Antofagasta Gold Confirms New Regional Scale Low Sulphidation Epithermal Gold Discovery, Capricornio Project, El Peñon Gold District, Chile

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire - Feb. 14, 2013) - Antofagasta Gold Inc. ("Antofagasta" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AN) has received drill results from its initial drill program at the Company's wholly-owned Capricornio Property ("Capricornio"), located approximately 80 kilometres northwest from the El Peñon Gold Mine (Yamana Gold) and 20km west from Xstrata's producing Lomas Bayas Mine.

The Capricornio project is under option from Sociedad Quimica y Mineral de Chile, Chile's largest potash, lithium, iodine and nitrates producer. The Capricornio project is two wheel drive road accessible, 7 km from a power source and is located approximately 1,020 metres above sea level.

Initial drilling at Capricornio was designed to confirm historical near-surface gold results by SQM along 3 of over 6 exposed north-south epithermal gold-bearing quartz veins on surface. Highlights of the exploration campaign are as follows:

- Antofagasta has confirmed a cumulative of 20 linear kilometres of gold - bearing low sulphidation epithermal vein strike, with individual mineralized veins having strike lengths between 500 metres and 2.0 kilometres.

- A ground magnetic survey completed to the north of the exposed vein system indicates another 3 to 6 kilometres of potential host vein structure strike below a shallow alluvial cover.

- The initial 9 drill holes were designed to test near-surface mineralization and verify historical results, to a maximum depth of 150 metres from surface.

- 8 out of 9 intercepts returned a weighted average grade of 4.54 gpt Au/equivalent over 4.13 metres with a drill intercept range between 2 and 17 metres.

- The 9 drill holes were spread out covering over 400 metres of the cumulative 20 kilometres of known gold bearing vein strike; results from additional holes are pending.

- The average gold equivalent per drill hole was 94% Au gold and 6% silver.

- All high grade intersections lie within, or flanked, by larger low grade, 0.1 to over 1.0 grams Au per tonne halos in hydrothermal breccias between 17 and 44 metre core length.


Veins trending north-south or near-north-south are consistently shown to be gold bearing. The east-west veins appear to be later extensional structures and are not considered priority drill targets. The drilling conducted to date has confirmed a portion of the historical near-surface drill results and defines the most prospective sections for the next phase of drilling.

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The phase II drill program will target mineralization by a series of "fences" at 75 metre vertical intervals along the same section down to a minimum depth of at least 350 metres below surface. This will allow for effective exploration of the large system, testing for zoning and plunge direction at various locations in the overall target area.

Only trace amounts of base metal mineralization has been identified. Veins generally show low sulphide content with intense oxidation to a minimum depth of 150 metres from surface. Limited fluid inclusion studies conducted to date indicate an emplacement temperature below 300 degrees Celsius and low salinities, indicating the surface expression of the veins is towards the top the system. The veins are considered low- to mid-sulphidation veins.

Details of drill intercepts can be found in Table 1. A map showing the spatial distribution of the vein and drill hole collar locations can be found below.


Table 1- Capricornio Phase I drill results

DDH 		Vein 		From 		To 		Interval 		Au (gpt) 		Ag (gpt) 		Au Eq (gpt)
CAD-12-001 		Ilusion 		39.00 		51.00 		12.00 		2.65 		6.38 		2.78
incl. 				49.00 		51.00 		2.00 		4.98 		2.65 		5.03
CAD-12-002 		Ilusion 		10.00 		27.00 		17.00 		3.60 		20.70 		4.01
incl. 				15.00 		20.00 		5.00 		6.20 		57.78 		7.35
CAD-12-003 		Ilusion 		73.00 		85.00 		12.00 		0.37 		0.68 		0.38
CAD-12-004 		Santa Rosa 		24.00 		27.00 		3.00 		5.00 		3.17 		5.06
CAD-12-005 		Illusion 		189.00 		191.00 		2.00 		2.76 		19.50 		3.15
CAD-12-006 		Esperanza 		26.00 		29.00 		3.00 		2.57 		2.03 		2.62
CAD-12-007 		Illusion 		82.00 		90.00 		8.00 		2.14 		6.66 		2.28
incl. 				83.00 		85.00 		2.00 		5.69 		14.15 		5.97
CAD-12-008A 		Esperanza 		100.00 		104.00 		4.00 		5.28 		4.92 		5.38
incl. 				101.00 		103.00 		2.00 		9.15 		6.95 		9.29
CAD-12-009 		Illusion 		120.00 		122.00 		2.00 		5.07 		42.8 		5.92

Reported widths are cored widths and do not necessarily represent true widths; insufficient work has been completed to adequately define true widths.
Silver to gold ratios used to calculate gold equivalent (Au Eq) values is 50 to 1.


Antofagasta Gold Inc. (formerly Windamere Ventures Ltd.) is a Canadian mineral exploration company currently focused on projects in Chile. The initial focus is on advancing its wholly-owned Capricornio project near Antofagasta, Chile. The Company will also actively seek out complementary growth opportunities that are synergistic with its projects and management strengths. Antofagasta's board and management have both significant technical knowledge and capital markets experience that will assist in the Company's growth.

The technical and scientific aspects of this news release have been reviewed and approved by Mr. Vern Arseneau, P.Geo, who is a qualified person in accordance with NI 43-101. As the Vice President of Exploration of the Company, Mr. Arseneau is not considered independent.


On behalf of the Board of Directors of Antofagasta Gold Inc.,

William Randall
President and CEO



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