Yankee Hat Minerals Ltd.: Shareholders Vote to Pass All Resolutions at AGM

   Yankee Hat Minerals Ltd. ("Yankee Hat" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: KHT) announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on December 21, 2010, shareholders re-elected P. Bradley Kitchen, Terence Schorn and Jason Scharfe to the Board of Directors for the upcoming year. Motions approving the reappointment of BDO Dunwoody LLP as auditors, adoption a new Incentive Stock Option Plan and the alteration of Yankee Hat's articles of incorporation were also passed by the Company's shareholders.

All resolutions submitted by the Company's management to shareholders for consideration were approved as presented. The Incentive Stock Option Plan will remain subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.

About Yankee Hat Minerals Ltd.

Yankee Hat Minerals Ltd. is a publicly held resource company that utilizes its management's expertise in mineral exploration and evaluation, and financial acumen, to identify, acquire, and develop mineral prospects in mining friendly jurisdictions with the potential to host large-scale discoveries. The company strategically focuses on commodities that have strong underlying price fundamentals such as gold and precious metals, rare earth elements and tungsten. The Company's website at www.yankeehatminerals.com and public filings at www.sedar.com provide additional information on its projects and other information with respect to its management and operations.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

P. Bradley Kitchen, Chief Executive Officer

Contacts: Yankee Hat Minerals Ltd. David Matousek President 604.697.5790 604.697.0790 (FAX) [e-mail] www.yankeehatminerals.com Investor Cubed Inc. Neil Simon 647.258.3310 or Toll Free: 1.888.258.3323 [e-mail] www.investor3.ca