Tintina Resources Completes Preliminary Economic Assessment for the High-Grade Johnny Lee Deposit

Vancouver, BC � July 17, 2012 � Tintina Resources Inc. (�Tintina� or the �Company�) (TSX-V: �TAU�; OTCQX: �TINTF�)is pleased to announce the positive results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (�PEA�) for the Johnny Lee deposit on its 100% owned Black Butte Copper project located in central Montana, USA. The Black Butte Copper project is comprised of 4,947.3 hectares (12,225 acres) of private ranch lands and unpatented Federal mining claims hosting a number of copper deposits. Private ranch lands contain all currently known deposits including the high-grade copper-cobalt-silver Johnny Lee deposit which is the focus of the PEA (see Images 1-3). All currency amounts are in United States (US) dollars unless stated otherwise.  

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