VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 08/06/14

Mercator Minerals Ltd. (TSX: ML) ("Mercator" or the "Company") today announced that it expects to release its Q2 2014 financial results on August 7, 2014 (after market close) and hold its next Annual General Meeting ("AGM") on September 24, 2014 on the 2nd floor at the Exchange Center, 888 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, BC. Further details and materials regarding the AGM will be provided in due course.

About Mercator Minerals Ltd.

Mercator Minerals Ltd., a TSX listed base metals mining company, operates the wholly-owned copper/molybdenum/silver Mineral Park Mine in Arizona, USA. Mercator also wholly-owns two development projects in Sonora, Mexico: the copper heap leach El Pilar project and the molybdenum/copper El Creston project.

For further information please visit www.mercatorminerals.com.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

MERCATOR MINERALS LTD.

D. Bruce McLeod, P.Eng, President and CEO

Contacts:
Mercator Minerals Ltd.
D. Bruce McLeod, P.Eng.
President & CEO
778.330.1290
bmcleod@mercatorminerals.com

Mercator Minerals Ltd.
David Jan, CPA, CA
Head of Investor Relations & Communications
778.330.1295
djan@mercatorminerals.com
www.mercatorminerals.com