Marengo Mining Limited Enters into a Memorandum of Understanding (Power) with Madang Provincial Government (PNG) Business Arm

PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA--(Marketwired - Oct. 15, 2013) - Marengo Mining Limited ("Marengo" or the "Company") (TSX:MRN)(ASX:MMC)(POMSoX:MMC) announces that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") with the Madang Development Corporation to cooperate in, and explore becoming an offtake party, in relation to a power supply solution for industrial, and domestic electricity consumers in Madang Province.

The Madang Development Corporation ("MDC") was established in 1977 and is the business arm of the Madang Provincial Government. The MDC was created to develop and operate commercial ventures on behalf of the Madang Provincial Government.

The MDC is currently in discussions with international foreign investment groups, interested in investing in power generation and supply, within Madang Province. Under the terms of this non-binding MoU, which was signed in the presence of the Hon. Jim Kas MP, Governor of Madang Province, Marengo and the MDC have agreed to cooperate in advancing these discussions.

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For further information on the Yandera Project, including a description of Marengo's standard data verification processes, quality assurance and quality control measures, and details of the key assumptions, parameters and methods used to estimate the mineral resources set out in this report and the extent to which the estimate of previously declared mineral resources set out herein may be materially affected by any known environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing or relevant issues, readers are directed to the technical report entitled "Technical Report on the Yandera Copper- Molybdenum-Gold Project Madang Province, Papua New Guinea", dated May 14, 2012, lodged concurrently on the SEDAR website.

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