MONTREAL, June 5, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Maudore Minerals Ltd. (MAO: TSX-Venture; MAOMF: US OTC; M6L: Frankfurt Exchange) ("Maudore" or the "Company") today announced the financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013.

In releasing the financial results, Chairman and CEO Kevin Tomlinson said, "the first quarter of the year was an active time for Maudore that brought positive changes to the Company, in spite of a challenging junior mining sector."

In March, Maudore purchased from North American Palladium Ltd. (the "NAP Acquisition") all the shares of NAP Quebec Mining Inc. - recently renamed Aurbec Mines Inc ("Aurbec") - resulting in the acquisition of the Vezza Project (trial mining underway), Sleeping Giant Processing Facility, Sleeping Giant Gold Mine (Past Producer on care and maintenance), Discovery and Flordin Projects. Maudore increased its land position by 50% to 144,000 ha and added four advanced gold projects and an operating gold mill.

"Maudore's goal is to become a leading Canadian gold producer generating cash flow and increasing shareholder value," Mr. Tomlinson said. He added: "Our new President and CEO, Greg Struble, an experienced mining engineer, will work with management to optimize production at Vezza and efficiency at the Sleeping Giant Mill." Mr. Struble will officially take the helm as CEO on June 11, 2013. Mr. Tomlinson will remain Executive Chairman.

Financial results

The financial details of the NAP acquisition, which was accounted for as a business combination, are:

The Company funded the acquisition of Aurbec's shares through a senior secured credit facility of $22 million provided to the Company by FBC Holdings Sarl ("FBC").

On April 12, 2013, the Company completed a brokered private placement of units, each unit is comprised of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share for a period of 24 months at a purchase price of $1.13. The Company issued an aggregate of 17,039,835 units at an issue price of $0.91 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $15,506,250.

The Company reported a loss of $2,749,719 for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 compared to a loss of $37,100 during the three-month period ended March 31, 2012. Under IFRS, the acquisition costs relating to the acquisition of Aurbec are recorded as expenses for $2,139,447.

Vezza project

Mining is underway at Vezza, but the project has not yet commenced commercial production. The revenues from the sale of any finished products generated by the project have been deducted, net of the cost of inventories, from the related development cost capitalized in the statement of financial position. The $68,940 loss from mining operations represents residual costs relating to the Sleeping Giant mine.

Maudore has completed an updated mineral resources estimate for the Vezza project and retained Christian D'Amours, BSc, PGeo, GeoPointCom, to update the mineral resources estimate following Maudore's acquisition of Aurbec. Indicated Resources are currently estimated at 586,070 t at 6.3 g/t Au and Measured Resources estimated at 658,780 t at 6.5 g/t Au. There are no Mineral Reserves defined to date at Vezza.

Maudore is trial mining and trucking rock from Vezza to the Company's processing facility, located 85 kilometres south of Vezza on Highway 109 at the former Sleeping Giant mine.

During the period from March 23 to March 31, 2013, 2,640 tonnes of rock were extracted at Vezza and trucked to the Sleeping Giant Mill producing 418 ounces of gold after accounting for inventory changes incurred at the time of purchase from North American Palladium Ltd.

Sleeping Giant Mill

The mill, designed to operate at a rate of 900 tonnes per day (tpd), is currently processing between 350-600 tpd with +/- 92% gold recovery, five days per week, treating underground rock from the Vezza gold project as it continues to ramp up to a production footing. Material is fed through a grizzly into a crushing plant with a primary jaw crusher and two cone crushers with screening, then to a rod mill and two ball mills to produce a pulp that undergoes conventional leaching followed by a CIP (carbon in pulp) circuit, stripping facilities, electrowinning and an induction furnace to produce gold doré.

During the period from March 23 to March 31, 2013, 2,212 tonnes of rock were milled at the facility with a recovery rate of 91.7% for a total production of 418 ounces of gold after accounting for inventory changes incurred at the time of purchase from NAP.

About Maudore Minerals Ltd.

Maudore is a Quebec junior gold company with more than 23 exploration projects, of which five are at an advanced stage of exploration with reported current and historical resources. The Company's projects span some 120 kilometers, east-west, of the underexplored Northern Volcanic Zone of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt and cover a total area of 144,000 hectares (1,440 km2) with the Sleeping Giant Processing Facility within trucking distance of key projects.

Quebec is consistently ranked amongst the best locations worldwide for mineral exploration and development, with low cost power, proper infrastructure, mining-oriented local communities and a skilled workforce.

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