FCV Focus Ventures Ltd. (delisted)

Focus Ventures Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:FCV), the Latin American phosphate explorer, is
pleased to provide an overview of the Company's 2014 plans for exploration of
the Bayovar 12 phosphate project in northern Peru.


On January 14, 2014, the Company signed a formal Option Agreement for the
acquisition of shares in Juan Paulo Quay S.A.C. ("JPQ"), the titleholders of the
Bayovar 12 non-metallic mining concession. The concession shows potential to
host a large sedimentary phosphate deposit and it will be the main focus of the
Company's activities during 2014. The terms of the Agreement were outlined in
Focus's news release dated September 10, 2013. Focus can earn a 70% interest of
the issued share capital of JPQ by investing in exploration and making a series
of cash payments up to the completion of a positive pre-feasibility study, after
which Focus will have the first right of refusal to purchase the remaining 30%
of JPQ. 


A drill permit application has been submitted to the Peruvian Authorities for an
initial 20 hole program. The drilling will utilize two diamond drill rigs and is
scheduled to begin once the permit is received, most likely in late January.


Drilling will concentrate on the western half of the concession which management
hopes will allow for an initial NI 43-101 compliant resource calculation. The
conceptual geological target size is between 80-100Mt of phosphate rock grading
between 12-17% P2O5 - roughly in line with the other known phosphate rock
deposits in the Bayovar district. (The reader is cautioned that the potential
quantity and grade is conceptual in nature, and there has been insufficient
exploration to define a mineral resource. It is uncertain if further exploration
will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource. The
calculation is based on the presence of at least 6 phosphate beds averaging
0.75m width, with a specific gravity of roughly 1.7, over an area of
approximately 14km2).


Golder Associates have been retained to advise on the planned sampling, QA/QC
and analytical protocol for the drill program, and provide recommendations on
drill hole spacing optimization for resource classification purposes. A small
bulk sample made up of drill core for initial mineral processing testwork will
be collected. 


Background - geology and phosphates in the Sechura Desert 

The Bayovar district is situated in the Sechura Desert, a north-trending basin
approximately 22,000 square kilometres in area comprising Miocene-aged rocks
covered by recent coastal sand deposits. Phosphate was discovered in the 1950's
during drilling for petroleum as beds and horizons of pelletal phosphate within
the Zapallal Formation, a sequence of diatomites and sandstones about 200m thick
(diatomite is a sedimentary rock composed of fossilized algal shells and is
mined locally for cement manufacture). The phosphate layers are remarkably
regular in P2O5 content over long distances, a typical characteristic of marine
phosphate deposits. The soft and friable nature of the phosphate rock and
diatomite permits mining by conventional truck and shovel without the use of
explosives. 


Vale's Bayovar Mine, located on the Bayovar 2 concession, approximately 15 km
west of Bayovar 12, is one of the biggest phosphate deposits in South America.
Vale sold minority stakes in the project to Mosaic (35%) and Mitsui (25%) for
$660 million in 2010. Fospac (Cementos Pacasmayo / Mitsubishi / Zuari) is
developing a phosphate deposit on the Bayovar 9 concession, located immediately
north of the Bayovar Mine. The project contemplates a mine life of 20 years
based on 130 MT (dry density) of measured and indicated reserves and
resources(ii) grading 17.5% P2O5. 




(i)Vale 2010 Annual Report                                    
(ii)Fospac Environmental Impact Assessment Report, October    
2013                                                          



Qualified Person 

The scientific and technical information in this release was prepared under the
supervision of David Cass, Focus's president, who is a member of the Association
of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, and a Qualified
Person in accordance with NI 43-101. 


About Focus Ventures

Phosphate rock is a raw material for fertilizers and vital to world food
production. Focus is acquiring and developing quality phosphate projects in
Latin America where the discovery and development of new deposits is becoming
increasingly important given the growing demand and limited local supply of
phosphate for fertilizer production. For further information, please call
604-630-5544 or visit our web site www.focusventuresltd.com. 


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Ralph Rushton, Director

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor the Investment Industry Regulatory
Organization of Canada accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.


Forward-Looking Statement

Some of the statements in this news release contains forward-looking information
that involves inherent risk and uncertainty affecting the business of Focus
Ventures Ltd. Actual results may differ materially from those currently
anticipated in such statement.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Focus Ventures Ltd.
Ralph Rushton
Director
(604) 630-5544
(604) 682-1514 (FAX)
info@focusventuresltd.com
www.focusventuresltd.com

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