African Queen Mines Ltd (TSX -V: AQ) said assay results for the initial 23 grab rock samples collected in the Phase 1 exploration program on its King Solomon project in Tete Province, Mozambique, indicate potential for sizeable copper – gold – silver

Of the 23 samples collected, six reported gold values above 3 grams per ton of gold, six reported copper values above 3 percent copper and three reported silver values of more than 50 parts per million, with associated bismuth mineralization present in nearly all samples.

The highest values obtained from any single sample were: 11.87 g/t Au, 3.67 percent Cu, 56.3 ppm Ag, with 6.8 ppm Bi.

The gold values from the samples together with the exceptional values of associated copper, silver and bismuth mineralization indicate the potential for a sizable regional mineralizing system in the form of a polymetallic skarn-gold association.

Additional detailed trench and soil sampling is presently being completed over a number of identified targets and will be analysed and reported as soon as available.

The license covers an area of approximately 230 square kilometres in the center of the Fingoe Belt, adjacent to permits which are the subject of existing earn-in and joint venture agreements between the company and Manica Minerals Ltd and African Eagle Resources PLC (AIM: AFE), respectively.

Under the terms of the Agreement, the company may earn up to an 85 percent interest in the license and related project by funding prescribed stages from exploration through feasibility.

African Queen Mines

African Queen Mines Ltd. (TSX.V – AQ) is an exploratory resource company with diversified mineral properties in Southern Africa. It is exploring its properties in Botswana and Namibia for diamonds, and it is exploring its properties in Mozambique for gold and other metals.