Mediterranean Resources announces further results from its silver-copper mineralized area at Hilal

VANCOUVER, April 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Mediterranean Resources Ltd. (TSX: MNR; Frankfurt: MHM1) ("Mediterranean") is pleased to announce further results from surface sampling in the far northern part of its Celtik concession. The Hilal Zone is located about four kilometers northeast of Taç Project and three kilometers northwest of the Çeltik project, and was discovered as a result of regional exploration activities in 2012 (see press release of 26 November 2012).

Hilal is interpreted to be a northerly extension of the same epithermal system that hosts the Company's Corak, Cevreli, Tac, and Celtik projects and extends for more than 16 kilometers along the Coruh Fault system.

Follow-up work carried out in the first months of 2013 on Hilal zone consisted of chip sampling in order to test the continuity of the mineralization.

Figure 1 - Area of sampling at Hilal zone of the Celtik concession

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The mineralized zone is thought to be underlain by tightly-folded package of intermediate lavas and pyroclastics (Artvin-Bolnisi Series) where partially eroded overturned fold hinges at the expose mineralization in structurally prepared rocks. The allochtonous volcanics and pyroclastics are overthrusted by imbricated rocks of the Bayburt-Karabakh Series.

The NNE-trending main mineralized zone extends for approximately a kilometer manifesting quartz and quartz-barite vein up to 0.7 m thick within wide haloes of advanced argillic and silicic alteration.

A total of 29 rock-chip samples were collected to characterize surface occurrences of copper-silver-base metal mineralization. Most notable was the 29.11% Cu and 47.1 g/t Ag value obtained in rock-chip Sample 44266. The following table shows the assay of rock samples taken at Hilal zone ​​in 2013:

Quality Control

Mediterranean Resources and its subsidiaries adhere to industry standard quality assurance and quality control procedures for all samples. The QA/QC program includes the insertion of blanks, duplicates and certified standards into the sample stream. Gold and multi-element assaying is undertaken by ALS at its laboratories in Vancouver, Canada.

Alex Gostevskikh, MMSA (QP), a Director of the Company, is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Gostevskikh has reviewed and consents to the publication of all technical information included in this news release.

Christopher Ecclestone, CEO, said: "This is very exciting news. We believe that the Yusufeli epithermal system remains completely open in all directions and the company is working hard on generating and prioritizing drill targets."

Signed on behalf of the Board of Directors.

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SOURCE Mediterranean Resources Ltd.