Azul Negotiates Deferral of the June/July 2012 La Higuera and Caballo Blanco Property Option Payments

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 19, 2012) - Azul Ventures Inc. ("Azul", or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AZL) is pleased to announce that it has negotiated deferrals to the La Higuera and Caballo Blanco property option payments that were originally scheduled to be paid in June and July 2012. With the exception of a $30,000 payment made on June 15, 2012 and $100,000 to be paid on June 28, 2012, option payments totaling $690,000, originally due between June 15, 2012 and July 22, 2012, have been deferred until December 15, 2012. In exchange, the Company has agreed to increase the amount paid by $46,000. A table outlining the revised payment schedule is provided below. The timing and amount of all other remaining option payments, including the issuance of common shares, remains unchanged.

David O'Connor, President and CEO, said, "The deferral of the option payments by approximately six months were negotiated as a consequence of frustrating delays in receiving analytical results and will give the Company time to optimize funding requirements for ongoing exploration. The results from its recently completed 4,000 metre drill program and underground channel sampling, discussed in our previous two press releases, support management's belief that the main zone of disseminated and stockwork copper (chalcopyrite) mineralization associated with massive magnetite is continuous over a length in excess of one kilometre and down to depths of several hundred metres. These results will be the basis for planning the second phase of exploration on La Higuera property."

	Property			Original					Revised
				Date	Amount				Date	Amount
	La Higuera
	1.	San Antonio		June 15, 2012	$	50,000			December 15, 2012	$	55,000
	2.	Mina Sol 1-9		June 15, 2012		150,000			June 15, 2012		30,000
									December 15, 2012		132,000
	3.	La Sin Nombre 1-10		June 15, 2012		40,000			December 15, 2012		44,000
	4.	Hogar et al.		June 15, 2012		150,000			December 15, 2012		165,000
	5.	Avril et al. *		July 4, 2012		150,000			June 28, 2012		75,000
									January 4, 2013		75,000
	6.	Benja I and II *		July 22, 2012		100,000			December 15, 2012		110,000
	Caballo Blanco *			July 1, 2012		50,000			June 28, 2012		25,000
									January 1, 2013		25,000
	Total				$	690,000				$	736,000

*	Property option payment extensions on Avril et al., Benja I and II and Caballo Blanco are still subject to the filing and registration of documentation with regulatory authorities in Chile.

About Azul Ventures Inc.

Azul Ventures Inc. is a mineral exploration company with the rights, through its wholly owned subsidiary Minera Azul Ventures Limitada, to acquire a 100% interest in a prospective copper -iron property in La Higuera, Chile (the "La Higuera Property"). The La Higuera Property, which is located approximately 600 km north of Santiago, was assembled as a result of the first -time consolidation of mining rights in a historical I.O.G.C. mining center and is located in a prolific I.O.C.G. belt surrounded by excellent infrastructure in a mining friendly jurisdiction.

The La Higuera Property covers a historic copper mining district with mining activity dating back to at least the late 18th century; however, there has been no known modern exploration conducted on the property. Since the consolidation of the mining rights in June of 2011, Azul has initiated a rock sampling program, completed geophysical work which has generated intense magnetic and chargeability anomalies coincident with existing copper workings, finalized a 4,088 m drill program, and commenced an underground mapping and sampling program.

Azul also hold the rights to acquire a 100% interest in the Caballo Blanco Property, a prospective copper-iron property located approximately 6 km southwest of the La Higuera Property.

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