1. TORONTO, Jan. 23, 2012 /CNW/ - Temex Resources Corp. (TSXV: TME) (FWB: TQ1) ("Temex" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that the board of directors of the Company has adopted a shareholder protection rights plan (the "Rights Plan"), effective January 23, 2012. The objective of the Rights Plan is to ensure, to the extent possible, that all shareholders of the Company are treated equally and fairly in connection with any initiative to acquire control of the Company.

The Rights Plan is not intended to and will not prevent a take-over of the Company. The purpose of the Rights Plan is to encourage a potential bidder to make a "Permitted Bid", having terms and conditions designed to meet the objectives of the Rights Plan, or to negotiate the terms of an offer with the board of directors of the Company. A Permitted Bid is a take-over bid that is made to all holders of voting shares of the Company (other than the bidder) for all of the voting shares held by them, by way of a take-over bid circular prepared in compliance with applicable securities laws, that remains open for acceptance by shareholders of the Company for 60 days (or such shorter period of time as may be approved by the board of directors of the Company from time to time), and that satisfies certain other conditions.

The Rights Plan must be confirmed by shareholders within six months of its effective date.

The Company is not aware of any specific take-over bid for the Company that has been made or is contemplated.

A complete copy of the Rights Plan is available upon request. Shareholders wishing to receive a copy of the Rights Plan should make their request by telephone at (416) 862-2246, by email at info@temexcorp.com or by mail to Temex Resources Corp., 141 Adelaide Street West, Suite 1660, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 3L5, Attention: Mr. Ian Campbell. A copy of the Rights Plan is also filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

About Temex Resources Corp.
Temex is a Canadian based exploration company focusing on its portfolio of precious metals properties in northeastern Ontario, a world class mining district. Temex is exploring its Timmins Whitney Property, in partnership with Goldcorp, and its Juby Gold Project. The Juby Main Zone has a resource of 22.3 million tonnes at a grade of 1.30 g/t gold for 934,645 ounces of gold in the Indicated category and 28.2 million tonnes at a grade of 1.00 g/t gold for 905,621 ounces of gold in the Inferred category, both at a cut-off grade of 0.40 g/t gold (Note 1). Temex also has a NI 43-101 compliant resource for tailings material on its Gowganda Silver Project (Note 2). The tailings piles contain a resource of 1.94 million tonnes grading 47.5 g/t silver for a contained resource of 2.96 million ounces of silver in the Indicated category.

Notes:

1. Information regarding the mineral resource estimate on the Juby Main Zone is in the Company's news release dated January 16, 2012; the technical report will be filed on SEDAR within 45 days of this date. The Mineral Resource Statement was prepared for Temex by GeoVector Management Inc., Ottawa, Ontario according to the "CIM Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves: Definition and Guidelines" (December, 2005), by Joe Campbell, BSc, P.Geo., Alan Sexton, MSc, P.Geol., and Allan Armitage, PhD, P.Geol., "independent qualified persons" as defined by NI 43-101.
   
   
2. Information regarding the mineral resource estimate in the tailings piles located on the Gowganda Silver Project is in the Company's news release dated June 8, 2011 and the technical report filed on SEDAR July 21, 2011. The Mineral Resource Statement was prepared for Temex by GeoVector Management Inc., Ottawa, Ontario according to the "CIM Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves: Definition and Guidelines" (December, 2005), by Allan Armitage, PhD, P.Geol., Alan Sexton, MSc, P.Geo. and Joe Campbell, BSc, P.Geo., "independent qualified persons" as defined by NI 43-101.

Forward Looking Statements:
This news release includes certain "forward-looking statements". Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. The results or events predicted in these forward-looking statements may differ materially from actual results or events. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise.

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