Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:AVU)(FRANKFURT:8AM) is pleased to announce
that it and its Covas JV partner Blackheath Resources Inc. ("Blackheath") have
signed an amended Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) which allows for more interim
funding by Blackheath and an expanded time frame to the JVA. The amended
agreement carries the following terms (in summary):




--  To earn 51% of the joint venture, Blackheath must spend EUR300,000 on
    exploration by March 20, 2013 (completed). 
    
--  To earn a further 19% of the JV (for an aggregate total of 70%),
    Blackheath must fund EUR700,000 on exploration by March 20, 2014
    (completed). 
    
--  To earn a further 5% of the JV (for an aggregate total of 75%),
    Blackheath must fund EUR320,000 on exploration by March 20, 2015
    (underway). 
    
--  To earn a further 5% of the JV (for an aggregate total of 80%),
    Blackheath must fund EUR498,000 on exploration by March 20, 2016. 
    
--  To earn a further 5% of the JV (for an aggregate total of 85%),
    Blackheath must fund EUR833,000 on exploration by March 20, 2017. 



Paul W. Kuhn, CEO of Avrupa Minerals, commented, "Amending the JV agreement with
Blackheath allows the JV to systematically drill test the Project within a more
reasonable time frame before completing the more advanced, trial exploitation
stage that is required in Portuguese mining laws. We are currently underway with
planning and preparing for the Phase 3 drilling program, which will bring the JV
closer to the goal of completing a NI 43-101 resource estimate for the Project
in 2014."


Covas is a past-producing tungsten mine, and remaining historic resources on the
property have been estimated at 922,900 metric tonnes of 0.78% WO3 by Union
Carbide in 1980, based on work including 327 drill holes on the property.
Mineralization is open to expansion. The price of tungsten has increased
significantly in recent years and is currently approximately $36 per kilogram of
contained tungsten trioxide. (These resources are historic in nature, prepared
by Union Carbide Corp. in 1980, but are considered relevant. However, a
qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical
estimates as current mineral resources, and the Joint Venture is not considering
the historical estimates as current mineral resources.)


In addition, Blackheath and Avrupa have terminated the Arga JV arrangement as a
result of less than desired drill results, and Avrupa has dropped the property,
as required by the Portuguese mining law.


Blackheath Resources Inc. is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, and is focused
on tungsten exploration and development in Portugal. Management of Blackheath
has previous experience in tungsten mining operations in Portugal through
Primary Metals Inc., the operator of the Panasqueira Tungsten Mine from 2003 to
2007.


Avrupa Minerals Ltd. is a growth-oriented junior exploration and development
company focused on discovery, using a prospect generator model, of valuable
mineral deposits in politically stable and prospective regions of Europe,
including Portugal, Kosovo, and Germany.


The Company currently holds 14 exploration licenses in three European countries,
including eight in Portugal covering 2,951.6 km2, five in Kosovo covering 153
km2, and one in Germany covering 307 km2. Avrupa operates three joint ventures
and one exploration alliance in Portugal and Kosovo, including:




--  The Alvalade JV, with Antofagasta, covering one license in the Iberian
    Pyrite Belt of southern Portugal, for Cu-rich massive sulfide deposits; 
    
--  The Covas JV, with Blackheath Resources, covering one license in
    northern Portugal, for intrusion-related W deposits; 
    
--  The Slivovo JV, with Byrnecut International, covering one license in
    central Kosovo, for gold and base metals related to carbonate-hosted
    massive sulfide deposits in the Vardar Mineral Trend; 
    
--  The CalGen Exploration Alliance, with Callinan Royalties Corp., covering
    generative exploration throughout Portugal, and including specific
    prospect upgrade work on the Alvito IOCG license in southern Portugal. 



Avrupa is currently upgrading precious and base metal targets to JV-ready status
in a variety of districts on their other licenses, with the idea of attracting
potential partners to project-specific and/or regional exploration programs. 


On behalf of the Board,

Paul W. Kuhn, President & Director

This news release was prepared by Company management, who take full
responsibility for its content. Paul W. Kuhn, President and CEO of Avrupa
Minerals, a Licensed Professional Geologist and a Registered Member of the
Society of Mining Engineers, is a Qualified Person as defined by National
Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators. He has reviewed the
technical disclosure in this release.


Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term
is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility
for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Avrupa Minerals Ltd.
1-604-687-3520
www.avrupaminerals.com
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