Maestro Drills Emerging New Resource Zone at Kings Canyon Project

  Maestro Ventures Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: MAP) ("Maestro" or the "Company") has received the final results for its recent drill program at its Kings Canyon Project in western Utah, USA. Three areas were tested with this program (see Map 1). The highlight of this program is that drilling in the Royal East and Royal West zones indicates the potential for new gold mineralization outside of the historic resource zone. This mineralization, although Carlin-style in nature, may be similar geologically to the mineralization encountered at Fronteer/AuEx's Long Canyon property in the Pequop Range.

"The first phase of drilling at Kings Canyon was designed to learn more about grade controls in the main resource area as well as to test the potential of expanding the resource in new zones," commented Hans Rasmussen, President and Director. "We are excited about the new mineralization encountered in the Royal East zone. Based on this first round of drilling, additional exploration and drilling is warranted in the area. While higher grades are probably in the system and will eventually be drilled, the gold grades from the first four holes in Royal East are equal to the average gold grades of most of the open pit gold mines in Nevada."

In order to better understand the gold extraction potential at Kings Canyon, 84 pulps from 2007 core drilling were re-analyzed for gold by cyanide soluble assay. Gold grade for all the samples averaged 0.76 grams per tonne (g/t) gold. Overall, the cyanide extraction of gold averaged 86% for the combined 84 pulps. Values from the highest grade material, e.g. 14 of the samples averaging 1.41 g/t gold, had 91% gold recovery by cyanide assay. These values are preliminary, but suggest that heap leach gold extraction technology could work at Kings Canyon.

Table 1 - Kings Canyon 2008 Drill Results
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Hole Id     East   North Azimuth Dip (feet) To (feet)  (feet) Au opt Au g/t
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Historic resource area
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KC08-01   270172 4328437       0 -90   165       265     100   0.034   1.16
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 includes                              180       210      30   0.082   2.81
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KC08-02   270172 4328437     200 -75   165       220      55   0.039   1.33
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 includes                              195       205      10   0.092   3.15
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KC08-03   270172 4328435     290 -55   275       350      80   0.029   0.98
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 includes                              290       310      20   0.053   1.82
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Royal East zone
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KC08-05   270109 4327411       0 -90   165     250(i)     85   0.015   0.53
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 includes                              200       205       5   0.034   1.17
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KC08-06   270079 4327341       0 -90   155       285     130   0.020   0.68
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 includes                              250       260      10   0.045   1.53
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KC08-07   270019 4327404       0 -90   195       275      80   0.023   0.79
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 includes                              260       275      15   0.037   1.27
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KC08-08   270129 4327348       0 -90   180       285     105   0.016   0.54
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 includes                              210       215       5   0.030   1.03
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Royal West zone
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KC08-04   269802 4327556       0 -90   230     260(i)     30   0.013   0.45
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KC08-09   269837 4327525       0 -90   340       370      30   0.016   0.56
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 includes                              345       350       5   0.038   1.31
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KC08-10   269774 4327524       0 -90   nsi
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Cutoff equals 0.30 g/t Au
(i) equals TD, end of hole
nsi equals no significant intervals

The recently completed program at Kings Canyon consisted of 3,195 feet of reverse circulation drilling in 10 drill holes. Holes KC08-01 and KC08-02 were drilled into the main Kings Canyon "historic resource area" and verified the importance of good sampling techniques from reverse circulation drilling. Drill hole KC08-03, which was an angle hole drilled into the same area, has demonstrated that gold grade can be enhanced by drilling angle holes across one or more of the vertical gold feeder faults that cut the resource. The remaining holes tested the known surface mineralization in the Royal East and Royal West zones.

Royal West and Royal East Zones

This target area contains known gold mineralization, in drilling, over a strike length of 1,300 feet and a width of at least 600 feet. It has the potential to make a significant addition to the historic resource area, which lies 3,000 feet to the north. All intercepts start within 200 feet of the surface and are oxidized, suggesting that they may be amendable to low-cost gold extraction techniques. Further exploration is warranted in this area to better define the nature of the mineralization and its relationship with the historic resource mineralization.

All samples were collected at the drill site under the direct supervision of Maestro personnel. They were transported directly by ALS Chemex to their Elko facility for preparation and analysis. Samples were analyzed by standard 30 gram fire assay for gold. Standards, blanks, and duplicates were inserted into the sample stream to verify the legitimacy of the assays.

The Kings Canyon historic resource area (pre 43-101 compliant) was drilled by Crown Resources and Battle Mountain Gold between 1990 and 1993 (156 reverse circulation drill holes for a total of 24,890 meters), generating an inferred historical resource estimate of 6,800,000 tons at a grade of 0.03 oz/ton gold (204,000 ounces) using a cutoff of 0.013 oz/ton. Maestro warns that a qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify these historic estimates as current mineral resources, is not treating these estimates as current mineral resources, and that the historic estimates should not be relied upon.

The technical information in this News Release has been reviewed and approved by Curt Everson, who is a technical consultant for the Company and a Qualified Person in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

About Maestro Ventures

Maestro Ventures Ltd. is an exploration company focused on the discovery of high-value precious and base metal deposits in the Great Basin of Nevada and Utah. The Company currently controls mineral title to 13 projects in the Great Basin. While the company is focused on expanding the gold resource at its Kings Canyon, Utah project, the new Board of Directors and exploration staff are focused on evaluating and adding high-quality projects to the portfolio. Project generation is focused on two major metal-rich trends that cross the eastern Great Basin.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

Kris Kottmeier, CEO, Maestro Ventures Ltd.

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Contacts: Maestro Ventures Ltd. Benjamin H. Curry Head of Investor Relations 1-877-689-2881 Website: www.maestroventures.com