LIM First iron ore shipments of 2013

Anglesey Mining plc 7 June 2013 LSE:AYM LIM - First iron ore shipment for 2013 Commissioning of Silver Yards Phase 3 Anglesey's 15% owned associate Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (LIM) hasmade its first shipment of iron ore for 2013. The JK Pioneer, a Cape-sizevessel carrying 174,360 wet metric tonnes of LIM iron ore, has sailed from theport of Sept-Îles, bound for China. LIM's first shipment consisted of sinter fines largely comprised of stockpiledmaterial at the mine site and some port inventory, at a planned average gradeof about 58% iron ("Fe"). Subsequent shipments during 2013 will be sinter finesand lump ore at a planned average grade of approximately 62% Fe. Theseshipments will consist of iron ore from the James Mine, made up of a mixture ofhigher grade dry screened ore and lower grade material that will be upgraded atthe Silver Yards wet processing plant. Total saleable iron ore production in2013 is expected to be between 1.75 to 2.0 million tonnes. In May 2013, LIM signed a new two-year iron ore sales agreement with the IronOre Company of Canada ("IOC") for the sale of all of LIM's iron ore productionfor the next two calendar years 2013 and 2014. IOC has entered into an iron oreoff-take agreement with RB Metalloyd Limited ("RBM") under which RBM has agreedto buy LIM's iron ore from IOC on a FOB Sept-Îles basis. Under LIM's new salesagreement, IOC will pay for the iron ore progressively, as the ore is resold,with the price calculation based on the monthly average of the market index,adjusted for product quality specification, premiums or penalties and afterocean freight and IOC's price participation. The Silver Yards wet processing plant has restarted for the 2013 year andincludes the Phase 3 upgrade and expansion which is now being commissioned. Thewet plant will ramp up to its design capacity by the end of June and willoperate in conjunction with the dry plant, which has been processing iron oresince April. John Kearney, Chairman and Chief Executive of Labrador Iron Mines, stated "Weare happy to report that LIM's first shipment of 2013 has sailed and thatproduction is ramping up largely on schedule, despite difficult weatherconditions that prevailed in the Schefferville area during April and May. Nowthat the Silver Yards wet plant is operating, we expect to accelerate ourproduction, railing and shipping and look forward to a solid year ofoperations." LIM will be releasing its March 2013 fourth quarter and year-end results onThursday, June 27, 2013. Members of the senior management team will host aconference call and webcast on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 11:00 am (TorontoTime) to discuss the results. See LIM's website for further details. About Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (LIM) Labrador Iron Mines (LIM) is Canada's newest iron ore producer with a portfolioof direct shipping (DSO) iron ore operations and projects located in theprolific Labrador Trough. LIM has commenced its third year of operations and istargeting 1.75 to 2.0 million tonnes of saleable iron ore production in 2013. For further information, please visit LIM's website at www.labradorironmines.ca About Anglesey Mining plc Anglesey currently holds 19,289,100 shares in LIM which comprise 15.3% of LIM'soutstanding share capital. Toronto-listed Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limitedis producing high grade hematite from its James pit, one of LIM's directshipping iron ore deposits in western Labrador and north-eastern Quebec. Anglesey is also carrying out exploration and development work at its 100%owned Parys Mountain zinc-copper-lead deposit in North Wales, UK where a JORCCode-compliant resource of 2.1mt at 6.9% combined base metals in the indicatedcategory and 4.1mt at 5.0% combined in the inferred category was published inNovember 2012. For further information, please contact: Bill Hooley, Chief Executive +44 (0)1492 541981; Ian Cuthbertson, Finance Director +44 (0)1248 361333; Samantha Harrison: RFC Ambrian +44 (0)20 3440 6800;

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