DPM Dundee Precious Metals Inc

Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (TSX: DPM)(TSX: DPM.WT)(TSX: DPM.WT.A) ("DPM" or "the Company") is pleased to announce it has entered into a letter of intent with PJV Resources Inc. ("PJV"), a private company, and Rodeo Capital Corp. ("Rodeo"), a capital pool corporation listed on the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV"), for the sale of its Timok gold project located in Serbia through the sale of DPM's Serbian subsidiary, Dundee Plemeniti Metali d.o.o. ("Metali"). Prior to the closing of the Transaction (as defined below), DPM will cause, subject to government approvals, a reorganization (the "Reorganization") of its Serbian subsidiaries, as a result of which certain assets and liabilities not forming part of the Timok project, will be transferred by Metali to another Serbian subsidiary of DPM.

As consideration for the sale, DPM shall receive approximately US$1.4 million in the return of cash held to secure certain concession obligations, a number of units ("Vendor Units") in the capital of PJV, such that, upon the completion of the Business Combination (as defined below) component of the Transaction, DPM will hold 60% of the issued and outstanding capital of the issuer resulting from the Business Combination (the "Resulting Issuer"), on a non-diluted basis, with the remaining 40% representing holdings of shares outstanding as of the closing of the Transaction, including the shares that will be sold as part of an initial financing of PJV. The initial financing of PJV will generate gross proceeds of a minimum of $25,000,000 (the "Minimum Financing") with respect to which PJV has entered into an engagement letter with Dundee Securities Corporation. Each Vendor Unit will be comprised of one PJV common share and one half of a warrant. Each whole warrant will be exercisable for one common share for a period of not less than two years and at an exercise price not greater than $0.40 per warrant. In addition, upon completion of a feasibility study (as defined in NI 43-101) on all or part of the Timok Project, DPM shall be issued 25,000,000 common shares in the capital of the Resulting Issuer, and an additional 25,000,000 common shares of the Resulting Issuer upon a positive decision being made by the Resulting Issuer to bring all or any part of the Timok project into production (a total of 50,000,000 common shares if the Resulting Issuer proceeds directly to a mining decision without a feasibility study).

"We view this transaction as a very positive step forward in the continued development of the Timok prospect", said Jonathan Goodman, President and CEO of DPM. "It is a step that facilitates DPM's continued participation in Serbia while it pursues its mine/mill expansion and new mine development opportunities in Bulgaria."

The PJV acquisition of Metali will be a component of a wider transaction (the "Transaction") whereby, as a subsequent step to the acquisition, a three-cornered amalgamation ("Business Combination") will be effected pursuant to which PJV (as financing and acquisition corporation) will amalgamate with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rodeo, and all of the securities of PJV (including those issued to DPM as part of the sale of its Timok project), will be exchanged for securities of Rodeo. The Transaction shall constitute a Qualifying Transaction (as defined in the policies of the TSXV) for Rodeo.

The Transaction is subject to various conditions, including among other things, approval of the Reorganization and the Transaction by the Serbian government, completion of satisfactory due diligence, entering into definitive agreements, all applicable regulatory approvals and completion of the Minimum Financing. The letter of intents will terminate at the earliest of (i) January 30, 2010 if either DPM or PJV has not completed satisfactory due diligence in respect of Rodeo, (ii) on April 30, 2010 or (iii) the date of execution of a definitive agreement in respect of the Transaction.

Dundee Precious Metals Inc. is a Canadian based, international mining company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and mining of precious metals. DPM owns the Chelopech Mine, a producing gold/copper mine, and the Krumovgrad Gold Project, a mining development project, both located in Bulgaria, as well as a 95% interest in the Kapan Mine in Armenia. In addition, it is engaged in mineral exploration activities in Serbia.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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Contacts: Dundee Precious Metals Inc. Jonathan Goodman President & Chief Executive Officer (416) 365-2408 jgoodman@dundeeprecious.com Dundee Precious Metals Inc. Stephanie E. Anderson Executive Vice President & CFO (416) 365-2852 sanderson@dundeeprecious.com Dundee Precious Metals Inc. Lori Beak Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Secretary (416) 365-5165 lbeak@dundeeprecious.com