Duran Ventures Inc.

Published : December 09th, 2015

LETTER TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF DURAN VENTURES INC.

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LETTER TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF DURAN VENTURES INC.

December 8, 2015 -

Dear Shareholders,

It is my pleasure to address you at the end of this year to provide an update on Duran and our objectives going forward. It has been a very difficult year for the junior mining industry, but a very active one for our Company. As you know, traditional access to equity capital markets for risk capital has all but disappeared. As a junior mining company, we depend on the equity markets to acquire, explore, assess and develop the Company's portfolio of Peruvian mineral projects.

Fortunately, we had the benefit of the sale of El Aguila in May, 2014. This allowed us to rethink our strategy and focus on preserving cash. In this new market environment, the Company has had to reinvent itself, with the objective of creating a sustainable business model that would retain the strengths of our Company and allow Duran to grow value for shareholders.

After a careful review of a number of alternatives, the company set forth the following objectives for this year and going forward:

  • Focus on building a mineral processing facility in northern Peru to accommodate the need of smaller independent Peruvian miners (who do not have the capital to build a process plant) to treat their ores. With due consideration of key factors such as the availability and cost of mineral supply, competitive landscape, and capital costs, we made the decision to construct the Aguila Norte flotation plant in Northern Peru for the processing of sulphide minerals.
    • The Company commenced the construction in November 2015 of a processing plant with capacity of 100 tonnes per day (tpd). Once all permits are approved, applications will be submitted to accommodate expansion to 350 tpd.
    • At an expected investment of US$1.5MM, we expect plant commissioning by March 2016, ramping up to full operation in the 2nd quarter of the year. We are in advanced stages in our sourcing of material for this exciting project.
    • The Aguila Norte location has advantages of available water, proximity to power lines, tailings expandability and nearby highway access and skilled labor.
  • Given our extensive geologic background and experience, early in 2015 we acquired several concessions in the historic Huachocolpa mining district located in Huancavelica in south central Peru. Our geologists have identified several precious/base metal rich veins with the potential of being mined at a small scale. We plan on locating and reviewing historic production records early in the upcoming year. There are a number of strategic alternatives we are also considering with these properties.
  • The Company has continued to review and market our extensive portfolio of projects. Several of the Company's projects exhibit the potential to host large, lower grade precious and base metal resources. But given the current market environment, we believe the best use of our cash is on the previously mentioned objectives, rather than pursue further exploration on these assets. Forming strategic partnerships with local and international mining companies will best maintain shareholder value by keeping dilution at the project level. We have received significant interest on our portfolio and expect to provide news soon about strategic partnerships to advance some these projects.

2016 will continue to present many challenges for the junior mining industry. However, we feel that 2016 will be a rewarding year for Duran. While we explore the alternatives in our Huancavelica properties and advance discussions on the various projects on our portfolio, we will focus on cashflow generation from our Aguila Norte processing facility.

Duran is well poised to manage the challenges ahead. And with more than 20 years of operating experience in Peru, our Company has a distinct competitive advantage of being able to generate and/or identify and quickly assess unrecognized opportunities. We will continue to identify new value generating initiatives for our shareholders by establishing good working relationships with small miners and local communities.

I would like to express my sincere appreciation to my fellow shareholders for their support in our new direction.

Yours Sincerely

'Jeffrey Reeder'

Jeffrey Reeder

President and Chief Executive Officer

Duran Ventures Inc.

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Duran Ventures is a silver and gold exploration company based in Canada.

Duran Ventures holds various exploration projects in Peru.

Its main exploration properties are PASACANCHA, AGUILA, CORONGO and DOUBLE JACK in Peru.

Duran Ventures is listed in Canada, in Germany and in United States of America. Its market capitalisation is CA$ 2.8 millions as of today (US$ 2.1 millions, € 1.8 millions).

Its stock quote reached its highest recent level on January 04, 2008 at CA$ 1.56, and its lowest recent point on April 08, 2016 at CA$ 0.01.

Duran Ventures has 45 850 000 shares outstanding.

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Financings of Duran Ventures Inc.
9/26/2013Completes Financing
8/16/2013Announces First Closing of Financing
8/6/2013Announces Private Placement of up to $500,000
4/18/2013Announces Extension to Warrant Expiry Dates
4/15/2013Proposes to Amend Warrant Expiry Dates
Project news of Duran Ventures Inc.
7/22/2013(Aguila)Announces SEDAR Filing of Updated Technical Report for Aguil...
12/11/2012(Aguila)Options Concessions Adjacent to Aguila Copper/Moly Project i...
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7/15/2016Duran Ventures Announces Private Placement of up to $990,000
5/11/2016DURAN ACQUIRES BY ASSIGNMENT THE CHUCARA GOLD-SILVER-LEAD-ZI...
4/29/2016DURAN ANNOUNCES SHARE CONSOLIDATION
4/8/2016DURAN ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHA...
12/14/2015DURAN VENTURES ISSUES SHARES TO ALPHA RESOURCE
10/30/2015Duran Ventures Considers Strategic Alternatives for Its Huac...
10/20/2015Duran Ventures Announces Construction Schedule For Its Aguil...
10/19/2015Duran Ventures Announces Construction Schedule for Its Aguil...
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3/30/2015Signs Memorandum of Understanding for Tolling Operation in P...
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1/20/2015Duran Ventures Provides Corporate Update
12/4/2014Duran Ventures Provides Update on Minasnioc Gold – Silver Pr...
11/24/2014Duran Ventures Provides Update on Minasnioc Gold-Silver Proj...
11/4/2014Duran Ventures Provides Update on Exploration Program at Pan...
9/2/2014Duran Ventures Provides Update on 2014 Exploration Programs ...
7/2/2014Duran Ventures Commences Exploration Program at Panteria Cop...
6/25/2014Duran Ventures Announces Results of Annual and Special Meeti...
5/8/2014Duran Ventures Inc. Closes on Sale of Aguila Project
4/28/2014IIROC Trading Resumption - DRV
4/25/2014Duran Ventures Shareholders Approve Sale of Aguila Project
4/25/2014IIROC Trading Halt - DRV
4/23/2014Drilling Commences on the Don Pancho Polymetallic Property i...
10/15/2013Reviews Strategic Alternatives
9/12/2013Announces Closing of Second Tranche
6/27/2013Announces Results of Annual and Special Meeting of Sharehold...
6/27/2013s Activities at its Optioned Projects and Acquires New Land ...
6/7/2013(Aguila)Reports Update of Aguila Copper/Moly Resource Estimate; 1.0 ...
4/2/2013(Aguila)Intersects Near Surface High Grade Copper and Molybdenum Min...
1/29/2013(Aguila)Initiates Aguila Drill Program
1/25/2013Signs Definitive Agreement with Rio Alto Mining for Minasnio...
10/1/2012Appoints Two New Directors; Completes Private Placement Fina...
9/21/2012Announces Approval of Application to List on Lima Stock Exch...
9/17/2012Signs Letter of Intent With Rio Alto Mining for Minasnioc an...
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