Amerigo Announces Reduced Q4-2013 Power Charges

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb 11, 2014) - Amerigo Resources Ltd. (TSX:ARG) ("Amerigo" or the "Company") announced today that the Company's Q4-2013 power costs will be $0.112/kwh, compared to $0.154/kwh as reported in its January 24, 2014 press release.

Q4-2013 power costs include a retroactive sub-transmission line charge for the years 2011-2013 that required complex calculations involving data from Chile's National Energy Commission, the central power grid operating network and the Company's power supplier published in late 2013. The $3.7 million ($0.057/kwh) original estimate of the retroactive charge has been recalculated to be $0.98 million ($0.015/kwh) after careful scrutiny by Amerigo and its power consultants.

Q4-2013 power charges without the retroactive charge were $0.097/kwh.

For 2014 this sub-transmission line charge is estimated to be approximately $310,000 or $0.001/kwh.

The Company received the original estimate of the retroactive charge at the time the Q4-2013 production release was being finalized. Subsequently management together with our power consultants reviewed the calculations and determined that the initial estimate was incorrect. The revised amount of $0.112/kwh for Q4-2013 power costs will be reported in Amerigo's 2013 financial statements.

The Company will release its 2013 annual financial results at market open on Wednesday February 26, 2014, and will provide further clarification during the investor conference call to be held on Thursday February 27, 2014 at 11:00 am Pacific Standard Time/2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.

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Amerigo Resources Ltd. produces copper and molybdenum under a long term partnership with the world's largest copper producer, Codelco, by means of processing fresh and old tailings from the world's largest underground copper mine, El Teniente near Santiago, Chile. Tel: (604) 681-2802; Fax: (604) 682-2802; Web: www.amerigoresources.com; Listing: (TSX:ARG)

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