Afferro Mining Inc. Holding(s) in Company (1525I)

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RNS Number : 1525I

Afferro Mining Inc.

28 June 2013

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28 June 2013

   TSX-V:     AFF 
   AIM:         AFF 

AFFERRO MINING INC.

Holdings in Company

Afferro Mining Inc. ("Afferro" or the "Company"), notes the announcement made by International Mining & Infrastructure Corporation plc ("IMIC") on 26 June 2013 which states that IMIC has acquired an additional 8,588,000 shares in the Company at an average price of 79.56p. Following the acquisition, as at 26 June 2013, IMIC held 19,031,342 ordinary shares in Afferro representing 18.12% of the Company's current voting rights.

Contact Information

Afferro Mining Inc.

Luis da Silva / Jeremy Cave

Tel: [phone]

Investec

George Price

Chris Sim

Tel: [phone]

RBC Capital Markets

Martin Eales / Richard Hughes

Tel: [phone]

Pelham Bell Pottinger

Daniel Thöle / James MacFarlane

Tel: [phone]

About Afferro Mining Inc.

Afferro is an established exploration and development company listed on the TSX-V (AFF) and AIM (AFF). Afferro's portfolio includes the 100% owned Nkout, Ntem and Akonolinga iron ore projects. It also holds a 70% interest in the Ngoa project, an exploration target bordering Nkout. All projects are subject to government rights. Nkout has a National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") compliant Indicated Mineral Resource Estimate of 1.6Bt at 33.3% Fe and an Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 0.9Bt at 30.8% Fe. In addition Nkout has a NI 43-101 compliant Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") which indicates that the project is economically viable. Ntem comprises a NI 43-101 compliant Indicated Mineral Resource Estimate of 39.1Mt at 34.0% Fe and an Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 76.4Mt at 34.2% Fe. The Company had cash, cash equivalents and short-term deposits totalling $84m on the 31 March 2013 and is fully funded for at least the next two years.

Qualified Person

Howard Baker(MAusIMM(CP)) has 19 years' experience in the mining industry and 11 years' experience in the exploration, definition and mining of iron ore mineral resources. Mr Baker is a full-time employee of SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd., an independent consultancy, and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration, and to the type of activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Qualified Person in accordance with NI 43-101 and a Competent Person as defined in the June 2009 Edition of the AIM Note for Mining and Oil & Gas Companies. Howard Baker consents to the inclusion in the announcement of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears and confirms that this information is accurate and not false or misleading.

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