Vancouver, BC — Orex Minerals Inc. — (TSX-V: REX) ("Orex"), announces that diamond drilling has commenced at the Sandra Escobar Silver Project in northern Durango State, Mexico. This Phase-I drilling program will consist of about 2,000 metres in as many as 12 drill holes. The Sandra Escobar Project is being advanced by Orex under an option agreement with Canasil Resources Inc. — (TSX.V: CLZ) ("Canasil"). 

Orex's President, Gary Cope says, "The start of a drilling program is always an interesting stage in project development and we are very pleased to embark on our first drilling program at Sandra Escobar."

Sandra Escobar Silver-Gold Project, Durango, Mexico

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 deposit. 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.

The project consists of over 8,100 hectares of mineral concessions and covers multiple mineralized epithermal quartz veins and breccia structures. These veins form a high level silver-gold-base metals system, hosted in andesitic and rhyolitic rocks, centered on a large rhyolite dome complex in the north and silver systems in smaller rhyolite dome complexes to the southeast. Intense alteration zones and fluid flooding in permeable formations may also indicate the presence of bulk tonnage targets. 

Excellent infrastructure exists in the Sandra Escobar area, including paved road access, electrical power, water and manpower from nearby communities.

Dale Brittliffe, P.Geo., and Ben Whiting, P.Geo., are Qualified Persons, as defined in NI 43-101, and take responsibility for the technical disclosure contained within this news release.

ABOUT OREX MINERALS INC.

Orex is a Canadian-based junior exploration company comprised of highly qualified mining professionals. Orex has several current projects: the Coneto Gold-Silver Project in Durango, Mexico, a joint venture with Fresnillo PLC, Los Crestones Gold-Silver-Copper Project in Sinaloa, Mexico, the Jumping Josephine Gold-Silver Project in British Columbia, Canada, plus this newest Sandra Escobar Silver Project in Durango, Mexico, with Canasil Resources Inc. 

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Gary Cope 
President

For further information, please contact Orex Minerals Inc. at (604) 687-8566 x227, email [email protected] or visit our website atwww.orexminerals.com