Romarco expands mineralization to North - Drills 27.4 meters of 2.9 g/t Au

SPARKS, NV, May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - ROMARCO MINERALS INC. (TSXV: R)
(the "Company") is pleased to announce assay results from several drill holes
at the Haile Gold Mine in South Carolina, USA. Three of the holes represent
the initial part of the 2009 step-out program at the North Resource
(Ledbetter) area. These holes demonstrate that mineralization continues in a
northeast direction. Ongoing step-out drilling is focused on expanding this
same mineralized zone farther north, east, and west. These step-out holes
represent the farthest north holes drilled to date. The mineralized zone,
which now spans over 3.5 km in strike length (NE to SW) and over 1.5 km north
to south, continues to remain open to the north, east, west and at depth.
RC-1511 was the first step-out hole at the North Resource area (Ledbetter) and
encountered 27.4 meters (90 feet) of 2.9 g/t Au (0.083 opt). RC-1511
encountered the mineralized zone 70 meters (230 feet) north of DDH-328, which
had encountered 32.8 meters (105 feet) of 2.3 g/t Au (0.067 opt). RC-1512
encountered the target mineralized host rock an additional 46 meters north of
RC-1511. RC-1515 encountered 51.8 meters (170 feet) of 1.7 g/t Au (0.049 opt)
61 meters (200 feet) northeast of the previously reported intercept of 63.8
meters (204 feet) at 1.4 g/t Au in DDH-324.
RC-1505 was a previously reported infill hole that had ended in 23.3 g/t Au
(0.680 opt) material at a depth of 119 meters (390 feet), the bottom of the
target zone. RC-1505 was re-entered and continued down completely through the
mineralized material for an additional 37 meters (120 ft.). The additional
drilling increased the lower zone intercept to 48.8 meters (160 feet) of 7.9
g/t Au from the previously reported 39.6 meters (130 feet) of 8.8 g/t Au
(0.257 opt). RC-1513 was also an infill hole at the North zone and encountered
21.3 meters (70 feet) of 3.3 g/t Au (0.095 opt) extending mineralization
southeast of DDH-296.

See the table below for details.

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Hole Interval From To Gold
(meters) (meters) (meters) (g/t)
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RC - 1505 (updated)
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Interval 12.2 58 70.2 2.8
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Interval 48.8 79.2 128 7.9
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RC - 1511
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Interval 27.4 237.7 265.1 2.9
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RC - 1512
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Interval 15.2 251.5 266.7 0.7
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RC - 1513
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Interval 21.3 85.3 106.6 3.3
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RC - 1515
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Interval 51.8 243.8 295.6 1.7
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The drill cuttings were shipped to Inspectorate Labs in Sparks, Nevada for
assay. Control samples were submitted with the drill samples. The control
samples consisted of blanks and third party standards. Standards with variance
greater than 20 percent warrant that the batch be re-assayed. The blanks and
standards included with these holes yielded assay values that were within
acceptable ranges.

Romarco Minerals Inc. is a gold development company focused on production
in the US and Mexico. The Company's flagship project is the Haile Gold Mine in
South Carolina which is currently undergoing exploration drilling and
permitting. The Pinos Gold District in Mexico is a high grade epithermal vein
district that is in the advanced exploration stage.

ON BEHALF OF ROMARCO MINERALS INC.

"Diane R. Garrett"
Diane R. Garrett,
President and C.E.O.

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SOURCE Romarco Minerals Inc.

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