MAN Manroy

RNS No 1944x
MANO RIVER RESOURCES INCORPORATED
18th September 1998


                      Mano River Resources Inc.
                    (formerly Zicor Mining Inc.)

                  Trading Symbol:  "MNO" Vancouver

                    London Stock Exchange - AIM


Acquisition of Mano River Resources Limited, Change of Name and
Resumption of Trading


Mano River Resources Inc. (formerly Zicor Mining Inc.) (the
"Company") is pleased to announce the resumption of trading in
the Company's common shares on the Vancouver Stock Exchange (new
trading symbol "MNO") and the Alternative Investment Market
("AIM") of the London Stock Exchange on September 18, 1998,
following completion of the Company's acquisition of Mano River
Resources Limited ("Mano") and the change of the Company's name
to "Mano River Resources Inc.".

Mano is a private mineral exploration company with an extensive
portfolio of gold, diamond and base metal exploration properties
in the contiguous West African, Mano River Union countries of
Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.  As consideration for its
acquisition of 100% of the issued and outstanding common shares
of Mano, the Company has issued 40,833,600 common shares of the
Company to Mano's shareholders, of which 12,063,600 shares are
subject to an escrow agreement and may not be released or sold
without the approval of the Vancouver Stock Exchange.

In order to satisfy a condition precedent to completion of the
Mano acquisition, the Company also recently completed an equity
financing in the United Kingdom and European Union to raise
Stg.#756,534.96 (or approximately Cdn$1,994,294) by the issuance
of 6,304,458 common shares at a price of Stg.12p (approximately
Cdn$0.30) per common share.  Following the completion of this
equity financing and the Mano acquisition, the Company has a
total of 70,202,617 common shares issued and outstanding.  On
completion of the Mano acquisition, the Company's working
capital position was further enhanced by the U.S.$250,000
(approximately Cdn$385,000) of cash available in the acquired
company, Mano.

Upon completion of the acquisition of Mano, the Company has
reconstituted its Board of Directors by appointing Mr. Guy Pas,
the founder of Mano, and Peter Dwerryhouse, managing director of
Paladin Capital Advisory Limited, to the Board to fill the
vacancies caused by the resignations of Mr. Peter Stokes and Ms.
Christine Dixon.  The Company would like to thank Mr. Stokes and
Ms. Dixon for their contributions to the Company during their
tenure as directors.  Mr. Pas has agreed to act as the Company's
Chief Executive Officer and will also be Co-Chairman of the
Company along with Mr. Anthony Rhatigan.  Dr. Leslie Wright, the
chief geologist of Mano, has been appointed as the Company's
Vice President of Exploration.

Guy Pas was previously the co-founder and until 1995 the
Chairman of Samax Resources Ltd., now a subsidiary of Samax Gold
Inc., a Toronto Stock Exchange listed African exploration and
development company.  Under Mr. Pas' chairmanship Samax had an
early entry into the Tanzania exploration scene in 1989 and
subsequently discovered two gold deposits which are being
developed into mines.  These two mines, Golden Pride and
Kukuluma/Geita, are expected to produce approximately 300,000
ounces of gold per annum by 2001.  Samax Gold was floated in an
initial public offering at Cdn$4.50 per share in December, 1996.
On September 2, 1998, Ashanti Goldfields announced a bid for
Samax Gold at Cdn$7.94 per share (a 32.5% premium to the average
share price over the previous 20 trading days).

The Company will now focus its attention on exploration for
gold, diamonds and base metals in  the Mano River Union
countries as its core activity.  A significant exploration
program, including drilling on identified target areas, is
planned for Mano's existing properties utilising proceeds from
the recent equity financing.


P. Anthony Rhatigan
Co-Chairman


Contacts:       P. Anthony Rhatigan, Co-Chairman

U.K.                 0385 297 348

International        +44 385 297 348



John Mattison, Mattison Public Relations

U.K.                 0171 729 3035

International        +44 171 729 3035



Guy E. Pas, Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Switzerland           +41 22 758 2151



Peter Dwerryhouse, Director

U.K.        +44 1732 464 842

Canada       604 662 3730


The information contained herein has neither been approved nor
disapproved by the Vancouver Stock Exchange.


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