TOMBSTONE, Ariz., April 17, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Tombstone Exploration Corporation (the "Company") (OTCBB:TMBXF) is pleased to announce that Tombstone Exploration and Mining Corporation's ("TEMC"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, exploration permits covering 3,070 acres of prospective Arizona State lands (the "Parcels") have been approved by the Arizona State Lands Department. This means that TEMC has obtained exclusive rights to explore these Parcels. Upon exploration and verification of mineable minerals and base metals, TEMC will then immediately seek to obtain state mineral leases on these Parcels.
These permits add to the more than 6,500 acres of Bureau of Land Management mining Claims, Patented Claims and Mineral rights that TEMC has already secured. As previously announced, the first phase of TEMC's drilling program is presently ongoing on such lands.
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