Camino Minerals Corporation (TSX VENTURE: COR) (“Camino” or the “Company”) has received final assay results from the recently completed diamond drill campaign at the El Secreto Gold and Silver Project (“El Secreto”), located in Sinaloa State, Mexico. Camino drilled a total of 2,984 metres in 13 holes between the months of April and July. Seven different targets, including epithermal and mesothermal vein systems and porphyry targets, were tested within a 54 square kilometre area.

The objective of the diamond drill program was twofold: 1) to test for significant gold and silver mineralization in stockwork zones and ore shoots below the mineralization encountered in the Company’s earlier reverse circulation campaign and, 2) to test a number of new exploration targets generated by Camino’s property wide exploration program. Of the seven targets drilled, three returned anomalous gold and/or silver mineralization, with two being new exploration targets.

AT THE RIO VERDE ZONE:

At the Rio Verde Zone, a new exploration target, hole SE-13-013 returned 232.3 g/t silver and 0.33% lead over 6 metres (core length). The mineralization is hosted within a silicified and chloritized horizon controlled by local faulting. Further detailed mapping is required to determine the continuity of this structure.

AT THE CORN FIELD ZONE:

The Corn Field Zone contains the Corn Field Vein (CFV) and the Corn Field Vein South (CFVS), a parallel vein structure located approximately 150 metres south. CFV was tested by Camino in an earlier reverse circulation drill program with Hole SE-12-001 returning 84 metres of 0.33 g/t Au and 6.5 g/t Ag, including 30 metres of 0.58 g/t Au and 11.1 g/t Ag (see news release dated January 18, 2013). Hole SE-13-024 was drilled to test the depth extension of the mineralization intersected in Hole SE-12-001 and returned 58.50 metres of 0.12 g/t gold and 3.0 g/t silver (core length). CFVS, a new exploration target, was tested by three holes with Hole SE-13-021 returning 0.44 g/t Au and 3.14 g/t Ag over 3.5 metres (core length).

Before any subsequent exploration work is undertaken at El Secreto, the data generated from the diamond drill program needs to be compiled and interpreted. In the meantime, Camino is currently evaluating a number of advanced-stage gold projects located in northern Mexico and Southwestern U.S.

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