Mercator Minerals Ltd (MLKKF)

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Vancouver, BC, January 10, 2012 – Mercator Minerals Ltd. (TSX: ML ) – Mercator Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce that its registration statement on Form 40-F, filed on November 8, 2011, as amended on December 7, 2011 and December 22, 2011, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to register its common shares under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “U.S. Exchange Act”), automatically went effective on January 9, 2012, pursuant to Section 12(g)(1) of the U.S. Exchange Act. As a result, Mercator is now a reporting issuer under the U.S. Exchange Act and broker-dealers in the United States are able to effect transactions in common shares of Mercator in the United States through the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”). Mercator’s common shares trade in Canada on the TSX through Canadian broker-dealers.

About Mercator Minerals Ltd.
Mercator Minerals Ltd., a TSX listed Canadian mining company with one of the fastest growing base metal profiles in its peer group, is a leading copper, molybdenum and silver producer with a diversified portfolio of high quality operations and projects in the USA and Mexico. Mercator provides investors exposure to current copper, molybdenum and silver production from the large tonnage long life Mineral Park Mine in Arizona, as well as mid-term exposure to copper at the El Pilar deposit in Sonora in northern Mexico and longer term exposure of molybdenum and copper through the development of the El Creston deposit also in Sonora in northern Mexico.

For further information please visit www.mercatorminerals.com or contact:
Bruce McLeod
David Jan
President & CEO
Head of Investor Relations & Communications
778.330.1290
778.330.1295
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