MBMI Closes $1,314,000 Private Placement

  MBMI RESOURCES INC. ("MBMI" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: MBR) reports that further to its April 12, 2010 news release, it has closed the non-brokered Private Placement financing and the Company has received gross proceeds of $1,314,000 in consideration of the issuance of 6,570,000 Units at a price of $0.20 per Unit.

Each Unit consists of one Common Share and one full Common Share Purchase Warrant. Each full Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Common Share at a price of $0.30 and has an expiry period of three years. The Common Shares are subject to four month hold periods expiring in August, 2010.

The net proceeds of this financing shall be used for the exploration and development of MBMI's Philippine nickel mineral properties and for general corporate purposes. Total finders' fees of $83,230 and 448,000 broker warrants having the same terms as the investors have been paid in connection with this financing.

MBMI Resources Inc. is a Canadian-based mining company focused on the exploration and development of nickel mineral properties in the Philippines. MBMI and its Philippine partners have an interest in nine nickel laterite projects in the Philippines, covering an area greater than 22,000 hectares. MBMI's objective is to become a major supplier of high-grade nickel products to primary industrial consumers in Asia.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

David G. Tafel, V.P. Corporate Development and Director

This news release may contain forward-looking information including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming financings, work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking information includes disclosure regarding possible future events, or conditions or results of operations that is based on assumptions about future economic conditions and courses of action, and therefore, involves inherent risks and uncertainties. Although management has a reasonable basis for the conclusions drawn, actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Contacts: MBMI Resources Inc. Investor Relations 1-877-399-1991 or 604-683-1991 604-683-8544 (FAX) [e-mail] www.mbmiresources.com