Gregory Isenor, P.Geo., President and CEO of Merrex Gold Inc. ("Merrex") (TSX Venture: MXI) announces that the recent results from the RC drill program at Merrex`s West Mali Siribaya Gold Project have further extended the gold mineralization of both Zones 1A, 1B and also the new zones of gold mineralization discovered earlier in this program.

Highlights 

�         Multiple mineralized zones now interpreted in both the 1A and 1B substructures    

�         Line L-3 increases Zone 1B gold mineralization with an interpreted continuity to over 3 kilometres

�         Line L-3 extends interpreted new gold mineralized zone for over 1.5 kilometres with interpreted continuity

�         Line L-4 increases  Zone 1A gold mineralization to over 2 kilometres with interpreted continuity

�         Line L-4 extends two new interpreted mineralized zones up to 2 kilometres with interpreted continuity

�         All mineralized zones remain open to north, south and at depth within a 10 kilometre gold geochemical anomaly.

Commentary

�These final results from this phase of our Reverse Circulation (RC) drill program clearly establish that the drill program has accomplished everything we set out to achieve,� said Gregory Isenor, President and CEO of Merrex Gold. �The gold mineralization in both Zone 1A and Zone 1B has continuity. The Zone 1A mineralization extends for at least two kilometres and Zone 1B for at least three kilometres. The gold mineralization in both Zones 1A and 1B remains open to both the north and south within the 10 kilometre long 1A and 1B substructures, and is also open to depth. Additionally, as indicated graphically on the attached map, multiple new and significant gold mineralized zones with continuity are present within each of the 1A and 1B substructures. These new zones also are open north, south and at depth.�  Please see attached map.

Assay Highlights

Note: Assay table intersections are drill intersection lengths, not true widths.

Working in concert with IAMGOLD Corporation (�IAMGOLD�), Merrex has completed the initial phase of a 14,500 metres RC reconnaissance drill program. Although some of the RC drilling results could be used in a future resource estimate, this program was not intended to expand the NI43-101 resource estimate; rather it was designed to explore new areas of the Siribaya Mega-structure and begin defining the potential magnitude of the mineralised areas within the Siribaya Mega-structure. The RC results will also aid identification of future diamond drill target areas.

Approximately 4.5 of the proposed six lines of RC drill holes were completed prior to the onset of the seasonal rains. The lines are 500 metres apart, consisting of drill holes oriented at 270� with a dip of -50� to approximately 100 metres target depth at 50 metre spacing, and have been placed east-west across the entire width of the 1A and 1B substructures. The first Line of drill holes, RC-L-1,  is approximately 250 metres north of the Zone 1B NI 34-101 Resource area; the remaining five lines of drill holes are to the south of Zone 1B starting 40 metres south of the Zone 1B NI 43-101 Resource area and thereafter at approximately 500 metres step-outs. The southern-most line reached the old Berekegni artisanal underground gold workings on the 1B substructure and the major RAB anomaly at Zone 1A.

RC drilling is by BLY Mali SA, the Malian division of Boart Longyear Canada of North Bay, Ontario.

RC-L-3 540 metres south of Zone 1B

Drill results from line RC-L-3 located approximately 540 metres south of the Zone 1B NI 43-101 Resource area are interpreted as intersecting the southern projected extension of Zone 1B, and an additional new gold zone. Hole TYC-10-42 is interpreted as having intersected the projected southern extension of the Zone 1B NI 43-101 Resource increasing the  Zone 1B interpreted strike length to at least three kilometres with continuity of mineralization and still open to the north and south.  (See table of assays below.) Hole TYC-10-19 intersected an interpreted new zone of gold mineralization previously identified in L-2 500 metres to the north. This new mineralized zone has a projected strike length of 1.5 kilometres with continuity of mineralization and open to the north and south.

RC-L-4 1000 metres north of Zone 1A

Drill results from line RC-L-4 located approximately 1000 metres north of the Zone 1A  NI 43-101 Resource area are interpreted as intersecting the northern projected extension of Zone 1A, and two additional new gold zones. Hole TYC-10-44 is interpreted as having intersected the projected northern extension of the Zone 1A NI 43-101 Resource increasing the Zone 1A interpreted strike length to at least two kilometres with continuity of mineralization and still open to the north and south. Holes TYC-10-46 intersected an interpreted new zone of mineralization and Holes TYC-10-48, 49 and 50 intersected a second new mineralized zone. Both of these new interpreted zones connect with similar zones encountered in L-6, L-4 and L-2 and strike lengths of up to two kilometres with potential continuity of mineralization are projected. All zones are open to the north and south.

Table of Assays

About the Siribaya Gold Project

Merrex controls 100% of the Siribaya Gold Project comprising over 840 square kilometres of contiguous exploration permits in West Mali including the Siribaya Mega-structure. The Siribaya Mega-structure has a CIM compliant NI43-101 resource estimate of 4,015,000 tonnes grading 2.39 g/t Indicated (308,200 oz Au) and 946,000 tonnes grading 2.29 g/t Inferred (69,500 oz Au). The NI43-101 resource is open to the north, south and at depth.

Within the Siribaya Mega-structure there are at least two distinct substructures; the 500 metre wide by 10.5 kilometre long 1B substructure and the twin 500 metre wide x 9.5 kilometre long 1A sub-structure. The Siribaya Mega-structure has yielded ore-grade drill intercepts in a number of selected targets along its entire length.

In December 2008, Merrex closed an Option Agreement with IAMGOLD pursuant to which IAMGOLD may incur up to CDN$10.5 million in exploration expenditures over 4 years, to earn a 50% interest in the Siribaya Gold Project, of which approximately $5.5 million has been spent to date. The current exploration program will satisfy IAMGOLD�s 2010 exploration obligation. Effective September 1, 2010 IAMGOLD replaced Merrex as the Project Operator.

Since 2005 the combined exploration expenditures of Merrex and IAMGOLD total over CDN$13,500,000 at Siribaya.

Gregory P. Isenor, P. Geo., is the Qualified Person as defined under NI 43-101 who has reviewed and is responsible for the technical information presented in this news release.

Merrex is a Mali focused gold exploration company with experienced management, a solid exploration team, a prominent gold-producer as a partner and an expanding gold resource � a winning combination offering investors an extraordinary opportunity.

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