Alexandria Minerals Appoints Ed Stuart to Board of Directors

Toronto, June 4, 2008 ? Alexandria Minerals Corporation (TSX-V: AZX; Frankfurt: A9D) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Ed Stuart, formerly an executive with Aur Resources Inc. (?Aur?), to the Board of Directors.  Mr. Stuart brings more than 27 years of mining and exploration experience to Alexandria?s team.

In 1984 Mr. Stuart joined Aur Resources Inc., where he initiated its Val d?Or exploration activities. He oversaw Aur?s gold mining operations in Quebec, as well as the start-up of the world­-class Louvicourt copper-zinc-gold-silver mine in Val d?Or and the Andacollo open pit copper mine in Chile. He was also responsible for bringing Aur?s Duck Pond base metal mine into production in 2007.

Mr. Stuart held various positions with Aur until 2007, when Teck Cominco Limited amalgamated with Aur: Chief Mines Geologist; President, North and Central America Division; and, most recently, Vice-President, Development Projects.

Eric Owens, President of Alexandria states:?Ed is an excellent addition for our governance and technical activities. He complements a talented group of directors and will be of much help during this period of growth for the Company.?

Prior to his activities at Aur, Mr. Stuart was involved in the development and implementation of Eastern Canadian exploration programmes for Derry, Michener and Booth, followed by a position as underground mine geologist at Patino/Northgate?s copper-gold operations in Chibougamau, Quebec.

Mr. Stuart obtained a BSc from University College, Dublin, and an MSc from Michigan Technological University. He is a member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, a national member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a member of the Toronto branch of the CIM and a member of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.

In other matters, subject to shareholder and stock exchange approval, the company has granted an aggregate of 380,000 incentive stock options exercisable at a price of $0.21. Of these 370,000 are exercisable for a period of 5 years, of which 300,000 are to the Company?s directors, the remainder issued to employees. The remaining 10,000 stock options, which are exercisable for 3 years are to be issued to employee of the Company.

Alexandria Minerals Corp. is a Toronto?based mineral exploration and development company, currently focused on the exploration for precious metals on mineral properties located in Northern Ontario and Quebec.  The Company?s management has extensive global experience with small to large mining companies, from grass-roots exploration to the exploitation of mineral deposits.  The Company is a reporting issuer in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.

WARNING: The Company relies upon litigation protection for "forward-looking" statements. This News Release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of up-coming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements. Alexandria Minerals Corporation relies upon litigation protection for forward-looking statements.

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