S&P Capital IQ Initiates Coverage on American Manganese, Inc. in Standard & Poor′s Factual Stock Reports

S&P Capital IQ announced today that it has commenced Standard
& Poor′s Factual Stock Report coverage on American Manganese, Inc.
American Manganese (TSX: AMY; OTC: AMYZF) is a specialty and critical
metal company focusing on becoming the lowest cost producer of
electrolytic manganese from its Arizona Manganese Project. Electrolytic
manganese is used in the upgrading of specialty steel, as well as the
manufacture of aluminum alloys and electronics.

The company's Artillery Peak property, a manganese exploration property,
is located in Mohave County, Arizona. Another property, the Rocher
Deboule property, is an iron oxide, copper and gold exploration property
located in the Omineca Mining Division of British Columbia, near
Hazelton. In addition, the company's Lonnie Rare Earth property is
located southeast of Manson Creek in north-central British Columbia.

On September 8, 2011, the company reported that a new NI 43-101
compliant resource estimate, which incorporates the results of the 2011
drilling program, shows a substantial increase in the amount of
manganese contained in the Artillery Peak Project. The 2011 drilling
program included 84 reverse circulation drill holes totaling 10,607
meters (34,800 feet) on Manganese Mesa, Burro, and Shannon patented
claims of the property. The 2011 drilling program can best be
categorized as fill-in drilling with a limited amount of step-out
drilling. This has resulted in an upgrading of a large proportion of the
resource from inferred to indicated. The step out drilling has resulted
in a 39% increase of the overall tonnage and a 12% increase in the
contained pounds of Mn.

The updated resource estimate includes 13.830 billion pounds of
contained Mn metal in the indicated category and 3.531 billion pounds of
contained Mn metal in the inferred (at a0.90%
Mn cut-off grade). On September 27, 2011, American Manganese reported
successful operation of its pilot plant for the extraction and
separation of manganese from its Artillery Peak resource in Mojave
County. Operation of the pilot plant commenced in August 2011.

Standard
& Poor′s Factual Stock Report coverage on American Manganese, Inc.
will also be accessible on an ongoing basis to the investment community
by scores of buy-side institutions and sell-side firms that utilize S&P
Capital IQ research and information platforms daily. Millions of
self-directed investors also have access to the report via their
e-brokerage accounts. Please visit www.americanmanganeseinc.com
for additional information.

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