Jourdan Announces First Tranche Closing Of Private Placement For $200,000

Mississauga, May 09, 2013 - Jourdan Resources Inc. (JOR - TSX Venture),(www.jourdan.ca) is pleased to announce that it closed the first tranche of a private placement (the "Private Placement") of up to $2 million in either units (the "HC Units") or flow-through units (the "FT Units"). The Company has raised gross proceeds of $200,000 from the sale of this first tranche of 4,000,000 FT Units at $0.05 per FT Unit.

Each FT Unit consists of one common share of the Company (a "Share") issued on a flow-through basis and one-half of one Share purchase warrant (each whole, being an "FT Warrant"). Each FT Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one Share for a period of 12 months at an exercise price of $0.10 per Share. Each HC Unit consists of one Share and one Share purchase warrant (a "HC Warrant") at a price of $0.05 per HC Unit. Each HC Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one Share for a period of 12 months at an exercise price of $0.10 per Share.

A finder's fee of $18,000 will be payable in connection with the closing of this first tranche of the Private Placement to Marquest Capital Markets in accordance with TSX Venture Exchange policies.

All securities issued in connection with this first tranche of the Private Placement will be subject to a four-month hold period ending September 9, 2013. The Private Placement is subject to final approval by the TSX Venture Exchange.


About Jourdan Resources

Jourdan Resources Inc. is a Canadian junior mining exploration company trading under the symbol JOR on the TSX Venture Exchange. The Company is focused on the acquisition, exploration, production, and development of mining properties in phosphates. Jourdan also owns the Vallee Lithium Project which is located adjacent to Canada Lithium's Quebec Lithium Mine that has just commissioned the mineral processing sections of the process plant as scheduled with spodumene production being achieved on a regular basis.

Please visit the Company's website at www.jourdan.ca



For further information please contact:

Jourdan Resources Inc.
Michael Dehn Glen Wylie, CMA
President and CEO CFO
Tel: (647) 477-2382 Tel: (647) 477-3758
Fax: (647) 477-2389 Fax: (647) 477-2389
michael@jourdan.ca glen@jourdan.ca



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Although the Company believes many of its properties have promising potential, its properties are in the early stages of exploration. None have yet been shown to contain proven or probable mineral reserves. There can be no assurance that such reserves will be identified on any property, or that, if identified, any mineralization may be economically extracted.

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