June 04, 2012

Mediterranean Resources Announces Discovery of Two New Mineralized Areas

Vancouver, B.C., Mediterranean Resources Ltd. (TSX: MNR; Frankfurt: MHM1) ("Mediterranean") is pleased to announce further results from surface sampling in the western sector of the new Cevreli North zone that was first highlighted in early January of 2012.

Cevreli North

The discovery was originally made during the construction of a forestry road in the summer of 2011 when an extensive zone of argillic alteration was exposed in the underlying andesitic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, known as Cevreli North, is located within the limits of Concession 20069647 and comprised over 150m of what is interpreted to be gold-copper high-sulphidation epithermal mineralization.

Through surface rock sampling and mapping in recent months the newly discovered Cevreli North zone has been extended 1 kilometre to the west. The gold, silver and base metal mineralization (Zone-1, Zone-2, Zone-3) is associated with quartz veins (up to 0.7 m wide) and veinlet swarms.

Fig. 1. Cevreli North sampling (Click to enlarge)

High grade gold and silver assays, up to 6.1 g/t, and significant base-metal values have been generated by rock sampling at Zone 3. The results are summarized in the following table:

Rock sampling at Zones 1 and 2 produced particularly high zinc assays. Elevated silver grades have been found to occur in continuous zones of mineralization.

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 further occurrences at Cevreli North provide evidence for the high-sulphidation 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 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.

Signed on behalf of the Board of Directors.

For further information please contact:

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

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