January 03, 2012

Mediterranean Resources Announces Discovery Of Two New Mineralized Areas

Vancouver, B.C., Mediterranean Resources Ltd. (TSX: MNR; Frankfurt: MHM1) ("Mediterranean" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the discovery of two new areas of gold-copper mineralization in previously unexplored sections of its extensive Red Mountain project in Artvin province in northeastern Turkey.

Fig. 1. MNR tenements at the Red Mountain Project including Concession 20063647 (hatched)

Corak West

A new mineralized zone has been identified through surface rock sampling approximately 2.2 km to the northwest of the central part of the Corak deposit, within the boundaries of Concession 200809778. The gold-copper and base metal mineralization occurs within a 350 m by 200 m northwest-trending argillic alteration zone (Fig. 2).

The rock sampling at Corak West has produced the following significant results:

The Corak West zone further extends the potential of the previously known mineralization at Corak and represents an opportunity for generating new drill targets for expanding the Corak resource.

Fig. 2. Rock sampling at Corak West

Cevreli North

The discovery was made during the construction of a forestry road in the summer of 2011 when an extensive zone of argillic alteration was exposed in the underlying andesitic volcanics.  

The new mineralized zone, henceforth to be known as Cevreli North, is located within the limits of Concession 20069647 (Fig. 01) and comprises of over 150m of what is interpreted to be gold-copper high-sulfidation epithermal mineralization.

The Company executed a limited field program comprising channel sampling at the outcrop along the new road at Blocks 2 and 3 and rock sampling at Block 1(Fig. 3).

Fig. 3. Cevreli North sampling and location of the new forestry road

Block 1 is situated some 215 m to the west of Blocks 2 and 3, about 40 m higher within the same lithological sequence. Block 1 was sampled with 13 rock samples from surface.

The sampling at Concession 20063647 included significant assays as follows:

The Company views these results as a discovery of significant new potential as it further demonstrates the extensive scale of the Red Mountain mineralized system and suggests an opportunity for substantial lateral expansion of the Tac-Corak resource. The Cevreli North mineralized zone occurs along the general strike of the Tac-Corak trend, some 6.8 km northeast of the Corak deposit and 2.7 km west-northwest of the Tac deposit.

These two new discoveries at Corak West and Cevreli North provide evidence for the high-sulfidation epithermal mineralization in the areas where no drilling or surface sampling has been done before and suggest promising targets for the 2012 drilling program.

Quality Control

Mediterranean Resources and its subsidiaries adhere to industry standard quality assurance and quality control procedures for all samples. The QA/QC program includes the insertion of blanks, duplicates and certified standards into the sample stream. Gold and multi-element assaying is undertaken by ALS at its laboratories in Izmir, Turkey and Vancouver, Canada.

Alex Gostevskikh, MMSA (QP), a Director of the Company, is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Gostevskikh has reviewed and consents to the publication of all technical information included in this news release.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,
"Christopher Ecclestone"
President and CEO

For further information please contact:

Christopher Ecclestone
Chief Executive Officer
604-669-3397
www.medresources.ca

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