Vancouver, British Columbia - Bell Copper Corporation ("Bell" or the "Company") (NEX: BCU.H) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an option agreement with Kennecott Exploration Company (KEX), part of the Rio Tinto Group, under which KEX has the right to earn a 51% interest in the Company's Kabba porphyry copper project by spending US$ 3,000,000 on the Kabba project over the next 5 years. If KEX earns 51% in the first option, KEX has a second option to earn an addit