Moly Mines Reports Quarter Highlights

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 31, 2012) - Moly Mines Limited (TSX:MOL)(ASX:MOL) reports the highlights of their Quarterly Activities Report and Quarterly Cashflow Report for the period ending September 30 2012, available on the Company website (www.molymines.com) and on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).

HIGHLIGHTS (all amounts are in A$ unless otherwise stated)

Operations:

• Action taken in September 2012 to address the sudden fall in iron ore prices in late August
• Planned September 2012 shipment deferred until October avoiding bottom of iron ore prices
• Mining activities slowed to reduce mine site operating costs
• Planned pre-strip mining activities deferred into 2013
• Shipping schedule to be maintained through to March 2013 by accelerated drawdown of ore stockpiles
• Sales target for the calendar year revised to 970,000t

Mine Performance (unaudited):

• 287,735 wet tonnes mined for the Quarter, up 30.3%
• 182,225 wet ore tonnes shipped (sold) for the Quarter, down 32.7%
• 58.6% Fe average grade of ore shipped
• Gross sales revenue:
  • September Quarter: $14.8M, down 48.1% from June 2012 Quarter
  • Realized CFR price of $84.6/t, down 23.0% from June 2012 Quarter
• Operating cash costs/tonne of ore shipped: $57.1/t
• Mine EBITDA:
  • September Quarter: $1.2M
• Ore stocks on hand: 191,000 tonnes

Corporate & Finance (unaudited):

• Cash on hand: $54.5M, up $1.9M

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