Champion Obtains Interim Court Order for Plan of Arrangement With Mamba

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Feb. 7, 2014) - Champion Iron Mines Limited (TSX:CHM)(FRANKFURT:P02) ("Champion" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has obtained an interim order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) authorizing the holding of a special meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company's shareholders ("Champion Shareholders") and optionholders ("Champion Optionholders" and together with the Champion Shareholders, the "Champion Securityholders") and matters relating to the conduct of the Meeting.

At the Meeting, Champion Securityholders will be asked to consider and, if thought fit, approve a special resolution relating to the proposed plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement") involving the Company, Mamba Minerals Limited ("Mamba") and 2401397 Ontario Inc. ("Canco"), a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary of Mamba. The Arrangement will be carried out pursuant to an arrangement agreement dated December 5, 2013 between the Company and Mamba (the "Arrangement Agreement").

Meeting materials, including a Notice of Special Meeting and Management Information Circular, are scheduled to be mailed to Champion Securityholders of record as at January 28, 2014 in advance of the Meeting in accordance with statutory requirements. Upon completion of the mailing, the materials for the Meeting will be filed by the Company and will be available under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.

The Meeting will be held at the offices of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, Suite 3800, 200 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario on March 27, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time).

To become effective, the Arrangement will require the affirmative vote of (i) at least 66 2/3% of the votes cast at the Meeting by Champion Shareholders, (ii) at least 66 2/3% of the votes cast at the Meeting by the Champion Shareholders and Champion Optionholders voting together as a single class, and (iii) a majority of the votes cast at the Meeting by Champion Shareholders, excluding the votes cast in respect of Champion common shares held by certain interested or related parties or joint actors of Champion.

Under the Arrangement, each Champion Shareholder will be entitled to receive 0.7333333 ("Exchange Ratio") ordinary shares of Mamba ("Mamba Shares") for each Champion common share held. Certain eligible Champion Shareholders may elect to receive all or part of their consideration in the form of exchangeable shares ("Exchangeable Shares") of Canco in place of the Mamba Shares that they are entitled to pursuant to the Arrangement. The Arrangement will also provide for the issuance by Mamba of replacement stock options ("Replacement Options") to Champion Optionholders, as adjusted by the Exchange Ratio.