AQM Copper Inc.: Joint Venture Partners Approve Start of Zafranal Pre-Feasibility Study

AQM Copper Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AQM)(BVL:AQM) ("AQM" or the "Company") is pleased
to announce that Minera AQM Copper Peru ("MAQM") and Teck Resources Limited
("Teck"), collectively the Joint Venture Partners of Compania Minera Zafranal
("CMZ"), have approved a US$30 Million budget to complete a Pre-Feasibility
Study ("PFS") on the Zafranal copper - gold project ("the Project") located in
southern Peru. The Zafranal PFS will comply with National Instrument 43-101
Canadian Guidelines for a PFS and include the results of a program of in-fill,
geotechnical, water exploration and condemnation drilling. In addition, the
Company will carry out a formal Environmental and Social Baseline Study and
other engineering and environmental studies that will be required for the
eventual preparation of an Environmental Impact Assessment for the Project. The
PFS is expected to take approximately 18 months to complete with an associated
peak workforce of approximately 240 employees and contractors. 


AQM CEO, Bruce Turner stated, "We are very pleased to have CMZ Board approval
for this important step in the ongoing development of the Zafranal Project. As a
result of our transaction with Mitsubishi Materials Corporation in August 2013,
AQM's share of the Zafranal PFS is fully funded. Ed Tota, most recently Project
Director for Marcobre S.A.C., has been hired as the Project Director for the
Zafranal Project. His extensive project experience will help to ensure a high
quality PFS for an economically attractive mining asset like Zafranal." 


On Behalf of the Board

Bruce L. Turner

President and Chief Executive Officer 

About AQM Copper 

AQM Copper Inc. is a Canadian based mineral exploration company exploring and
developing copper deposits in South America. The Company's management and
directors have extensive experience working for the world's largest mining
copper producers and financial institutions. 


Through its Peruvian subsidiary, Minera AQM Copper Peru S.A.C. ("MAQM"), the
Company is developing the Zafranal Copper-Gold Porphyry Project located in
Southern Peru (the "Zafranal Project"). MAQM is the operator of a 50/50 joint
venture with Teck Resources Limited through a sole purpose Peruvian company,
Compania Minera Zafranal. 


MAQM is owned 60% by AQM, and 40% by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, pursuant
to a transaction outlined in the Company's news releases of July 2 and August
15, 2013. As such, the Company has a 30% beneficial ownership interest in the
Zafranal Project. 


On September 12, 2013, the Company published an updated preliminary economic
assessment ("PEA") on the Zafranal Project outlining financial projections for
an open pit mine processing 44,000 t/d of mill feed. The PEA showed an after-tax
net present value, at an 8% discount rate, of US$616 million on a 100% basis.


Please refer to the Company's website at www.aqmcopper.com for further
information regarding the Company and the Zafranal Project. 


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responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. 


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