FDG Mining Inc.: Appointment of Officer


VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 9, 2012) - F.D.G. Mining Inc., (TSX VENTURE:FDG) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Tibor Gajdics has been appointed as Vice-President of Corporate Development. Mr. Gajdics has been President of Armor Capital Partners Inc., a private consulting company, since January 1998. A former financial advisor with Yorkton Securities Inc., Mr. Gajdics has been involved in the junior resource sector since 1982, primarily in the areas of corporate development and market relations and has been instrumental in the raising of equity capital for junior resource companies.

About F.D.G. Mining Inc. (www.fdgmining.com)

F.D.G. Mining Inc. is a Canadian junior mining company engaged in acquisition, exploration and development of precious metal properties in Nicaragua. The Company is currently focused on advancing its core property, the past-producing 9300 hectare Topacio gold concession to near term production. Topacio has an NI 43-101 compliant inferred resource of 680,000 tonnes grading 5.2 g/t gold and 34 g/t silver, and a similar geological setting to B2Gold's La Libertad and El Limon mines to the northwest. FDG trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol FDG.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

David St. Clair Dunn, P. Geo., President and CEO

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

Contact Information:

F.D.G. Mining Inc.
David St. Clair Dunn, P. Geo.
President and CEO
davidsdunn@shaw.ca
www.fdgmining.com