Canplats Shareholders Approve Rights Plan

Canplats Resources Corporation ("Canplats" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CPQ)
is pleased to announce that its shareholders overwhelmingly approved and
ratified the Company's Shareholder Rights Plan during Canplats annual general
and special meeting held on January 14, 2009.


The Rights Plan was adopted to ensure the fair treatment of all Canplats
shareholders in the event of a take-over bid for the outstanding common shares
of Canplats. In the event that a take-over bid should occur, the Rights Plan
provides a mechanism to ensure that shareholders have adequate time to properly
evaluate and assess it without facing undue pressure or coercion. The Rights
Plan also provides the Board with additional time to consider any take-over bid
and, if applicable, to explore alternative transactions in order to maximise
shareholder value. Accordingly, the Rights Plan is not designed to prevent
take-over bids that treat Canplats shareholders fairly.


The Rights Plan is subject to acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange.

A copy of the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement will be available under the
Company's profile at www.sedar.com, the website maintained by the Canadian
securities regulatory authorities. Reference should be made to the full text of
the plan for the details of its provisions.


In addition, the company is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter de
Visser as CFO. Peter, a graduate of the University of British Columbia, is a
partner of DeVisser Gray Chartered Accountants and is a member of the Technical
Forum of the BC Institute of Chartered Accountants to the British Columbia
Securities Commission. He has acted as a Chief Financial Officer for a number of
TSX-listed gold mining companies. Mr. de Visser replaces Tom Yip who, along with
Ken McNaughton, Vice President, Exploration, and John Kim, Corporate Secretary,
did not stand for reappointment following the Company's annual general and
special meeting.


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statements contained in the company's news releases may be forward-looking
statements such as the company's future plans, objectives and goals. The
statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements
involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause actual
results to vary considerably from these statements. The risks and uncertainties
include general and economic conditions as well as those described in Canplats'
SEC Form 20F as amended.