American CuMo Settles Legal Cases with Previous Management - Announces Annual General Meeting

VANCOUVER, Jan. 12, 2015 /CNW/ - American CuMo Mining Corporation ("CuMoCo" or the "Company") (TSXV: MLY; OTCQX: MLYCF) is pleased to announce the Company has reached out of court settlements with the previous management in the various suits filed by the Company and by previous management.  No details of the settlements will be released.

Shaun Dykes, President and CEO, stated "the settlements allow the Company to move forward without the distractions of these legal actions, which would have taken years and substantial funds to resolve".

CuMoCo also announces that it will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday February 27, 2015 at 10 am PST at a location to be announced.  The Company had received approval last year to postpone its AGM, usually held in December, given the Company held a special extraordinary meeting in late July of 2014.  The extra time allows any potential financing arrangements that would require shareholder approval to be included in the agenda.

Regarding the adjourned hearing announced August 6, 2014 in which International Energy Mines and Resources (IEMR (HK)) seeks to appoint a receiver-manager for CuMoCo, the court has set a two day hearing for January 27, 2015 to hear the case.  Given that all interest payments on the IEMR (HK) debentures have been made, the Company is confident that it is in a strong position and that the suit is without cause or merit. CuMoCo has sought legal advice in both Canada and the USA with regards to this lawsuit in order to defend itself and to investigate all of its options. IEMR (HK) filed this suit the same day the voting results were revealed at the shareholder-requisitioned general meeting held on July 22, 2014. Mr. Hongxue Fu, ex-chairman, ex-president, currently a director of the Company, and his wife control and co-own IEMR (HK).

The Company has completed its plans for the CuMo Project 2015 programs that include the following: an updated 43-101 compliant resource calculation (14 holes have been drilled since the previous calculation reported in July 2012); the next round of metallurgical testing focused on the grinding analysis of the mine material; an updated Preliminary Economic Analysis to update the previous report completed by Ausenco in 2009; a diamond drilling program; and the start of environmental baseline work. Discussions with funding partners have resumed following the holiday season.

About CuMoCo

CuMoCo is focused on advancing its CuMo Project towards feasibility and establishing itself as one of the largest and lowest-cost molybdenum producers in the world as well as a significant producer of copper and silver. Management is continuing to build a strong foundation from which to move the Company and the CuMo Project forward. For more information, please visit www.cumoco.com and www.cumoproject.com

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Forward-looking information

This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation including, but not limited to, statements that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, such the Company's ability to move its CuMo Project to feasibility and production, and to become one of the largest and lowest-cost molybdenum producers in the world as well as a significant producer of copper and silver. Forward-looking information is based on a number of material factors and assumptions, including the result of exploration activities, the ability of the Company to raise the financing for a feasibility study and to put the CuMo project into production, that no labour shortages or delays are experienced, that plant and equipment function as specified that the Court will not intervene with the Company's proposed exploration activities at the CuMo Project, and the ability of the Company to obtain all requisite permits and licenses to advance the CuMo Project and eventually bring it into production. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, future events, conditions, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future prediction, projection or forecast expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. Such factors include, among others, the interpretation and actual results of current exploration activities; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of molybdenum, silver and copper; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing, as well as those factors disclosed in the Company's publicly filed documents, including the Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis for the financial year ended June 30, 2014.  There may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information.

SOURCE American CuMo Mining Corporation

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