Avenue Resources Limited announced that Mr. Stephen Thompson and Mr. Joe Burke have been appointed to the Board of Directors. Mr. Thompson has been appointed Managing Director under a 24 month service agreement. Mr. Burke has been appointed as Non Executive Director. Mr. Burke has over 22 years experience in business operations, management and project development within the Asia-Pacific region.

The company will commence an initial 2,000m drilling programme in the fourth quarter of 2013 on the Azul Tin Project in Brazil, which covers 671 hectares with good infrastructure and access. Currently, ground preparation work has already commenced and includes relocation and survey of historic drill collars, regional mapping as well as soil sampling. The soil sampling was completed on 80m spaced lines up to 980m long, for a total of 243 samples. Line based regional mapping was completed along the soil sampling lines. Further work defining strike extensions and identifying drill targets is on-going. An access agreement has been signed. The initial drill programme is expected to take approximately three months to complete.