CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – Oct. 23, 2013) – BACANORA MINERALS LTD. (“Bacanora” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:BCN) is pleased to announce that a diamond drilling rig under contract from Godbe Drilling of Colorado, USA has arrived on site and has commenced the second stage of drilling on the El Sauz and Fleur concessions (the “Concessions”) that are under joint venture with Rare Earth Minerals PLC (“REM”). The crew has currently completed the drilling of hole 1 of the 24 holes planned for this second stage of drilling on the Concessions. The first hole on this campaign (ES-11) was drilled approximately 200 metres northeast of hole ES-01 and is within 20 metres of the boundary with the La Ventana concession. It was drilled to a total depth of 258.16 metres and intersected a 35 metre interval of the upper clay unit and a 24 metre interval of the lower clay. The estimated true thickness of the upper clay is 33 metres and that for the lower clay is 22.5 metres. The preliminary log of the main units intersected in ES-11 is tabulated below.

Table 1. Preliminary Log of Hole ES-11

The Stage 2 diamond drill program will consist of the drilling of approximately 3,500 metres of NQ core in 24 holes, with the following objectives:

• Complete infill holes required to upgrade the previously determined inferred resources on the Concessions and on the neighbouring La Ventana concession, and


• Conduct step-out drilling to test for extensions of the previously determined inferred resources, particularly onto the newly staked concessions, where geological mapping and the results of previous drilling conducted by the Company indicate that the lithium-bearing clay units extend.

The drilling program is estimated to take approximately 5 months, with final results of drill core analyses expected in late March 2014. The Company expects to make periodic announcements of results as they become available.

In conjunction with this second stage drilling program, geological mapping and rock sampling will resume on the Concessions in order to provide the Company with a full assessment of the lithium potential of its land holdings.

About the Sonora Lithium Project:

The Sonora Lithium Project consists of the La Ventana, La Ventana 1 and the San Gabriel concessions, which are owned 100% by Bacanora, along with the contiguous El Sauz, El Sauz 1, El Sauz 2, Fleur and Fleur 1 concessions, which are owned 70% by Bacanora and 30% by REM. The Company has declared inferred resources on each of the La Ventana concession and the Concessions, in respect of which reports have been prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) (please refer to the Company’s SEDAR filings for copies of these reports and related press releases). Inferred resources have been estimated for the La Ventana Lithium Deposit totaling 60 million tonnes averaging 3,000 ppm Li (equivalent to 1.6% lithium carbonate, assuming 100% recovery and no process losses). Inferred resources for the El Sauz and Fleur Concessions total 88,271,000 tonnes averaging 3,163 ppm Li at a 2,000 ppm cut-off (1.68% lithium carbonate equivalent¹ assuming 100% recovery and no process losses). The resource on the Concessions is open down dip to the east and to the south. For further details concerning the Company’s agreement with REM and details of the joint venture, please refer to the Company’s press release dated May 22, 2013.

Carl G. Verley, P.Geo. is the Qualified Person pursuant to NI 43-101 and has reviewed the technical contents of this news release.

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¹ Lithium Carbonate Equivalent (“LCE “) is calculated by multiplying the Li value, expressed in percent, by 5.324 to get LCE in percent, then multiplying the total estimated tonnage by LCE % to get tonnes of LCE.