New Director appointed

Vancouver, B.C. - Upper Canyon Minerals Corp. (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Mr. Simon Tam has joined its board of directors. Mr. Tam is an international businessman, with interests in Hong Kong, mainland China, North America, Europe and Africa. Since 1986, Mr. Tam has been an active board member and senior executive of numerous publicly listed junior exploration companies including Xemplar Energy Corp., Cooper Minerals Inc., E-Energy Ventures Inc., Ringbolt Ventures Ltd., Gem International Resources Inc., Xenex Minerals Inc., Quanta Resources Inc., Challenger Development Corp. and Kenieba Goldfields. Mr. Tam has more than 25 years experience leading private and public companies, most notably in the areas of corporate start-up, corporate restructuring, financing, acquisitions, operations, and development in the natural resource sector.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.

Upper Canyon Minerals Corp. is a growth oriented mineral-exploration resource company trading on the TSX Venture Exchange (Symbol: UCM). The objective of the Company is to enhance its value via high mineralization resource properties with a goal of advancing them into commercial production. The Company is currently exploring two properties: the Josefina Silver and Base Metals Project, located in the Huarochiri Province of Lima, Peru, which comprises 5600 hectares and includes the past producing Josefina Silver and Base Metals mine and the Brosner Gold property located near Val d'Or, Abitibi, in Quebec, Canada. The Brosnor property hosts gold bearing structures, striking east-west, in which quartz-pyrite-tourmaline veins, concentrated in more competent rock units carry gold values in various amounts. The most important structure identified to date hosts two main gold zones, namely the Adelemont and Norcourt zones. In addition to the two properties, the Company has signed an Option/Joint Venture Agreement with Q-Gold Resources Ltd (Q-Gold). Under terms of the Agreement, the Company may earn a 49% participating interest in two large, prospective gold exploration tracts owned by Q-Gold totalling 2,467.7 acres

For additional information, contact Jack Bal at (604) 633-2442, toll free 1-800-667-1442, e-mail

jbal@uppecanyonminerals.com, or visit website www.uppercanyonminerals.com.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

"Jack Bal "

JATINDER (JACK) BAL