Besra Celebrates Restart of Operations at Bong Mieu in Vietnam

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jun 10, 2014) - Besra (TSX:BEZ)(ASX:BEZ)(FRANKFURT:OP6) has celebrated the re-opening of its Bong Mieu mine in central Vietnam with a ceremonial underground blast. The event, attended by company representatives and local officials, marks the return to operations by the property after it was shut down in November last year following a series of severe weather events.

Besra CEO John Seton said, "We are very pleased to announce that Bong Mieu will now recommence operations after what has been a particularly difficult period in our company's history. Late last year we were hit with not one, but two typhoons, quickly followed by a severe tropical rain storm, which destroyed the access road to our site at no less than five locations, as well as causing significant damage on site. After more than six months of hard work by our staff and contractors, we will be recommencing mining operations shortly, with the plant and production ramping up to normal levels in the following months."

Dewatering of the underground mine is at 95% and will be fully completed within days. 45 employees are now working on site with up to 300 to be called back to duty by the end of June. Mining equipment that had been temporarily transferred to Besra's other property at Phuoc Son, has been transported back to Bong Mieu for the return to operations.

Besra is continuing to pursue its property loss and business interruption insurance claim resulting from the typhoon damage.

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Besra Gold Inc.

John A G Seton, Chief Executive Officer

Besra - www.besra.com

Besra is a diversified gold mining company focused on the exploration, development and mining of mineral properties in South East Asia. The Company has four key properties; the Bau Goldfield in East Malaysia, Bong Mieu and Phuoc Son in Central Vietnam, and Capcapo in the Philippines. Besra expects to expand existing gold capacity in Vietnam over the next two years and is projecting new production capacity from the Bau gold project during 2016.

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