Manicouagan Minerals Inc. Grants Options to an Officer of the Company

Manicouagan Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MAM) (the "Company") announces that
100,000 options to purchase common shares of the Company are being granted to an
officer at an exercise price of $0.16 per share, expiring on August 17, 2016.
The grant is subject to regulatory acceptance.


About Manicouagan

Manicouagan Minerals Inc. is a Canadian based exploration company focused on
advancing its gold projects in the Pickle Lake Gold Belt, Ontario. Manicouagan
also has a pipeline of commodity projects including the Brabant Lake Zinc
deposit in Saskatchewan, and the Mouchalagane Nickel/Copper/PGE and HPM/Forgues
Nickel/Copper/Cobalt projects in Quebec. 


Additional information about Manicouagan and its exploration projects can be
found at www.manicouaganminerals.com.


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www.manicouaganminerals.com. 


Forward Looking Statements 

All statements other than statements of historical fact, included in this
release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential
mineralization and reserves, exploration results, and future plans and
objectives of the Company, are forward-looking statements that involve various
risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will
prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations
are exploration risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made
by the Company with securities regulators.