Avrupa Begins Phase 2 Diamond Drilling at Covas JV, NW Portugal

Avrupa Minerals Ltd.

is pleased to announce that Phase 2 diamond drilling at the Covas Joint Venture in NW Portugal has started. The project is operated by Avrupa, and fully funded by Blackheath Resources Inc. ("Blackheath"), under a previously-announced earn-in agreement (see AVU news release, dated May 18, 2011). The new drilling program is designed to expand known deposits and mineralization around the Covas property, and will include 1,500 to 2,000 meters at up to 19 separate locations. The new program follows on a successful Phase 1 drilling program that the partners completed in early 2013 (see AVU news release, dated March 28, 2013).The Phase 2 drill program will focus on step-out expansion targets in several of the known tungsten-bearing skarn zones that were previously identified in the Phase 1 program and by the 329 drill holes conducted by Union Carbide and others prior to 1980. Initial holes in this program will test the Lapa Grande area, following on good results there in Phase 1, including an intercept of 2.89% WO3 over 5.10 meters in Hole CO 13/12 starting at a depth of 52.70 meters, as previously reported. Further drilling