Brixton Metals Completes $1.0 million Financing

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VANCOUVER, April 26, 2012 /CNW/ - Brixton Metals Corporation (TSXV: BBB) (the "Company" or "Brixton") announces that it has closed and is over-subscribed on its non-brokered private placement financing (the "Private Placement") which was announced April 10, 2012. The Private Placement consists of 5,365,000 units ("Units") at a price of $0.14 per Unit and 1,559,059 flow-through shares of Brixton (the "FT Shares") at a price of $0.17 per FT Share for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,016,140. Each Unit consists of one common share and one-half of one transferable common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a "Warrant") with each Warrant exercisable by the holder into one common share of the Company at a price of $0.24 per share for a period of 24 months from the closing date (unless accelerated in accordance with its terms). The securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement are subject to a hold period of four months and one day from the closing date.  Finder's fees totalling approximately $14,400 in cash were paid in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange. 

The proceeds from the Private Placement will be used to fund exploration activities at the Company's Thorn property, as well as associated general and administrative expenses.  Exploration will focus on the Oban Breccia Zone and the area around drill hole THN11-60. Hole 60 which was drilled during the Company's 2011 drill program returned 95.08 metres of 628 g/t Ag, 1.71 g/t Au, 3.31% Pb and 2.29% Zn and 0.12% Cu including 9.25 metres of 2,984 g/t Ag, 3.04 g/t Au, 0.53% Cu, 11.65% Pb and 3.42% Zn (as previously stated in the News Release dated January 5^th 2012).  In addition, Oban hole THN11-57 intersected 37.72 metres of 2.08 g/t Au, 60.8 g/t Ag, 0.46% Cu, 0.55% Zn and 0.25% Pb including 7.80 metres of 6.13 g/t Au, 197 g/t Ag, 1.38% Cu, 0.49% Pb and 0.38% Zn.

About Brixton Metals Corporation

Brixton is an exploration company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of precious metal assets and advancing them to feasibility. The Thorn Project is Brixton's flagship property and current activity is centered on high grade silver-gold-copper-lead-zinc-bearing breccia zones, high-grade veins and porphyry targets. The Thorn property is located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, about 50 km from the past producing Golden Bear Mine and 130 km southwest from the village of Atlin, BC. Brixton Metals Corporation shares trade on the TSX-V under the ticker symbol BBB.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

Mr. Gary R. Thompson, Chairman and CEO,

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