Aegean Metals Group Announces Non Brokered Private Placement

VANCOUVER, April 1, 2013 - Aegean Metals Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AGN) ("Aegean" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a private placement financing (the "Private Placement") of up to 10,000,000 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.15 per Unit for an aggregate subscription price of up to $1,500,000. Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company and one common share purchase warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase an additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.25 per share for a period of 2 years. Proceeds from the Private Placement will be used for exploration at the Company's Turkish assets, as well as general and administrative expenses.

The private placement is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange.


About Aegean Metals Group Inc.

Aegean Metals Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AGN) is a junior exploration company based in Canada with a primary focus in the acquisition, exploration and development of gold and copper properties. The Company currently holds 100% interest in the Hot Maden VMS gold and base metal prospect in northeast Turkey (subject to a 1.5% NSR on a portion of the property due to Teck Madencilik Sanayi Ticaret A.S. ("Teck"), a Turkish subsidiary of Teck Resources Limited) and has an option to earn 100% of the Ergama high-sulphidation epithermal gold prospect in western Turkey from Teck subject to a one-time back-in right and royalty. For more details on the Company, please visit www.aegeanmetalsgroup.com.


Forward‐Looking Statement

This news release includes certain "forward‐looking information" within the meaning of that phrase under Canadian securities laws. Without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and resources, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the Company contain forward-looking information that involves various degrees of risk. Forward‐looking information reflects management's current views with respect to possible future events and conditions and, by its nature, is based on management's beliefs and assumptions and subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, both general and specific to the Company. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward‐looking information are reasonable, such information and statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in our forward-looking information. The following are important factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information: changes in the world wide price of commodities, general market conditions, risks inherent in exploration, risks associated with development, construction and mining operations, the uncertainty of future profitability and the uncertainty of access to additional capital. Additional information regarding the material factors and assumptions that were applied to develop this forward-looking information as well as the various risks and uncertainties we face are described in greater detail in the "Risk Factors" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis of our financial results and other continuous disclosure documents and financial statements we file with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities which are available at www.sedar.com. The Company undertakes no obligation to update this forward‐looking information except as required by applicable law.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.



Contact

Aegean Metals Group Inc.
David MacMillan, Investor Relations
416.361.3434 ext. 202
dmacmillan@aeganmg.com
www.aegeanmetalsgroup.com