KazaX Minerals Inc. Announces Management Changes and Update on Lomonosovkoye Project

VANCOUVER, July 15, 2013 - Kazax Minerals Inc. ("Kazax" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:KZX) is pleased to announce the appointment of Trevor Campbell Smith as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. Mr. Campbell Smith is a principal of Tranmar (UK) Ltd., a metals trading company based in the UK with a particular focus on the trading of iron ore. Mr. Campbell Smith is a graduate of Cambridge University, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors in the United Kingdom, and was previously Chairman of Stemcor (UK) Limited and a member of the main board of Stemcor Limited.

Mr. Campbell Smith stated that: "The Lomonosovskoye project represents a tremendous opportunity for the Company. I am very pleased to have the confidence of the Board to move this project forward."

The Company is also pleased to announce a change in its Board of Directors, whereby Mr. Riad Al Sadik has accepted the appointment as Chairman of the Company with immediate effect; the current Chairman Mr. Dan Kunz has stepped down from that role but will continue as a member of the board of directors.

Mr. Sadik was born in Deir El Kasi, Palestine in 1943. Mr. Sadik has a degree of Civil Engineering from the American University of Beirut and started his career in Saudi Arabia with the Ministry of Transportation. In 1970, with Khalaf Habtoor, he established Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprises, which, in 2007 merged with the Leighton Group to form the Habtoor Leighton Group of which Mr Riad Sadik is Chairman. Today, Mr. Sadik is involved in the hotel, construction, machinery and stone works businesses. He also sits on the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Palestine Studies and the Board of Trustees of the American University of Sharjah.

Mr. Sadik stated: "In Trevor, we have the confidence to move forward to complete our Bankable Feasibility Study and propose a development strategy for the Lomonosovskoye project that will lend benefits to all shareholders and other stakeholders."

Mr. David Savage has resigned his position as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. The Board would like to thank Mr. Savage for the contributions he has made. Mr. Savage will continue to serve as a director of the Company.

Kazax further announces the granting of incentive stock options to Mr. Campbell Smith to purchase up to 4,000,000 common shares in its capital stock at a price of $0.145 per share, subject to receipt of approval from the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan. The options vest quarterly over nine months and are exercisable until July 13, 2014.


Update on Lomonosovskoye Project

Further to the Company's news release of July 10, 2013, the Company is pleased to announce that it has entered into a formal amending agreement with Safin Element GmbH ("Safin"), the vendor of the Company's 74.99 per cent interest in the Lomonosovskoye LLP (the "LP"), for the rescheduling of the outstanding consideration due to Safin, which will enable Kazax to focus its financial resources during the rest of 2013 primarily on its development work on the Lomonosovskoye project, including the 2013 drilling programme.

The remaining cash consideration due to Safin is scheduled to be paid as follows:

- by 30 September 2013, US$ 2,300,000
- by 15 January 2014, US$ 12,930,480
- by 31 March 2014, US$ 3,807,620
- by 30 June 2014, US$ 3,807,620
- by 30 September 2014, US$ 3,807,620
- by 31 December 2014, US$ 3,807,620

The outstanding deferred consideration shares also due to Safin, to a value of US$ 3,570,000, will be issued as soon as possible, subject to all Kazakhstan governmental consents and waivers being first obtained.

The above payments are stated before deduction of capital gains tax of US$ 5,640,144 which the Company is required under Kazakh law to retain and pay over to the Kazakh tax authorities.

As previously disclosed, the LP holds unrestricted exploration and production rights to the Lomonosovskoye iron project located in Kostanay Oblast, Kazakhstan, pursuant to a subsoil use contract between the LP and the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan. Safin will continue to hold a 0.01% interest in the LP.


About the Company

Kazax Minerals Inc. is a mining exploration and development company focusing on iron. Other world‐wide target acquisitions are being sought. Kazax aims to be a significant mid‐tier international mine exploration and development company in the iron sector. For additional information readers are invited to review additional corporate and property information available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Trevor Campbell Smith
President & CEO



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