Mr. Paul Kuhn reports

AVRUPA DRILLS 57.35 METERS OF 2.09 G/T GOLD AT SLIVOVO

Avrupa Minerals Ltd. has released results from the start-up of phase 3 drilling on the Slivovo project, located in Kosovo. The project is operated by Avrupa and financed by partner Byrnecut International Ltd. (BIL). BIL has completed 51-per-cent earn-in requirements by spending one million euros for exploration on the Slivovo licence.

Drill hole SLV014, collared approximately 45 metres north of SLV004 (126.5 metres of 6.2 grams per tonne gold, news release dated Dec. 17, 2014) and drilled roughly parallel to SLV004 (minus-40-degree inclination to the northeast), intersected 57.35 metres of 2.09 grams per tonne gold and 15.94 grams per tonne silver. The strong gold and silver mineralization started at a depth of 31 metres, continuing to a depth of 88.35 metres. Anomalous lead and zinc mineralization, averaging 0.73 per cent and 1 per cent, respectively, accompanied the precious metals over the same intercept width. The attached table is a breakdown of the gold and silver values over the length of the SLV014 intercept.

                PRECIOUS METAL RESULTS FROM SLV014    
        
Interval       From              To           Gold         Silver 
(m)              (m)             (m)          (g/t)          (g/t)

57.35            31           88.35           2.09          15.94     
including                                                               
17.00            45              62           3.42          20.58     
and                                                                  
11.00            70              81           3.23          11.18       

Avrupa's president and chief executive officer, Paul Kuhn, commented: "Drilling at Peshter continues to create exciting gold results. With nearly 2,000 metres left in the present drilling program, we will continue to evaluate the potential of the Peshter gold discovery, with the goal being to accumulate a precious metal resource robust enough to move the project forward to the next phase."

Phase 3 drilling continues, with eight more holes now completed after SLV014. Total metres, to date, for this phase stands at 1,035 metres. Logging and sampling are under way, with samples from several holes just arriving at the assay laboratory.

The Peshter gossan prospect is a carbonate-hosted, intrusive-related gold discovery in central Kosovo. In general, mineralization occurs as a multistage event, with the influx of gold being one of the latest stages. Gold-bearing and base-metal-bearing fluids infiltrated the calcareous sediments at Peshter, which are dominated by pebble-sized conglomerates, sandstones and minor siltstones.

Alteration, characterized by silicification, pyritization, sericitization and decalcification, is focused in the pebble conglomerates. Late-stage formation of open spaces in the sediments and overall dolomitization of the rocks appear to have provided pathways for gold-bearing fluids to circulate through the rocks and eventually deposit metals at Peshter. Mineralization, dominated by sulphides, including pyrite, pyrrhotite, galena, sphalerite, arsenopyrite and bismuthinite, also includes minor bismuth telluride. Native gold, ranging from 10-micron to one-millimetre size grains, is interstitially associated with galena, sphalerite and bismuthinite as free grains in quartz-calcite veins and within the matrix of the sedimentary host rocks.

Zonation in alteration and element distribution are directly tied to a series of hornblende-biotite dikes that intrude the sedimentary sequence. Proximal to the dikes, alteration is characterized by hornfels and skarnoid formation, associated with elevated copper values. Distal to the dikes, alteration is characterized by silicification and may be associated with elevated lead and zinc anomalism.

The sections for SLV004 and SLV011, recently placed on the Avrupa website, illustrate the style of mineralization in SLV014. The positive results in this new hole clearly extend the continuity of mineralization to the north of the initial gold intercept in the Peshter gossan zone. The orientation of the drilling shows that core clearly cuts highly folded mineralized sediments at an overall close-to-perpendicular angle.

Notes on analytical methods and quality control

All samples were sent to the ALS Minerals sample preparation facility at Rosia Montana, Romania. ALS performed the gold analyses at Rosia Montana, using its standard Au-AA23 fire assay/atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) method on a 30-gram prepared sample. For the standard ME-MS61 multielement analyses, ALS shipped the prepped material to its main European analytical laboratory located in Loughrea, Ireland, where results for all other metals were obtained using a four-acid digestion, followed by ICP-AES analysis for near-total results in all metals.

In addition to ALS Minerals quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) of all work orders, the joint venture conducted its own normal, internal QA/QC from results generated by the systematic inclusion of certified reference materials, blank samples and field duplicate samples. The analytical results from the quality control samples in the work orders for SLV009 through SLV013 have been evaluated and conform to industry best-practice standards.

Byrnecut International is an Australian company engaged in mechanized underground mine feasibility, mine development and mine production. This includes shaft sinking, shotcreting, raise boring, the provision of high-quality equipment rebuilds, maintenance engineering, labour hire and training for the mining industry, as well as mine engineering consultancy services. Principal customers include first-world mine owners across the globe.

This news release was prepared by company management, who takes full responsibility for its content. Paul W. Kuhn, president and chief executive officer of Avrupa Minerals, a licensed professional geologist and a registered member of the Society of Mining Engineers, is a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian securities administrators. He has reviewed the technical disclosure in this release. Mr. Kuhn, the qualified person, has not only reviewed, but prepared and supervised the preparation or approval the scientific and technical content in the news release.