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From: Marketwire.com

EDMONTON, ALBERTA–(Marketwire - March 26, 2008) - Mindoro Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MIO)(FRANKFURT:OLM) is pleased to announce the following additions to the management team of its Philippine operating subsidiary, MRL Gold Phils. Inc.

Alan Buenavista has been appointed to the position of Exploration Manager. Alan is a well known and accomplished geologist with 25 years of mineral exploration experience in the Philippines. He is a graduate of Adamson University with a BSc degree in Geology, and started his career as a geologist in the Mines and Geo-Science Bureau where he worked from 1982 to 1986, mainly assigned to UNDP sponsored training programs. Alan then worked with Western Mining Corporation (WMC) of Australia from 1987 to 1997, rising to the position of Senior Project Geologist. While with WMC, he played an important role in the discovery of the world class Tampakan copper-gold deposit in Southern Mindanao, and was involved with its drill evaluation. From 1998 to 2006, he was Exploration Manager for Indophil Resources Phils Inc. and was part of the team that further advanced Tampakan, taking it through the feasibility stage. Xstrata Copper subsequently acquired a 62.5 percent interest in Tampakan, which is the largest development project in their portfolio. Alan will be tasked with leading MRL’s exploration team in evaluating and unlocking the value of Mindoro’s target-rich portfolio of copper-gold projects, as well as guiding delineation of its nickel laterite resources.

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