Orion Metals Limited (ASX:ORM)

71 Lytton Road East Brisbane Qld 4169

GPO Box 122 Brisbane Qld 4001

Phone: 61 7 3249 3060

Fax: 61 7 3249 3061

ABN 89 096 142 737

23 March 2012

ASX Release GEOLOGICAL EXPERT TO PREPARE KILLI KILLI REPORT

Orion Metals Limited (ASX: ORM) is pleased to advise that eminent geoscientist Professor Ken Collerson has been engaged to provide a report on the Killi Killi region as part of the Company's strategy to further its knowledge and understanding of the geology, geochemistry and prospectivity of the region .
Professor Collerson was originally engaged in November 2010 to perform a preliminary review of the geology, mineralogy and geochemistry of the Killi Killi REE and gold project. The current study will expand on that work and incorporate a review of the geology, geochemistry and geophysics of the region and an assessment of the potential REE and gold mineralisation .
Professor Collerson has more than 35 years experience in academia and has consulted in Australia and internationally. He is an Emeritus Professo r at the University of Queensland and has published more than 100 peer reviewed research papers. He is currently advising several companies on rare earth specialty metals, gold and uranium exploration in Australia, Africa and South America.

David K Barwick Chairman

Telephone : + 61 7 3249 3060

About Orion Metals

Orion Metals Limited (ASX: ORM) is a Rare E arth Element (REE) and Gold explorer with exploration projects in highly prospective REE regions in the Tanami Desert in Western Australia and near the former Uranium district of Mary Kathleen in Queensland.

ORM also holds a strategic 17.7% interest in Ultimate Resources Pty Ltd which is negotiating the acquisition of two rare earth projects in central South Korea

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