Adex Announces Appointment of Michael Boyd to the Board of Directors and Grant of Options

  Adex Mining Inc. ("Adex" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ADE) is pleased to announce that Michael M. Boyd has been appointed a director of the Company, subject to regulatory approval. Mr. Boyd has also been appointed as Chairman of the Company's Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. Boyd is an entrepreneurial business leader and senior finance executive with extensive experience in bridge debt financing, venture capital, private equity, lending and corporate finance. He has expertise in business start-ups and raising capital through his roles as a senior executive in several Toronto brokerage firms between 1992 and 1995, as Managing Director, Merchant Banking, for HSBC Capital (Canada) Inc. from 1997 to 2002, and in running his own company, Junior Industrial Finance Corp. from 1990 to the present date. Mr. Boyd also managed a bridge fund specializing in enterprise value lending of short to medium term loans from 2002 until its recent wind-up.

Errol Farr, President of the Company stated "Mr. Boyd's extensive experience in the capital and business markets will be a valuable addition to the Board of the Directors as the Company moves forward with the development of its Mount Pleasant Property."

The Company also wishes to announce that Kabir Ahmed has resigned as a director of the Company effective immediately. Kabir has served as a director of Adex since January of 2007 and also served as President and CEO from August 2006 until his resignation as such in May 2009. Mr. Ahmed was responsible for the Company's listing on the TSX-V and the successful completion of two equity financings in 2007, as well as the completion of numerous development activities during his tenure as President and CEO. Kabir will continue in a consulting relationship with the Company.

Errol Farr, President of the Company stated "I would like to thank Kabir for his years of service and contributions to Adex. It has been a very positive experience working with him and I wish Kabir the best in the future."

The Company wishes to announce that it has granted options to acquire 200,000 common shares of the Company an exercise price of $0.12 per share to Mr. Boyd pursuant to the Company's stock option plan. These options, which will vest quarterly over a period of twelve months, expire on June 22, 2015.

ABOUT ADEX

Adex Mining Inc. is a Canadian junior mining company with an experienced management team. The Company is focused on developing its flagship Mount Pleasant Mine Property, a multi-metal project that is host to promising tungsten-molybdenum and tin-indium-zinc-copper mineralization. Located in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, the Mount Pleasant Mine Property is situated approximately 80 kilometres south of Fredericton, the provincial capital, and is 65 kilometres from the United States border. The common shares of Adex trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the stock symbol "ADE".

No securities commission or regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the contents of this press release.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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The forward-looking information contained in this press release is current only as of the date of the press release. Adex does not undertake or assume any obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

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Contacts: Adex Mining Inc. J. Errol Farr, CMA President, Chief Executive Officer and Director 1-866-508-2339 (ADEX) [e-mail] www.adexmining.com