Phase-II Drilling On Sandra Escobar Project in Durango, Mexico

VANCOUVER - Orex Minerals Inc. reported that the initial 2,000 meters diamond drilling in 17 holes have been completed on the Sandra Escobar Project in Durango, Mexico. The diamond drilling program will be extended a further 3,000 meters in Phase-II, commencing in the first week of March. The Sandra Escobar Project is being advanced by Orex under an option agreement with Canasil Resources Inc.

Results for the first hole w and subsequent holes will be published in batches

Orex's President, Gary Cope says, "The high-grade and thick drilling results definitely warrant a continuation of the drilling program in the southeastern region of the Sandra Escobar Project. We have now drilled the mineralized horizon over a strike length of 550 meters. Results will be released over the next several weeks."

The KD-1000, man-portable diamond drill rig remains on site for the March resumption of drilling. Kluane Drilling Ltd. provides the drilling services.

Silver mineralization is hosted on the north side of a rhyolite volcanic dome. An altered and highly permeable volcaniclastic unit contains disseminations of silver bearing minerals and broadly spaced stockwork veinlets. The current working model has a porphyritic rhyolite unit as an impermeable cap, which may have focused mineralizing fluids into the host permeable volcaniclastic unit.

Orex maintains a QA/QC sampling protocol for the diamond drilling program, including the insertion of commercial analytical standards and blank samples. Analytical testing is performed by SGS Mineral Services. Silver values are determined by fire assay with an atomic absorption finish. Multi-element analyses are also determined using a 4-acid digestion and ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry).

Sandra Escobar is situated north of the town of Tepehuanes, Durango, in the heart of the "Mexican Silver Trend", midway between the mining districts of Tovar and Guanacevi and is 75 km west of Silver Standard's La Pitarrilla. This prolific trend hosts some of the world's largest silver camps and deposits, including Fresnillo, Guanajuato, La Pitarrilla, La Preciosa, Real de Angeles and Zacatecas.