ACQUISITION Consolidated Thompson completes Quinto deal

TORONTO CONSOLIDATED THOMPSON IRON MINES has acquired all the common share, and hence ownership, of QUINTO MINING, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. Quinto shareholders hold approximately 13.8% of the outstanding Consolidated Thompson shares.

Consolidated Thompson's main asset is the Bloom Lake iron ore property approximately 400 km north of Set -Iles, Quebec. The Quinto acquisition gives Thompson control of additional iron ore deposits, significantly increasing both resources and exploration growth potential. The company's measured and indicated resources now total 940 million t grading 29.3% total iron.

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