Sama Co-Sponsors CSR Reception with International Finance Corporation at Indaba

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 24, 2013) - Sama Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SME) ("Sama") is pleased to announce that it is co-sponsoring a CSR Networking Reception hosted by International Finance Corporation at the upcoming Indaba conference in Cape Town, South Africa. Other co-sponsors of this event include Rio Tinto, AngloGold Ashanti, Newmont Ghana and the New Africa Mining Fund. Event details are as follows:

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 from 17:00 to 19:00

CSR Networking Reception hosted by International Finance Corporation

Location: Marimba Restaurant, Cape Town International Convention Centre.

Sama is also pleased to be a co-sponsor of The Canadian Council on Africa at the Indaba conference.

"Sama is very pleased to be participating in the Indaba conference and looks forward to presenting the results of its ongoing drilling program for nickel, copper and the platinum group of elements at its Samapleu Project in Côte d'Ivoire," stated Dr. Marc-Antoine Audet, Sama's President and CEO.

Sama also announces that it has granted an aggregate total of 100,000 incentive stock options to employees of an affiliate of Sama pursuant to its Stock Option Plan and certain vesting provisions. These options will be exercisable at a price of CAN$0.22 per share and will expire on January 22, 2018. The grant of the stock options is subject to regulatory approval.

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