Africo Retains MDM Engineering to Update Feasibility Study on a 1.25 Million Tonnes Per Annum Operation on Its Kalukundi Copper Cobalt Project in the DRC

VANCOUVER, 06/13/11 - Africo Resources Ltd. ('Africo') (TSX: ARL) is pleased to announce that it has retained MDM Engineering to review and update its planned increased throughput design update and cost revalidation of the Feasibility Study for our Kalukundi project, located in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which borders Zambia to the South.

In May 2006, MDM completed the initial Feasibility Study, based on a throughput of 800,000 tonne per annum plant. Africo has now requested that MDM complete a review and cost update for the Feasibility Study and the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) that was previously completed. The review will be based on the throughput of 1.25 million tonnes per annum that was evaluated during the FEED.


Note for editors:

Africo Resources Ltd. is a Canadian mineral company engaged in developing, acquiring and exploring for base metal and gold assets in Africa. The company's main project is Kalukundi, a development stage copper-cobalt deposit located in the Katangan Copperbelt in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The development team has an operational base in the DRC, with the company corporate offices located in Vancouver, Canada.


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Contacts:

Africo Resources Ltd.
Chris Theodoropoulos, Chairman
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Africo Resources Ltd.
Larry Okada, Chief Financial Officer
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