10:05 AM EST - Minera IRL Limited : announced that it has entered into an agreement with Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Limited to pay 100% of the first instalment of the $21.5 million due to Rio Tinto in ordinary shares of Minera IRL. The first instalment is 34% of the total amount due to Rio Tinto in respect of the final Ollachea payment, or $7.3 million. The shares will be issued between January 7 and 11, 2014. Minera IRL Limited
shares T.IRL are trading unchanged at $0.17.