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