Mr. Dean Stuart reports

HUNT MINING CORP. PROVIDES EXPLORATION AND OPERATIONS UPDATE

Hunt Mining Corp. is providing an update on its exploration and operational activities.

Operational update

The corporation is continuing to manage its funds under a policy of cash conservation, limiting expenditures to only essential strategic items. The corporation is dedicating the majority of its Argentine exploration team and assets to projects covered by its exploration agreement with Eldorado Gold Corp.

Highlights from 2012 include:

• Renegotiated the agreement covering the corporation's La Josefina project:
  • On Nov. 15, 2012, the corporation signed an amendment to its La Josefina exploration agreement extending the exploration term by seven years, ending June 30, 2019;
  • The amendment allows for the corporation to purchase 100 per cent of the back-in, if exercised by Fomicruz;
• Acquired the right to explore the La Valenciana project:
  • On Nov. 15, 2012, the corporation entered into an agreement for the La Valenciana project; the exploration term is seven years, ending Oct. 31, 2019;
  • The agreement gives the corporation the option to purchase 100 per cent of the back-in, if exercised by Fomicruz;
  • The project is contiguous with both Coeur D'Alene Mines Corp.'s Joaquin silver project and the corporation's La Josefina project;
• Formed a strategic exploration alliance with Eldorado Gold:
  • Gives the corporation the ability to explore its entire Santa Cruz land package with a leading mid-tier gold producer;
• Maintained a disciplined capital allocation strategy, ending the year with a strong balance sheet of $5.2-million cash on hand.

Fieldwork in 2012 and early in 2013 focused on preliminary exploration of property blocks, most of which fall under the corporation's exploration alliance with Eldorado Gold, in effect since May of 2012. This work generated multiple targets that the company plans to follow up on during subsequent exploration campaigns. This year's activities included, but were not limited to:

• Survey and mapping of infrastructure including:
  • Roads, tracks and trails;
  • Fences, gates and ranches;
  • Surface ownership property boundaries;
  • Construction, installation and improvement(s) to satellite camps for logistical support of field crews operating in remote areas;
• Acquisition of detailed remote sensing imagery to cover prospective ground in western Santa Cruz including all of the corporation's exploration packages;
• Acquisition of high-resolution satellite imagery to cover proposed future drill targets on Bajo Pobre and El Gateado property blocks;
• Analysis, interpretation and field verification of project imagery to aid in prioritization of prospective areas, detailed geological mapping, identification of structural settings and creation of base maps for data compilation;
• Preliminary reconnaissance sampling covering 1,500 square kilometres on nine separate property blocks. Work included, but was not limited to:
  • First-pass field evaluation of prioritized targets;
  • Collection of approximately 900 sediment, soil and rock samples;
  • Regional to detailed geological mapping of exposed lithology, stratigraphy, structure and alteration;
  • Preparation and shipping of collected samples for analysis;
  • Collection and delivery of material and supplies to support exploration crews;
• Field reconnaissance, with a focus on due diligence, for possible acquisition of new opportunities, located both inside and outside the current area covered under the corporation's exploration agreement with Eldorado Gold. Work included:
  • Determination of relative location, orientation and similarities to known mineralization or mineralized trends (mapping);
  • Identification and verification of exposed alteration and/or mineralization (mapping and sampling);
  • Determination of prospect potential.

2013 exploration plan:

• The corporation plans to continue its 2013 regional exploration program in accordance with its exploration agreement with Eldorado Gold; the current program includes regional soil sampling, geologic mapping, detailed target generation and a first-pass drill program.

We seek Safe Harbor.