Suparna Gold Settles Loan With American Bonanza Gold

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 5, 2014) - Suparna Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SUG) ("Suparna") announces that it has entered into debt settlement agreement with American Bonanza Gold Corp. ("AmBon") and Kerr Mines Inc. ("Kerr"), both companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, with respect to a $1,000,000 principal amount secured, convertible debenture of AmBon previously granted in favour of Suparna.

On April 10, 2014, AmBon and Kerr entered into an arrangement agreement, pursuant to which Kerr will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Ambon. Each AmBon shareholder will be entitled to receive 0.53 of a common share of Kerr for every one common share of AmBon held. A copy of the arrangement agreement is available under the respective profiles of Kerr and AmBon at www.sedar.com and readers are encouraged to review the terms and conditions relating to the proposed arrangement.

The debt settlement agreement is subject to regulatory approval, to all of the conditions to the arrangement between Kerr and AmBon being satisfied (including requisite shareholder approvals), and to other conditions customary in transactions of this nature. Subject to the satisfaction of these conditions, Suparna has agreed to settle the full amount of the indebtedness owed by AmBon to Suparna in exchange for 43,845,480 common shares of AmBon at a price of $0.025 per share. The common shares of Ambon issued in consideration for the indebtedness will immediately be exchanged into common shares of Kerr in accordance with the terms of the arrangement agreement.

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