Anaconda frees up nearly $800,000 in restricted cash

TORONTO, Oct. 19, 2015 /CNW/ - Anaconda Mining Inc. ("Anaconda" or "the Company") - (TSX:ANX) announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement with a major insurance company to provide surety bonding in the amount of approximately $1.8 million (the "Bond") for the Company's reclamation obligations with the Ministry of Natural Resources ("MNR") of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Now that the Bond is in place, Anaconda has taken back $788,000 in cash from the MNR that was being held to collateralize the Company's reclamation obligations. The Bond guarantees the funding of the Company's mine closure plan at its Point Rousse Project. Anaconda currently pays an annual premium of 2.5% of the amount of surety bonding outstanding. Also, the Company has more capacity to bond additional areas at the project as it grows.

President and CEO, Dustin Angelo, stated, "The Company, its insurance providers and the MNR have worked diligently over the last few months to put in place this low cost security arrangement. The Bond frees up almost $800,000 in working capital, strengthens our balance sheet and demonstrates a confidence in the management team at Anaconda and the operations at the Point Rousse Project."

ABOUT ANACONDA

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Anaconda is a growth oriented, gold mining and exploration company with a producing project, called the Point Rousse Project, and approximately 6,316 hectares of exploration property on the Ming's Bight Peninsula located in the Baie Verte Mining District in Newfoundland, Canada. Since 2012, Anaconda has increased its property control by almost ten-fold. It is currently exploring three primary, prospective gold trends, which have approximately 20 kilometres of cumulative strike length and include four deposits and numerous prospects and showings, all within 8 kilometres of the Pine Cove mill. The Company's plan is to discover and develop more resources within the project area and double annual production from its current rate of approximately 15,000 ounces to 30,000 ounces.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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SOURCE Anaconda Mining Inc.