War Eagle Receives Cash From Sale of Tres Marias Project, Mexico

VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - March 03, 2015) - War Eagle Mining Company Inc. (TSX VENTURE: WAR) ("War Eagle" or the "Company") is pleased to report that it has received a further US$300,000 (approximately Cdn$375,000) installment of the proceeds of the sale in 2014 of the Tres Marias zinc-lead-germanium project in Chihuahua, Mexico to Contratista y Operaciones Mineras SA de CV ("Comsa"), a private Mexican mining company. Total consideration for the sale was US$5,000,000 cash which is to be satisfied by (i) loan repayments totaling US$400,000 cash (now received) plus (ii) the balance in fixed periodic loan repayments totaling $2,100,000 to be received over a period to July 2016, the next such repayment to be US$600,000 in July 2015, (iii) an additional US$400,000 if sales of product are US$20 million or more, (iv) a further US$400,000 if sales of product are US$25 million or more and (v) a 2% net smelter return royalty to a maximum of a further US$2,500,000. Accordingly, total consideration could be as much as US$5,800,000. 

Comsa has numerous permits in place to facilitate mine development and has significantly advanced the final permit application to enable commercial production.

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