Aurizon Mines receives award from aemq

Aurizon Mines Ltd. is very pleased to announce that the Company, together with Typhoon Exploration Inc., ("Typhoon") has received the "2010 Entrepreneur of the Year" award from the Association de l'exploration minière du Québec (AEMQ) at the recent Quebec Exploration 2010 convention.  The award was presented to Aurizon and Typhoon in recognition of the exploration results achieved in recent months on the Fayolle project, which is situated 10 kilometres north of Aurizon's Joanna project, in the heart of the Abitibi gold camp.

"We are delighted and honoured to receive this award." said David Hall, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Our exploration team in Val d'Or recognized the potential of the Fayolle property and we look forward to continued exploration success from our current drill program."

Aurizon is a gold producer with a growth strategy focused on developing its existing projects in the Abitibi region of north-western Quebec, one of the world's most favourable mining jurisdictions and prolific gold and base metal regions, and by increasing its asset base through accretive transactions.  Aurizon shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "ARZ" and on the NYSE Amex under the symbol "AZK