Anaconda Mining makes second $500,000 principal payment on outstanding debt

TORONTO, April 25, 2012 /CNW/ - Anaconda Mining Inc. ("Anaconda" or "the Company") - (TSX: ANX) is pleased to announce, on April 24, 2012, it made another principal payment against the outstanding Convertible Loan, Series I Debentures and Series II Debentures (collectively, the "Loans"). The principal payments totaled $500,360 and were divided pro rata across the Loans. Since March 28, 2012, the Company has made approximately $1,000,000 in principal payments against the Loans and reduced the outstanding balance from $6,900,000 to $5,899,280.

President and CEO, Dustin Angelo, stated, "Pine Cove continues to perform well, which has enabled the Company to generate the necessary cash flow to service its interest bearing debt as well as allocate resources to growth opportunities. With proceeds from our Chile transaction and more cash flow from Pine Cove, we still expect to cut our interest bearing debt nearly in half by May 31, 2012."

ABOUT ANACONDA

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Anaconda is a growth oriented, gold mining and exploration company with a producing asset located on the Baie Verte Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada called the Pine Cove mine.

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