(GMO) BLM Decision on Mt. Hope Project

General Moly, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE MKT and TSX: GMO), a U.S.-based molybdenum mineral development, exploration and mining company, announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (“the Court”) issued its Order denying the plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment which sought to vacate the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (“BLM”) November 2012 Record of Decision (“ROD”) approving the Plan of Operations for the development and construction of the Mt. Hope Project and the corresponding Final Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the BLM.

The Court on July 23, 2014 issued its 31 page Order denying the plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment. A copy of the Court’s Order has been posted in the News Releases section of the Company’s website.

Bruce D. Hansen, Chief Executive Officer of General Moly, said, “We are pleased that the BLM’s thorough and inclusive process in approving the Mt. Hope Project’s ROD has been confirmed by the Court. Obtaining the ROD for the Mt. Hope Project was the culmination of six years of hard work and dedicated effort from our team and the BLM, with significant input from all the cooperating and commenting agencies and the general public. We will continue working closely and collaboratively with all of our stakeholders to develop the Mt. Hope Project in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.”

Mr. Hansen added, “We are pursuing financing alternatives for the Mt. Hope Project, and continue to have substantive dialogue with potential strategic partners capable of supporting a debt package to provide the bulk of the Mt. Hope Project’s capital requirements.”

The ROD issued by the BLM for the Mt. Hope Project approved the Plan of Operations for construction and operation of the mining and processing facilities and also granted the Rights-of-Way for the 230 kV power transmission line. The Mt. Hope Project is a large scale, high grade molybdenum project located 23 miles northwest of Eureka, Nevada.

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General Moly is a U.S.-based molybdenum mineral development, exploration and mining company listed on the NYSE MKT (formerly the NYSE AMEX) and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol GMO. The Company’s primary asset, our interest in the Mt. Hope Project located in central Nevada, is considered one of the world’s largest and highest grade molybdenum deposits. Combined with the Company’s second project, the Liberty Project, a molybdenum and copper property also located in central Nevada, our goal is to become the largest pure play primary molybdenum producer in the world. For more information on the Company, please visit our website at http://www.generalmoly.com.

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