Pershimco Announces Filing of NI 43-101 Technical Report for Cerro Quema, Panama

ROUYN-NORANDA, QUEBEC -- (Marketwire) -- 11/05/12 -- Pershimco Resources Inc. (the "Corporation" or "Pershimco") (TSX VENTURE: PRO)(FRANKFURT: BIZ) is pleased to announce that it has filed a National Instrument 43-101 compliant technical report in support of the Corporation's September 20th, 2012 press release which highlighted the updated resource estimate at its 100% owned Cerro Quema Project located in Panama.

The independent technical report has been prepared by P&E Mining Consultants Inc. of Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The Cerro Quema property hosts the La Pava, Quema Quemita and La Mesita gold deposits.

The technical report is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Corporation's website at www.pershimco.ca.

Major highlights include:

--  Pershimco announced on September 20th 'In-Pit' National Instrument 43-
    101 resource estimates totaling 570,100 indicated Au ounces(1) & 167,800
    inferred Au Eq ounces(1);

--  All resources reported are within an optimized pit shell;

--  Indicated oxide gold mineral resources increased from 256,000 to 513,100
    Au Oz's(1);

--  Indicated oxide and sulfide resources total 570,100 Au Oz's(1),
    increasing by 123%;

--  Resources were based on 43,768 meters of drilling in 509 drill holes;

--  After the cut-off date of this estimate, Pershimco drilled an additional
    16,000 meters; and
--  Higher grade gold within potential near surface starter pit.

Note 1: Tonnage and grade detail include in Table 1

Based upon this expanded resource estimate, Pershimco will commence work in the short term to produce an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) and associated detailed life of mine plan (LOM) on the Cerro Quema Project.

Qualified Persons

The Mineral Resource calculations were completed by P&E Mining Consultants Inc. of Brampton, Ontario, Canada under the direction of Eugene Puritch P. Eng., an independent Qualified Person (Q.P.) under NI 43-101guidelines. The content of this press release was reviewed and approved by Mr. Puritch.

Table 1: Mineral Resource Summary for La Pava, Quema Quemita and La Mesita
 Zones
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Resource                        Au      AuEq                           Grade
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Category                      (oz)      (oz)      Tonnes  Au (gpt)    Cu (%)
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In pit Oxide Resource Estimate at 0.15 g/t Au Cut-Off
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Indicated                  513 100       Nil  20 189 000      0.79       Nil
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Inferred                    50 600       Nil   4 492 000      0.35       Nil
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In Pit Sulphide Resource Estimate at 0.30 g/t Au Cut-off
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Indicated                   57 000       Nil   2 750 000      0.64      0.24
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Inferred 1                  30 400       Nil   1 963 000      0.48      0.32
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Inferred 2                   9 900    76 900   1 470 000      0.21      0.86
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Resource Estimate Notes and Parameters released on September 20th 2012

About Pershimco Resources Inc.

Pershimco Resources Inc. is a Canadian-based resources and exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the Frankfurt Exchange. The Corporation holds several mining properties in Canada and South America, including the extraction permitted Cerro Quema advanced project in Panama and the Courville Gold Project, in the Val-d'Or Gold Mining Camp, being explored in partnership with Osisko Mining Corporation. The Corporation is managed by skilled and reputable people with extensive mining, exploration and development experience. The Pershimco Team and its investors are the key to its success.

The Corporation's documents are available on www.sedar.com.

Please visit the Corporation's website at www.pershimco.ca.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release. Statements made in this news release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" and readers are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance, and that actual developments or results, may vary materially from those in these "forward-looking" statement.

Contacts:

Alain Bureau, P. Eng.

President and Chief Executive officer

+1 (819) 797-2180
ressources@pershimco.ca


Richard Leroux

Investor Relations

+1 (514) 993-4510
info@pershimco.ca