NEWS RELEASE 08-11

Merit Mining Encounters Higher Au-Cu Grades Underground at its Lexington-Grenoble Mine

April 10, 2008 – Vancouver, British Columbia. Merit Mining Corp. announces it is successfully meeting the objectives of the 10,000 tonne underground bulk sample program on the Lexington-Grenoble Mine, which were to confirm the deposit model, grade continuity and mineability. The bulk sample is in the final stages of mining and has encountered higher than expected gold and copper grades, and in places, thicker zones of mineralization. Material from the 10,000 tonne bulk sample is currently being processed at the Company’s newly constructed 200 tonne per day mill located near Greenwood, BC.

The Company planned on mining the 10,000 tonne bulk sample from portions of the 121, 127, 130 and 133 stopes. Each of the stopes had an assigned grade in the mine plan, based on the original deposit drilling. The underground stope development related to the 10,000 tonne bulk sample has provided an opportunity to physically define and heavily sample the zones related to these design stopes. Multiple wall sampling from drifts and cross-cuts has indicated a higher than expected gold and copper grade, and in places, thicker than expected zones of mineralization.

The composited grades of various headings through each bulk sample stope compared to the estimated grade for the design stopes are tabled below.

Stope	Estimated Grade of Stope		Composited Development Grade		% of Bulk Sample
	Gold (g/t)	Copper (%)	Gold (g/t)	Copper (%)
121	13.79	1.72	19.12	3.25	56 %
127	13.97	2.02	21.59	2.85	16 %
130	9.40	2.15	9.30	1.67	8 %
133	12.26	2.15	0.95	2.67	20 %

The underground development indicates that the mineralized zone corresponding to the 121 stope has a true thickness of 12.5 metres, compared to the expected 8 metres. In addition, two strikelength drifts that followed the zone for distances of 24 and 29 metres, respectively, showed good continuity of grade along strike. The zone continues beyond the limits of the two strikelength drifts. Gold and copper grades in this stope to date are significantly higher than the expected grades, as shown in the table above.

The mineralized zone corresponding to the 127 stope has a 4 metre true thickness, also with significantly better than expected grades, as show in the table above. The mineralized zone pertaining to the 130 stope appears to be comparable in grade to expected grades and has an average true thickness of 3.5 metres. The mineralized zone corresponding to the 133 stope indicates variable grades and widths with better than average copper grades, although lower than expected gold values. This zone has an average true thickness of 1.5 metres. The variability in grade and width of this zone is not surprising, as it can be contributed to its location at the edge of the deposit.

The underground sampling program was conducted by George Telman, Geologist for Merit Mining Corp., supervised by Paul Cowley, P.Geo., Vice President Exploration and Qualified Person for the Company. Chip samples were sent to Echo Bay Mineral’s laboratory near Republic, Washington, USA for fire assays and copper assays.

Merit Mining Corp.

Signed “Fred Sveinson”

Fred Sveinson, President & CEO

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Paul Cowley, P.Geo., VP Exploration of Merit Mining Corp., is the Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101, who has reviewed and approved the technical content of this news release.

 The statements made in this News Release may contain certain forward-looking statements.  Actual events or results may differ from the Company’s expectations.  Certain risk factors may also affect the actual results achieved by the Company.