Merc International Minerals Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in the mineral claims and leases including those of the former producing Colomac Gold Mine in the Northwest Territories from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. It includes the past producing Colomac Gold Mine, four surrounding gold deposits, and several gold showings; Historical, non-NI 43-101 compliant gold resource ranging from approximately 750,000 to 1.1 million ounces of gold ("oz Au"); A NI 43-101 technical report and mineral resource estimate for the Colomac Property, is currently being completed by ACA Howe International Ltd. and is expected to be finalized in the first quarter of 2012; and Historic drilling at the Colomac Gold Mine from 1997 indicates the presence of a high-grade gold shoot to a depth of over 1,000 metres and an extension of mineralization beneath the pit to a vertical depth of 700 metres.