Candorado Acquires Ground with Anomalous Ce, Yt and La Areas, Adjacent to Commerce Resources' Eldor Rare Earth Element Property

KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire - Nov. 26, 2010) - Candorado Operating Company Ltd. ("Candorado" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CDO) (FRANKFURT:HQU) (BERLIN:HQU) is pleased to announce today, subject to TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") approval, that it has entered into an agreement with a private vendor to earn a 100% interest in property located adjacent to Commerce Resources Corp.'s Eldor rare earth element ("REE") project in Quebec.

Candorado can earn a 100% interest by way of making a one-time payment of $20,000 upon the Exchange's approval, issuing 3,000,000 common shares of the Company within 5 days of approval from the Exchange and is subject to a 2% net smelter return ("NSR"). The NSR may be reduced to 1% at the Company's discretion for $1,000,000.

The acquired ground totals approximately 920 hectares and adjoins Commerce's Eldor Property to the northwest. Commerce announced on November 24, 2010 the latest results from its drill program on the Ashram REE zone, which confirmed the potential for a large, near surface deposit of REE mineralization within the northern parts of the mineralized system.

The acquired ground has identified cerium, yttrium and lanthanum anomalous areas. These anomalous areas were identified by Géologie Québec during the 2010 field season.

Mr. Kirk Reed, President of the Company states: "We are very excited to have acquired additional ground to expand our interests in the province of Quebec. We look forward to following up on the completion of our phase 1 exploration program in the Val d'Or region in June 2010, which confirmed the presence of lithium-bearing pegmatites in surface rock sampling, with the commencement of a second phase exploration drill program."


About Candorado

Candorado is a British Columbia based mineral exploration company with a large land position within the Quesnel Trough, home to some of Canada's biggest copper-gold porphyry deposits.

Among its active exploration projects are the Man-Prime copper-gold porphyry project near Princeton, British Columbia, and the Summer and Timothy Lake copper-gold projects south of GWR Resources' Lac La Hache copper-gold project.

Candorado also has a large land position adjacent to the Fjordland Exploration's and Cariboo Rose Resources' Woodjam property east of Williams Lake that is now under option by Gold Fields. Candorado has completed a reconnaissance IP survey in this area and a report by Peter E. Walcott & Associates states that the survey found a large zone of complex IP response

(anomalous chargeability readings) trending across the grid. In addition, magnetic anomalies appear to be related to the IP anomalies. Further IP and magnetic survey work is necessary to properly delineate the anomaly or anomalies, in advance of drilling. The exploration targets are similar to alkali copper-gold porphyry Takom, Megabuck and Deerhorn Zones on the adjacent Woodjam property to the north, which are well delineated by IP and magnetic surveys.

Furthermore it is the intention of the Company to continue exploration work on its land position bordering Imperial Metals' Red Chris property. Candorado's Eldorado property was acquired in 2004, years before the staking rush and sits in a geologically favourable area.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CANDORADO OPERATING COMPANY LTD.

Kirk Reed
President and CEO



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Contact Information

Candorado Operating Company Ltd.
Kirk Reed
President and CEO
(250) 979-2595
(250) 768-0020 (FAX)
www.candorado.com