Anaconda Announces Warrant Exercise

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 05/06/13 -- Anaconda Mining Inc. ("Anaconda" or "the Company") - (TSX: ANX) is pleased to announce that the holders of the 8,179,838 warrants with a strike price of $0.08 exercised 3,053,020 warrants for gross proceeds of $244,242 while 5,126,818 warrants went unexercised. The Company no longer has any warrants outstanding. After the warrant exercise, the Company now has 179,878,964 basic shares outstanding and 12,090,000 options outstanding, of which all are exercisable.

President and CEO, Dustin Angelo, stated, "The Company appreciates the continued support from shareholders. The additional capital received from this warrant exercise will assist us in executing upon our value-added initiatives."

ABOUT ANACONDA

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Anaconda is a growth-oriented, gold mining and exploration company with a producing asset located on the Baie Verte Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada called the Pine Cove mine.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document contains or refers to forward-looking information. Such forward-looking information includes, among other things, statements regarding targets, estimates and/or assumptions in respect of future production, mine development costs, unit costs, capital costs, timing of commencement of operations and future economic, market and other conditions, and is based on current expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement include, but are not limited to: the final approval of the private placement by the Toronto Stock Exchange; the grade and recovery of ore which is mined varying from estimates; capital and operating costs varying significantly from estimates; inflation; changes in exchange rates; fluctuations in commodity prices; delays in the development of the any project caused by unavailability of equipment, labour or supplies, climatic conditions or otherwise; termination or revision of any debt financing; failure to raise additional funds required to finance the completion of a project; and other factors. Additionally, forward-looking statements look into the future and provide an opinion as to the effect of certain events and trends on the business. Forward-looking statements may include words such as "plans," "may," "estimates," "expects," "indicates," "targeting," "potential" and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Anaconda's beliefs in the potential mineralization, are based on current expectations and entail various risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and we assume no responsibility to update them or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.

Contacts:

Anaconda Mining Inc.

Dustin Angelo

President and CEO

(647) 260-1248
dangelo@anacondamining.com
www.anacondamining.com


ProConsul Capital Ltd.

Andreas Curkovic

Investor Relations

(416) 577-9927
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