia.

During the Quarter the Company commissioned St. Barbara Consulting, to prepare a
proposal and obtain quotes for the metallurgical testwork component of the
Preliminary Feasibility Study.

Patrick Cheetham
Executive Chairman

For further information please contact:

Patrick Cheetham, Executive Chairman, Tertiary Minerals plc. Tel: 01625-626203
Ron Marshman/John Greenhalgh, City of London PR Limited. Tel: 020-7628-5518

Maps illustrating some of the features referred to in this report can be found
on the Company's website
www.tertiaryminerals.com