Virgin Extends Proxy Submission Deadline

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - April 11, 2014) -

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Virgin Metals Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:VGM) is today providing an update regarding its upcoming special meeting on April 16, 2014 (the "Special Meeting"). The Company has determined to extend the proxy submission deadline to Tuesday April 15, 2014 at 12:00 Noon.

The background to today's announcement relates to a voting agreement dated September 21, 2011 (the "Voting Agreement") entered into by two parties (the "Parties") and the Company. Pursuant to the Voting Agreement, the Parties are obligated to irrevocably and unconditionally vote their shares at every shareholder meeting as the board of the Company specifies in the management information circular prepared in connection with the particular meeting. The Parties are further obligated to deliver a proxy entitling a Company designee to vote the shares at a particular shareholder meeting in accordance with the recommendations of the board of the Company as set forth in the management information circular to which the proxy relates.

The Company understands that the Parties, who the Company believes represent 11,952,575, or 20.23%, of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company, do not currently intend to fulfill their obligations under the Voting Agreement as a result of which, the potential outcome of the shareholder vote at the Special Meeting on the special business remains uncertain. The Company is considering legal action against the Parties.

In light of these developments, the Company has determined that it would be appropriate to extend the deadline by which it will accept the submission of proxies from 48 hours before April 16, 2014 to Tuesday, April 15 at 12:00 Noon.

About Virgin Metals

Virgin Metals is a junior exploration and development company; its projects include the Los Verdes copper-molybdenum porphyry project in Sonora, northern Mexico which is currently the subject of a pre-feasibility study.

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