Marlin Gold's Takeover Bid for Animas Resources Ltd. Expires

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jan 28, 2014) - Marlin Gold Mining Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MLN) ("Marlin") announced today that its takeover bid dated December 23, 2013 (the "Offer") to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares ("Shares") of Animas Resources Ltd. ("Animas") expired today.

Since the conditions to the Offer were neither satisfied nor waived, the Offer has lapsed and Marlin will not be taking up any Shares tendered under the Offer. Accordingly, all Shares tendered under the Offer will be returned to depositing Animas shareholders.

About Marlin Gold

Marlin Gold is a publicly-listed company on the TSX Venture Exchange with properties located in Sinaloa and Zacatecas, Mexico. Marlin Gold's priority is to advance its properties toward production. The La Trinidad property, which hosts the Taunus gold deposit, continues to be the priority focus of Marlin Gold's development activities and is on track to be in production by early 2014. A complete NI 43-101 resource estimate and preliminary economic assessment for the Taunus deposit can be found at www.sedar.com or at www.marlingold.com.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as the term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.