Mariana Resources Limited: Toronto Stock Exchange Listing
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MARIANA RESOURCES LIMITED
AIM and PLUS code: MARL
TSX code: MRY
17 June 2011
Commencement of Trading on the TSX
Mariana Resources Limited (TSX: MRY) (AIM: MARL) ('Mariana' or 'the
Company'), is pleased to announce, further to its press release of June 7,
2011, its shares commenced trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) at
the open of market today under the symbol MRY. The shares also continue to
trade on the AIM market under the symbol MARL.
Mariana's Chairman John Horsburgh said, 'This move to listing on Canada's
senior stock exchange is a significant milestone for the Company where it
intends broadening its investor base. The investment opportunity offered
is a company that will be underpinned by a soon to be released resource
statement on Mariana's flagship Las Calandrias project. Also located in the
Deseado Massif in Santa Cruz Province, a burgeoning gold discovery district
of Argentina, is the Sierra Blanca project, the second project advancing in
Mariana's stable.'
About Mariana Resources
Mariana Resources Ltd is an AIM quoted exploration and development company
with an extensive portfolio of gold, silver and copper projects in
Argentina and Chile. In southern Argentina, in addition to the Las
Calandrias gold-silver discovery, the Company has the Sierra Blanca
silver-gold prospect (70%); the Los Amigos joint venture (49%) with
Hochschild Mining and a 160,000 Ha land package (100%) in the country. All
of these projects are located in the Deseado Massif epithermal gold-silver
district in mining-friendly Santa Cruz province of southern Argentina,
which hosts four mines and several advanced projects.
In Chile, Mariana has a joint venture with US based international mining
and natural resources company Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., to explore for
Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold deposits ('IOCG') in a 92,000 km² area ('SCM Mariana
Area') in north-central Chile along the highly prospective Atacama Fault
Zone. The SCM Mariana Area includes the 44km² Buenaventura and 46km² Perro
Chico IOCG projects. Mariana is also evaluating a number of gold-silver and
copper-gold opportunities away from the Cliffs JV area, as part of a new
initiative.
For further information please visit website at www.marianaresources.com or
contact the following.
John Horsburgh
(Chairman)
Mariana Resources Ltd
61 2 94374588
Glen Parsons
(CFO)
Mariana Resources Ltd
61 2 94374588
Kathryn Witter
Mariana Resources Ltd
(Vancouver Office)
1 604 669 9336
Rob Adamson
RFC Corporate Finance Limited (Nomad)
61 2 9250 0041
Will Souter
RFC Corporate Finance Limited (Nomad)
61 2 9250 0050
Joe Lunn
(Analyst)
FinnCap (Broker)
44 20 7600 1658
Matthew Robinson
FinnCap (Broker)
44 20 7600 1658
Felicity Edwards
St Brides Media and Finance Ltd (PR)
44 20 7236 1177
Hugo de Salis
St Brides Media and Finance Ltd (PR)
44 20 7236 1177