Santo Mining Corporation Launches Online Investor Relations Program

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 17, 2013 -- Santo Mining Corporation (OTCQB:SANP), (the "Company"), announced today that it has retained the services of AGORACOM Investor Relations ("AGORACOM") (www.agoracom.com) to provide online investor relations services. AGORACOM will provide an online investor relations community for current shareholder communications, in addition to online marketing through search engines, social media networks and Tier-1 financial content partners for the purpose of attracting new shareholders.

Online investor relations maximizes the speed of communication, the degree of transparency and the access to company information. In response to overwhelming research data being generated by small-cap investors, the Company selected online investor relations to facilitate faster and more efficient communications with both current and prospective shareholders around the world.

Effective immediately, a customized and monitored Santo Mining Corp. IR HUB will be available at http://agoracom.com/ir/santominingcorp, allowing management to communicate with shareholders anytime and in near real-time through an electronic shareholder forum http://agoracom.com/ir/santominingcorp/forums/discussion. Moreover, the IR HUB will provide Company management with the ability to extend communications beyond text via audio messages, video presentations, Skype broadcasts, webcasts and podcasts.

Al French, Chief Executive Officer of the company stated, "As we embark on our Dominican exploration initiative, we have chosen AGORACOM to provide a complete suite of Web 2.0 services to enhance our shareholder communications and marketing as they have shown to a real industry leader."


About AGORACOM

AGORACOM Investor Relations (http://www.AgoracomIR.com) is North America's largest online investor relations firm for small-cap companies. It has partnered with some of the world's largest internet and mobile companies to market its clients to a massive audience of new small-cap investors. It has served over 250 small-cap public companies and its industry pioneering online investor relations platform (http://www.Agoracom.com) has held an Alexa traffic ranking above the top 0.5% of all websites around the world since 2007. AGORACOM averages 1.1 million investors, 6.8 million visits and 66 million page views annually.


About Santo Mining

Santo Mining Corporation is a junior minerals exploration and development company, based in the Dominican Republic. The Company is actively pursuing the acquisition and exploration of properties, which are strategically located in the prolific and highly prospective Hispaniola Gold-Copper Back-Arc area in the Dominican Republic. A detailed description of the Company's activities is available at www.SantoMining.com.

Further information on the Company and its filings can be found at www.sec.gov.


Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This current report contains "forward-looking statements," as that term is defined in Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Statements in this press release, such as the Company's plans to acquire a number of highly prospective gold exploration properties, which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements and include any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future, including but not limited to, any mineralization, development or exploration of the Company's properties and the timing of any work program or exploration activities, and any results that may be obtained or the commencement of production.

Actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others, the inherent uncertainties associated with mineral exploration and difficulties associated with obtaining financing on acceptable terms. We are not in control of metals prices and these could vary to make development uneconomic. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and we assume no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the beliefs, plans, expectations and intentions contained in this press release are reasonable, there can be no assurance those beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions will prove to be accurate. Investors should consult all of the information set forth herein and should also refer to the risk factors disclosure outlined in our most recent annual report for our last fiscal year, our quarterly reports, and other periodic reports filed from time-to-time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



For further information, please visit the company's website: www.santominingcorp.com.

Tyler Troup, Managing Director
Circadian Group, Investor Relations

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