Adex Grants Options to Directors, Officers and Certain Employees and Consultants

Adex Mining Inc. ("Adex" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ADE) is pleased to
announce that on April 24, 2009, the board of directors granted an aggregate of
1,450,000 stock options of the Company (the "Options") to its directors and
officers and to certain employees and consultants of the Company.


Each Option entitles the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at a
price of $0.12. The Options, which vest quarterly over a period of twelve
months, expire on April 24, 2014.


ABOUT ADEX:

Adex Mining Inc. 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, Mount Pleasant 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.