January 18, 2012 – Vancouver, British Columbia. Indigo Exploration Inc. (TSX-V: IXI, FSE: INE) has repriced 665,000 incentive stock options granted to directors, employees and consultants on November 3, 2011 from an exercise price of 20 cents and currently expiring on November 3, 2016, to a new exercise price of 30 cents. The vesting provisions and expiry dates of the repriced options will remain unchanged.
In addition, the Company has cancelled 400,000 of the incentive stock options granted November 3, 2011 to some directors and consultants that were exercisable at 20 cents per share, expiring November 3, 2016.
About Burkina Faso
The Lati , Kodyel, Loto, and Moule properties lie in the West African nation of Burkina Faso. Much of West Africa is underlain by the Birimian Greenstone Belt, one of the most prolific gold producing areas in the world. Many of the world’s major gold companies are active in West Africa, several with producing mines, including: IAMGOLD Corporation, AngloGold Ashanti Limited, Randgold Resources Limited, Gold Fields Limited and Newmont Mining Corporation. Burkina Faso is politically and economically stable and relies on farming and mining as it primary sources of revenue. Burkina Faso saw gold production double from 2008 to 2010 and is currently the 5th largest gold producing country in Africa.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
“Paul Cowley”
Paul Cowley, P.Geo.
Interim CEO
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Paul Cowley, P.Geo., Director of Indigo Exploration Inc., is the Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101, who has reviewed and approved the technical content of this news release.
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