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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CASABLANCA MINING (OTCQB: CUAU) announced today that its subsidiary,
Santa Teresa Minerals SA, had entered into an agreement to sell its 60%
interest in Sulfatos Chile SA to Bluestone Minerals SA. The purchase
price will be cash in the amount of $2.2 million, payable $1 million at
closing and the balance in monthly installments as demanded by Santa
Teresa, and an equity interest in Bluestone that represents 20% of the
outstanding stock of Bluestone after the transaction. Bluestone was
recently formed by Juan Carlos Camus Villegas, Chief Executive Officer,
Chairman of the Board, and a shareholder of Casablanca, and Angelique de
Maison, a director and shareholder of Casablanca, to acquire the
interest in Sulfatos Chile. The transaction will close upon completion
of the ???escritura??? process as proscribed by Chilean law.
“In addition, we have been able to retain a substantial minority equity
interest in Sulfatos Chile through our interest in Bluestone Minerals.”
???This is a very beneficial transaction for our company as it allows us
to streamline our operations and focus our efforts and finances on our
core business, our gold projects. We will use the cash to continue to
fund our Free Gold project and accelerate the exploration efforts at our
New Gold project,??? said Casablanca Mining President Zirk Engelbrecht.
???In addition, we have been able to retain a substantial minority equity
interest in Sulfatos Chile through our interest in Bluestone Minerals.???
About Casablanca Mining, Ltd.:
Casablanca Mining (OTCQB: CUAU), through its wholly owned subsidiary
Santa Teresa Minerals, S.A., engages in the acquisition, exploration,
development, and operation of precious metal properties in South
America. Its gold and copper mining operations are based near Santiago,
Chile. Santa Teresa Minerals currently has, directly and indirectly
through various equity interests, mining rights in a producing gold
mine, ???Free Gold,??? and in exploration projects, the ???Casuto Project,???
consisting of Los Azules 1-3, Tauro 1-6, Los Chipi 1-16 and the ???New
Gold Project,??? consisting of Los Pinos 1-30 and Teresita 1-20. These
projects include 80 different mining and mineral exploration properties
including gold, copper and copper sulfate. Santa Teresa Minerals also
owns an equity position of Sociedad Sulfatos Chile S.A., a copper
sulfate production project that owns the Anica Copper Mines, and a 60%
equity position in a company with the rights to a revolutionary mining
technology that extracts gold, silver and copper from raw mining
materials using a proprietary and patented electrolysis method of
electromining.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT: This press release contains forward-looking
statements, including expected industry patterns and other financial and
business results and estimates that involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially
from results or estimates expressed or implied by this press release.
Such risk factors include, among others: whether Casablanca Mining can
successfully execute its operating plan, including mining and
exploration projects; results of exploration, project development and
capital costs of mineral properties; volatility of market prices for
gold, copper and copper sulfate; Casablanca Mining???s ability to
integrate acquired companies and technology; Casablanca Mining???s ability
to retain key employees; general market conditions; and other factors
discussed under ???Risk Factors??? in its annual report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. Actual results may differ
materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements in
this press release. Casablanca Mining does not undertake any obligation
to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed
assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future
operating results.