TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - January 12, 2016) - Alloycorp Mining Inc. (TSX VENTURE: AVT) ("Alloycorp" or the "Company") announced today that in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (the "Bridge Loan") dated July 12, 2013, as amended on December 31, 2014, June 30, 2015 and December 22, 2015, among Alloycorp, its wholly-owned subsidiary, Avanti Kitsault Mine Ltd. ("AKM"), Resource Capital Fund IV, LP ("RCF IV") and Resource Capital Fund VI, LP ("RCF VI"), Alloycorp has made interest payments in the aggregate amount of US$500,000 for the period from October 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 by delivering to each of RCF IV and RCF VI, 6,940,000 common shares. In addition, in accordance with the terms of the Preconstruction Loan Agreement dated December 19, 2013, as amended on December 31, 2014, June 30, 2015 and December 22, 2015 among Alloycorp, AKM and RCF VI, Alloycorp has made interest payments in the amount of US$1,000,000 for the period from October 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 by delivering to RCF VI 27,760,000 common shares. All such shares will be subject to a four-month hold period.

About Alloycorp

Alloycorp is a TSX-Venture listed company headquartered in Toronto with an operations office in Vancouver. Alloycorp's strategy is to become the unique supplier of steel alloy metals. Cornerstone to this strategy is the development of the Kitsault molybdenum project. Parallel to this, Alloycorp is seeking to grow through the acquisition of other assets with commodities that supply to the steel alloys industry.

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