Himalayan Capital Corp. Signs Agreement on Caballo Blanco Project

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 6, 2012) - Himalayan Capital Corp. ("Himalayan" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:HIM) is pleased to announce that, through its 100% owned subsidiary, Mineral Azul Ventures Limitada ("Azul"), it has signed an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Caballo Blanco copper-iron project, which is located close to the Company's La Higuera copper-gold project in Chile. The Caballo Blanco copper-iron project covers an area of 2,550 hectares and straddles the Panamerican Highway (see the map below).

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The option agreement, which remains subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, calls for the Company to make cash payments totalling US$1,000,000 and to issue a total of 500,000 common shares of the Company to an arm's length third party over a three-year period. Specifically, the Company is be required to pay US$50,000 immediately; US$50,000 and the issuance of 100,000 common shares of the Company on or before July 1, 2012; US$100,000 on or before January 1, 2013; US$100,000 and the issuance of 150,000 common shares of the Company on or before July 1, 2013; US$200,000 on or before July 1, 2014; the issuance of 250,000 common shares of the Company on or before January 1, 2015; and US$500,000 on or before July 1, 2015.

There has been previous exploration carried out on and there are several small copper workings that occur within the Caballo Blanco property. Previous exploration included ground magnetic surveying, I.P. surveying and a total of 10 reverse circulation ("RC") and 5 diamond drill holes. The ground magnetic survey generated a large, moderate amplitude magnetic anomaly and several of the exploration drill holes were located within this.

As discussed in the Company's National Instrument 43-101 technical report with respect to the La Higuera Property (which is available on SEDAR under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com), in the discussion on nearby properties: "In 2001, LAC (UK) drilled 10 generally shallow RC holes at their Caballo Blanco Project, which is located approximately 6 km SW of the La Higuera Property. The following intervals were obtained in two of their holes: 30 m at 0.44% Cu, and 82 m at 0.35% Cu and 19% Fe, (Toohey, J., 2002; Geological Report on the Caballo Blanco Property, Region IV, Northern Chile; prepared for Victory Ventures Corporation). The drill information on the LAC property is not necessarily indicative of the mineralization on the La Higuera property which is the subject of this technical report."

Note: As the Company has not done sufficient work to confirm these results, the information should not be relied upon.

The iron is predominantly in the form of magnetite and the copper sulphides are predominantly chalcopyrite, as is the case at the La Higuera Project.

The drill results and associated magnetic anomaly indicate the presence of an Iron Oxide Copper Gold (I.O.C.G.) style mineralized system associated with the Atacama Fault zone which transects the project area.

David O'Connor, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company stated: "Whereas the iron-copper-gold mineralization evident in the mines at La Higuera is much more developed, the results of previous exploration at Caballo Blanco represents an exploration target with significant merit which we plan to explore in parallel with our work at the La Higuera Project. Our first task will be to re-survey all the old drill positions and carry out a more detailed ground geophysical program over the area of copper workings and significant drill results. We will then design a new drill program based on this."

Micheal Easdon, M.Sc., CPG, an independent consultant to the Company, is a "qualified person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101, and has reviewed and approved the technical information and data included in this press release.

About Himalayan Capital Corp.

Himalayan Capital Corp. 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-gold property in La Higuera, Chile (the "La Higuera Property").

The La Higuera Property, which is located approximately 600 kilometres north of Santiago, was assembled as a result of the first-time consolidation of mining rights in a historical copper-gold 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 18^th century; however, there has been no known modern exploration conducted on the property. Since the consolidation of the mining rights in June 2011, Minera Azul has initiated a rock sampling program and completed geophysical work which has generated intense magnetic and chargeability anomalies coincident with existing copper workings.

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