VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/16/11 — Magellan Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: MNM) ("Magellan") is pleased to announce that ECI Exploration and Mining Inc. has filed a National Instrument 43-101 technical report for the Pocone Gold Project, located in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil. ECI filed the technical report in connection with filing of ECI-s preliminary prospectus for its initial public offering. The mineral rights underlying the Pocone Gold Project in the Ma