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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) -




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Newstrike Capital Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NES) ("Newstrike" or the "Company") announces that its wholly-owned Mexican subsidiary, Minera Aurea, has entered into a purchase option agreement for certain privately held land parcels at the Ana Paula Project in Guerrero State, Mexico. The Company will acquire 100% ownership in approximately 935.85 hectares by making staged payments over the next four years for a total of C$983,624 (based on a 13.32 Mexican peso exchange rate the day of signing). This agreement is pending final registration with the Mexican Government.



About Newstrike (TSX VENTURE:NES)



Newstrike Capital Inc. is a gold-silver focused explorer, targeting known and historic mining districts in Mexico. Current management and directors co-discovered Goldcorp's and Teck's significant discoveries in Guerrero Gold Belt in Guerrero State, currently in advanced stages of exploration and production.


Newstrike holds a 100% interest in certain exploration properties in Mexico located within two established mining districts; the gold-bearing oxidized iron skarn-porphyry camp of the Guerrero Gold Belt, and the polymetallic Ag-Au-Cu rich epithermal camp of the mining districts of Oaxaca State.




FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Richard Whittall
Newstrike Capital Inc.
Director, President & CEO
604-605-4654
604-806-6112 (FAX)
>www.newstrikecapital.com/blog