BHR Blackheath Resources Inc

Blackheath Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BHR)(FRANKFURT:04B) ("Blackheath" or the
"Company") is pleased to announce the completion of preliminary exploration work
at the Bejanca Tin/Tungsten Project in north central Portugal, where Blackheath
holds the rights to a 100% interest.


There are at least seven known historic mine workings and showings surrounding
the main historic Bejanca mine within the project area. The initial program
focused on preliminary mapping and sampling of these surrounding historic mines
and workings. 


Assays of selected grab samples from these areas included the following:



--  2.12% WO3 at Vale da Fonte 
--  1.68% WO3 at Mina de Masgalos 
--  1.00% WO3 at Mina da Bodiosa 
--  0.85% WO3 at Mina de Vale Gouro



The above samples were taken at a minimum distance of one kilometre from each
other. In addition, a 3.4 kilogram sample of slag from the small waste dump
adjacent to the historic ferro-tungsten smelter at Mina de Vale Gouro was
selected and assayed 17.85% WO3. The quantity of this material is unknown.
(These must be considered to be preliminary selected samples, and as such, may
not be representative of average values for each showing.)


"We are encouraged by the results of this preliminary exploration program at
Bejanca," said James Robertson, P. Eng., President & CEO of Blackheath
Resources. "Not only was Bejanca a significant historic producer of tungsten,
but approximately 2/3 of all total metal production came from tin. We look
forward to investigating the project further."


During the preliminary work program at Bejanca, Blackheath reviewed a historic
economic assessment and resource estimate authored by Edward D. Lynton,
Consulting Mining Engineer of Glendale, California, in July of 1953 for the
Companhia Portuguesa de Minas. Included in the report was a historic resource
estimate of the alluvial and eluvial sand areas at Bejanca and nearby Espirito
Santo which showed 6,700,000 tonnes with estimated recoverable values of 16,231
tonnes of cassiterite (tin mineral) concentrate containing some 12,660 tonnes of
tin and 3,289 tonnes of wolframite (tungsten mineral) concentrate containing
some 2,460 tonnes of tungsten trioxide (WO3). The price of tin is currently
approximately $21,000 per tonne and the price of tungsten is approximately
$39,000 per tonne of contained tungsten trioxide (WO3). (These resource
estimates are not intended to represent current compliant resource, are historic
in nature and have not been verified by the Company or its consultants but are
believed to be relevant and informative although not compliant with current
NI43-101 standards and should not be relied upon.) 


The following table shows the historical resources as estimated by Lynton. These
historical resources are partially covered by sands produced by the treatment of
the mineralized greisen at the nearby Bejanca open pit mine, and have also been
partially mined by artisanal miners in the past at a small scale but to an
unknown extent. 




                  Estimated   Recovered   Recovered                        
                   Resource Cassiterite  Wolframite Cassiterite  Wolframite
Area                 Tonnes   kg/ tonne   kg/ tonne      Tonnes      Tonnes
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Bejanca           4,000,000       2.396       0.324       9,584       1,296
Espritu Santo     2,700,000       2.962       0.738       6,647       1,993
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Totals            6,700,000       2.435       0.491      16,231       3,289
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Source: Preliminary Report on the Couto Mineiro da Bejanca, Viseu, Portugal by
Edward D. Lynton, Consulting Mining Engineer, Glendale, California dated July 7,
1953


Note: These resource estimates are historical in nature, are not intended to
represent current resources, and have not been verified by the Company or its
consultants but are believed to be relevant and informative although not
compliant with current NI 43-101 standards and should not be relied upon. The
estimates by Lynton (1953) were completed by standard methods by measuring the
thickness of the alluvium in several pits and obtaining a measure weighted
quantity of alluvium to determine the dry weight per tonne. To obtain the
recoverable grade, seven large samples were taken over the area and the weighed
dry samples run over a table. The density of the material was measured from
volumes and weights of material from the pits corrected for moisture content and
the concentrates recovered from each batch of samples were weighed after
separating the cassiterite and wolframite magnetically. This is the only known
historical resource estimate and does not fall into any current NI 43-101
resource estimate category. 


Blackheath is planning an auger or back-hoe sampling programme in 2014 to
re-assess the alluvial and eluvial material at Bejanca as well as further
exploration of the hardrock and vein potential. 


The Bejanca concession is located in north central Portugal, 12 km northwest of
the city of Viseu and covers an area of 89 square kilometres. The mines at
Bejanca operated from the early 1900's until 1985, when low tungsten prices
resulted in their closure. Mining was from several shallow open pits and shallow
underground workings. The tungsten and tin mineralisation occurs in stockworks
in greisens and also in hydrothermal quartz veins in granites.


About Blackheath:

Blackheath Resources Inc. is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, and is focused
on tungsten exploration and development in Portugal. The Company holds the
Covas, Arga and Borralha tungsten projects and the Bejanca tungsten/tin project.
Exploration is currently underway at all four projects. Management of Blackheath
has previous experience in tungsten mining operations in Portugal through
Primary Metals Inc., the operator of the Panasqueira Tungsten Mine from 2003 to
2007.


Further information about the company's activities may be found at
www.blackheathresources.com and under the company's profile at www.sedar.com 


On behalf of the Board,

James Robertson, President & CEO

This news release was prepared by Company management, who take full
responsibility for its content. Barry J. Price, M.Sc., P.Geo. is a Qualified
Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian Securities
Administrators. He has reviewed the technical disclosure in this release.
Tungsten analyses were performed by ALS Chemex in Vancouver, Canada using
standard ME-XRF 05 and XRF 10 assay techniques. 


Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that
term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.  


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Blackheath Resources Inc.
Alexander Langer
604 684-3800
info@blackheathresources.com
www.blackheathresources.com

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