August 8, 2007

The common shares of Minerva Minerals Ltd. have been approved for listing on CNQ. Following the Initial Public Offering of 1.131 million shares at $0.18 per share, there are 4.331 million common shares outstanding with a public float of 2.581 million common shares. Research Capital Corporation acted as Agent on the Offering.

Minerva Minerals is engaged in the business of mineral exploration in the Province of British Columbia. Its objective is to locate and develop economic precious and base metals properties of merit. Minerva's qualifying property is the Ashcroft 1 mineral claim, an exploration stage property, located in the Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia.

Listing and disclosure documents for Minerva Minerals Ltd. will be available in the CNQ Listings Disclosure Hall

Trading Date: Monday, August 13, 2007
Symbol: MINL
CUSIP: 603375 10 6

Applications are being accepted for Market Makers for "MINL". If you have any questions or require further information please contact Radhika Ramkarran at (416) 572-2000 X 2435 or E-mail: radhika.ramkarran@cnq.ca