Declan Discovers New Silver-Copper Trend at Nimini Hills, Sierra Leone

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Dec. 17, 2013) - Declan Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:LAN) -

Highlights:

• First hole on VTEM anomaly: NEDD001- 5.40 grams per ton silver, 1478 ppm copper over 6.25 metres

• 400 metres south on VTEM anomaly: NEDD010-6.2 grams per ton silver, 1531 ppm copper over 20.0 metres

• Silver Copper bearing VTEM anomaly traced for 400 metres with 6 diamond drill holes open on strike and to depth

Declan Resources Inc. ("Declan" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the completion of its 2013 exploration program at its Nimini Hills Property, Sierra Leone. In the Northeast of the property a polymetallic structure, potentially related to a Volcanic Massive Sulfide system, has been discovered. The Nimini Hills program utilized various exploration techniques as more fully set out below. The extensive database is being used by the Declan's geologists and consultants to plan additional work for early 2014.

The work completed included:

ACTIVITY		DESCRIPTION		AREA		COMMENTS
Airborne VTEM Survey		485 line kilometres		Entire Property		Produced anomalies for diamond drill follow-up
Trenching		7 trenches for a total of 104.5 metres, 58-2 metre composite samples		Western Shear		Thick laterite, no significant gold results, review of multi-element geochemistry underway
Pitting		Average depth of 3.7 metres, 114 samples		Western Shear		Replaced Trenching in attempt to access bedrock, no significant gold results, review of multi-element geochemistry underway
Termite Hill Sampling		100 samples		Western Shear and Grassy Fields		One gold assay of ~600 ppb, review of multi-element geochemistry underway
Diamond Drilling		30 drill holes, 5995 metres		Northwest on strike to Polo Resources Gold discovery (10 holes, 1594 metres) Northeast VTEM Targets (11 holes, 2612 metres) Ridgeline (contact area 7 holes, 1227 metres) Western Shear (2 holes, 562 metres)		Northwest (see table X below and Map on website) Northeast, (see table Y below and Map on website) Ridgeline (See Table X and Map on website) Western Shear (No significant Gold Results and Map on Website)

Table X: Results from Drilling Northwest and Ridgeline (>200 ppb intercepts)
Area	Hole #	From (M)	To (M)	Length (M)	Au (ppb)
Northwest	NWDD003	176.41	177.55	1.14	500
Northwest	NWDD004	161.00	161.74	0.74	200
Northwest	NWDD010	37.00	39.00	2.00	660
Ridgeline	RLDD002	15.30	16.50	1.20	400
Ridgeline	RLDD003	32.50	33.91	1.41	350
Ridgeline	RLDD005	94.00	95.25	1.25	220
Ridgeline	RLDD006	94.00	95.50	1.50	1100
Ridgeline	RLDD006	112.54	113.05	0.51	1300

*All intercepts are core length, true width at present unknown

Table Y: Results from Northeast VTEM drilling
HOLE #	From (M)	To (M)	Length (M)	Au (ppb)	Ag (Grams)	Cu (ppm)	Pb (ppm)
NEDD001	95.0	97.0	2.0		6.2	1660
And	101.30	107.55	6.25		5.4	1478
Includes	106.89	107.55	0.66		20.4	896
NEDD002	89.27	99.00	9.73		50.8	2253
Includes	89.95	90.45	0.50	1600	880	3790	42000
	91.00	92.00	1.00		10.1	1586
	95.00	95.50	0.50		14.2	6530
	95.50	96.00	0.50		16.0	13300
And	104.00	109.00	5.0		3.0	1428
NEDD007	187.30	188.00	1.7		5.2	1225
	220.00	221.88	1.88		4.2	705
	226.95	230.40	3.45		18.1	4705
Includes	227.65	228.23	0.58		50.5	9750.0	1582
"	228.23	229.00	0.77		14.5	1697.6
"	229.00	229.55	0.55		18.0	6650.0
"	229.55	230.40	0.85		10.6	5410.0
NEDD008	18.30	39.00	20.70		7.1	3132
Includes	18.80	29.00	10.2		11.7	4998
"	18.80	20.06	1.26		11.7	1946
"	20.06	20.85	0.79		11.5	3830
"	21.35	21.87	0.52		15.8	3070
"	23.25	23.75	0.50		39.1	34210
"	24.25	24.75	0.50		30.8	21061
"	24.75	25.74	0.99		10.4	6280
NEDD009	77.50	102.57	24.50		6.1	2566
Includes	77.50	88.65	11.15		6.8	2978
"	93.69	102.57	8.88		3.5	594
"	82.50	83.00	0.50		31.6	13150	1144
"	83.00	83.54	0.54		21.8	5050	925
"	83.54	85.00	1.46		10.8	2930	517
And	110.00	118.26	8.26		4.5	1299
Includes	114.10	114.96	0.86		10.6	809
And	135.77	138.17	2.40		5.0	1875
NEDD010	96.25	99.90	3.65		4.2	1788
And	104.00	124.00	20.00		6.2	1531
Includes	114.49	115.57	5.01		11.1	2558
"	112.75	113.47	0.72		11.1	1710
"	115.57	116.40	0.83		10.1	3000
"	116.40	117.08	0.68		26.1	1310
"	117.08	117.90	0.82		11.9	1220
"	118.85	119.50	0.65		16.9	8330
And	130.00	135.04	6.01		2.1	846

*All intercepts are core length, true width at present unknown

Samples from the property were packaged in plastic bags, sealed, and placed in waxed sealed barrels that were shipped out of country to various accredited laboratories for analysis. The core samples were cut using a diamond bladed saw with the remaining half stored in a secure facility at the company's in country compound. An industry recognized QA/QC standard, blank and duplicate protocol was employed for a sampling programs. The analysis of the QA/QC database indicated no significant variances to the sample results.

Declan's President Wayne Tisdale states, "We are greatly encouraged by the initial results of our Nimini Hills Property, in particular the new Northeast polymetallic discovery. We believe that Sierra Leone is vastly underexplored and our airborne survey has produced multiple additional drill targets."

Mr. Garry Clark, a director of Declan, is the "qualified person", as defined in National Instrument 43-101, who has reviewed and approved the technical content in this press release.

About Declan Resources Inc.

Declan Resources Inc. is an independent mineral exploration company based in Vancouver, B.C. which is currently pursuing mineral exploration in their Nimini Hills and Baomahun license areas in Sierra Leone and uranium mineralization in the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan.

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