Drilling Commences at Empire's Karapinar Copper Porphyry Project, Turkey; New Mapping Shows Porphyry to Extend to at Least 1,500 Meters by 450 Meters at Surface

Empire Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE:EPC) ("Empire") is pleased to announce that an initial 3,000 meter, ten hole diamond core drilling program has commenced at its Karapinar copper porphyry project in Turkey. First Quantum Minerals Ltd. is funding the program and can earn an initial 51% interest by among other things, completing $8.5 million in exploration expenditures. For additional information on the First Quantum option, please see Empire's news release of August 20, 2012.

Drilling by Empire at Karapinar in 2011 intersected a 60 meter zone of chalcocite enrichment grading 0.93% Copper, 0.11 gpt Gold and 0.017% Molybdenum from a hole depth of 79.6 to 139.6 meters.

Hana Mining Agrees to C$0.82 Per Share All-Cash Acquisition by Cupric Canyon Capital

Hana Mining Ltd. (the "Company" or "Hana") (HMG.V)(FRANKFURT:4LH)(BOTSWANA:HANA) and Cupric Canyon Capital LP ("Cupric") today jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") pursuant to which Cupric has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Hana ("Hana Shares") (other than the Hana Shares it currently owns) by way of a statutory Plan of Arrangement (the "Arrangement") under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia). The management of Cupric is comprised of experienced mining professionals in the copper industry specializing in exploration, development, and operations, and Cupric is supported by the Barclays Natural Resource Investments division of Barclays Bank PLC ("Barclays").

NovaCopper Continues to Intercept High-Grade Copper Mineralization at the South Reef Zone of the Bornite Deposit

RC12-205 intersects two mineralized intervals totaling 22.9 meters at a grade of 2.60% Cu RC12-206 intersects two mineralized intervals totaling 12.2 meters at a grade of 4.80% Cu RC12-207 intersects one mineralized interval totaling 11.7 meters at a grade of 5.02% Cu RC12-209 intersects four mineralized intervals totaling 71.2 meters at a grade of 3.66% Cu

NovaCopper Inc. (NCQ)(NYSE MKT:NCQ)(NYSE Amex:NCQ) ("NovaCopper" or "the Company") is pleased to announce additional significant results from exploration diamond drilling at the South Reef Zone of the Bornite Property, one of its Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects ("UKMP") located in the Ambler mining district of Northwest Alaska.

Stratton Resources Identifies Nickel-Iron-Chromium Mineralization at MAC