Blue Sky Uranium Corp. Normand Champigny Appointed President & COO of Blue Sky Uranium by 24hgold

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NEWS RELEASE

Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Normand Champigny Appointed President & COO of Blue Sky Uranium

Blue Sky Uranium Corp. (TSX-V: BSK, WKN: AOMKXP) ("Blue Sky" or the "Company") is pleased to announce Normand Champigny has been appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective June 1st, 2011. Former President Sean Hurd has been appointed Chairman and will continue in his role as Chief Executive Officer working closely with Mr. Champigny.

Mr. Champigny is a senior mining professional with 30 years of international practice mostly with world-leading consultancy organizations. From 2009 to present, he was part of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Americas' Mining Centre of Excellence. Previous experience includes: executive vice-president for Azimut Exploration Inc. (2006 to 2009), associate partner with IBM Business Consulting Services as Americas mining industry leader (2002 to 2006) and principal consultant for the mining industry group with PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (2000 to 2002).

Mr. Champigny graduated as a geological engineer from �cole Polytechnique in Montr�al (1979). He obtained an M.A.Sc. in geological engineering from the University of British Columbia (1981) and a specialized diploma in geostatistics from the Paris School of Mines (1987). He is a member of the executive committee and a director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, director of Fonds Restor-Action Nunavik, chairman of the board of directors of Minalliance, a member of the Ordre des ing�nieurs du Qu�bec, a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario and a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.

The Company has granted Mr. Champigny incentive stock options to purchase up to 600,000 common shares of the company, exercisable for a period of five years, at a price of 22 cents per share. These options are subject to a four-month hold.

About Blue Sky Uranium Corp.

Blue Sky is a member of the Grosso Group, a resource management group with over 18 years of exploration experience in South America. Blue Sky, through its membership with the Grosso Group, signed an agreement in principle for a strategic alliance with the Government of Rio Negro, Argentina, for the purpose of jointly exploring the potential for commercial mining activity to develop mining projects that provide for the acquisition, exploration and exploitation of polymetallic and energy related mineral deposits. The Company is dedicated to actively exploring the Patagonia region of Argentina. Experienced management and technical members, foster relationships with significant international industry contacts, lead the exploration team on the search for quality resource opportunities.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

"Sean Hurd"
Mr. Sean Hurd, Chairman & CEO

For further information please contact:

Corporate Communications
Tel: 1-604-687-1828
Toll-Free: 1-800-901-0058
Email: info@blueskyuranium.com

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This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming 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. Readers are encouraged to refer to the Company's public disclosure documents for a more detailed discussion of factors that may impact expected future results. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. We advise U.S. investors that the SEC's mining guidelines strictly prohibit information of this type in documents filed with the SEC. U.S. investors are cautioned that mineral deposits on adjacent properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on our properties.

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