Messina Minerals Inc. Messina Minerals Begins Drilling near Boomerang by 24hgold

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Messina Minerals Begins Drilling near Boomerang

Messina Minerals Inc. (MMI-TSXV) has commenced drilling on the Tulks South project in Newfoundland, Canada with two drill rigs operating. An expanded Titan 24 geophysical survey covering targets within the Tulks South project has begun. Messina has set an exploration budget of $4-million from cash on hand for continuous drilling from May to December 2008.

Drilling
Drilling has begun using two drill rigs with the objective of testing newly identified anomalies from Titan 24 'deep earth imaging' geophysics surveying (see NR May 5, 2008). A minimum of 15,000 meters of exploration drilling is expected to be completed by year-end.

The first drill is testing a geologically anomalous area 2 kilometers along strike from Boomerang where Messina has found boulders of massive sulphides containing 2.2% copper with 42 g/t silver and coincident with copper-lead-zinc mineralized altered outcrops similar to those seen near Boomerang. This target has not yet been surveyed with Titan geophysics. Messina is drilling three shallow holes here to attempt to find the copper source; follow-up Titan surveying will be used to target deeper levels.

All remaining drill targets were identified by the Titan 24 geophysical orientation survey (see NR May 5, 2008). The Titan orientation survey directly detected Boomerang and Domino zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold massive sulphide lenses which are considered to have formed as parts of one originally larger deposit that has been fragmented. The survey also detected new anomalies with similar geophysical signatures along the Boomerang horizon.

The second drill is targeting an anomaly that has similarities to the Boomerang deposit Titan signature and is coincident with gravity and electromagnetic "EM" and lithogeochemical anomalies in an area of outcropping stringer zinc-sulphides containing up to 8% Zn.

Additional drilling will continue to test other Titan targets with one to three drill holes at first pass. This 'anomaly test' phase will take approximately one month to complete. Follow-up drilling will be guided by results, plus the information gained from the new expanded Titan survey which is just underway.

Geophysics
Results from 7 line kilometers of Titan 24 geophysical surveying were recently reported (see NR May 5, 2008). An expanded Titan 24 survey totaling 62 line kilometers has begun. The survey will cover a broader region of the Tulks South project targeting extensions of the Boomerang horizon and other parallel prospective trends. Messina has contracted a geophysicist to be based at the Boomerang camp to process data as it is acquired. Messina expects to target high-priority anomalies as they are identified from the new survey work. The survey is expected to take over a month to complete.

Exploration Program
Messina has budgeted $4 million from cash on hand for drilling and geophysical surveying during 2008. The drill program will focus on testing new targets generated by geophysics coupled with a new understanding of the signatures of massive sulphide deposits specific to the Tulks South project.

Acknowledgement
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources has provided financial assistance to Messina of $100,000 for the 2007 Boomerang and Zinc Zone area 'advanced mineral project' drill program under the Junior Exploration Assistance component of the province's Mineral Incentive Program. More information on this program is provided at http://www.nr.gov.nl/mines&en/programs/jea.

About Messina
As reported June 21, 2007, the Tulks South project hosts an NI43-101 compliant indicated mineral resource of 1,364,600 tonnes grading 7.1% zinc, 3.0% lead, 0.5% copper, 110 g/t silver and 1.7 g/t gold plus an additional inferred mineral resource of 689,300 tonnes grading 6.5% zinc, 2.8% lead, 0.4% copper, 95 g/t silver, and 1.0 g/t gold at the combined Boomerang and adjacent Domino deposits (Snowden, 2007).

Messina Minerals Inc. is exploring for zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold massive sulphide deposits in central Newfoundland in a region known historically for its zinc resources. Messina's strategy is to discover zinc-copper mineralization that is additive to the Company's zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold resource base.

Kerry Sparkes, P.Geo., Vice President of Messina Minerals Inc. is the Qualified Person responsible for exploration on the Company's properties in central Newfoundland and who has reviewed and is responsible for the technical data contained in this news release.

On behalf of the Board of Messina Minerals Inc.

"Peter Tallman"
President

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the content of this news release.

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For further information
Please contact:
Peter Tallman, President or Carey Livingstone, Corporate Communications
(604) 688-1508
Fax: (604) 601-8253
Email: info@messinaminerals.com
Website: www.messinaminerals.com

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