Orsa Receives Regulatory Approval for Joint Venture Purchase Agreement With Americas Bullion Royalty Corp. at Quartz Mountain

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/21/13 -- Orsa Ventures Corp. ("Orsa" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ORN) is pleased to announce that it has received regulatory approval for, and fulfilled closing requirements for the Joint Venture Purchase Agreement ("Agreement") with Americas Bullion Royalty Corp. (TSX: AMB) and its US subsidiary to acquire their 50% joint venture interest (the "JV Interest") in the Angel's Camp Property ("Angel's Camp"). Angel's Camp claims are contiguous with the Quartz Mountain claims in southern Oregon. (News release dated March 7, 2013) Orsa and its wholly-owned US Subsidiary control the other 50% joint venture interest through an Option Agreement with Seabridge Gold ("Seabridge") (TSX: SEA)(NYSE Amex: SA) and its wholly-owned US subsidiary.

Angel's Camp is comprised of 158 unpatented LODE mining claims encompassing approximately 3,000 acres adjacent to the Quartz Mountain Property which is 100% controlled by Orsa through its agreement with Seabridge. The Quartz Mountain Property is an epithermal hot spring system with a 2.85 million ounce Inferred gold Resource (110,448,000 tonnes grading 0.80 grams per tonne gold) in two rhyolite domes: Quartz Butte and Crone Hill. (News release dated February 15, 2012).

Angel's Camp contains several additional rhyolite domes which are the host to the gold mineralization at the Quartz Mountain Property, further enhancing the exploration potential. Orsa is planning an aggressive exploration program at Angel's Camp in addition to its development work at Quartz Mountain.


About Orsa

Orsa Ventures Corp. is a junior company focused on the exploration for, and development of, gold-silver-copper properties in the western United States. In addition to the Quartz Mountain and Angel's Camp properties, Orsa announced the discovery of significant sediment-hosted gold system at its Coal Canyon Property in the Oreana Mining Trend, Nevada, where over 10 million ounces has been discovered since 2009. The Company also has the right to earn a 51% interest Ashby Property, a former gold producer and porphyry copper-gold target, located in the Walker Lane Mining Trend, host to several large copper and gold deposits in Nevada.


On behalf of the Board of Directors,

Linda Thorstad
President and Chief Executive Officer



Linda Thorstad, P. Geo., a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has read and approved the technical information in this news release.


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Contacts:

Orsa Ventures Corp.
Linda Thorstad, President and Chief Executive Officer
604.608.6680
www.orsaventures.com