Maximus and NFX Shareholders Vote in Favour of Business Combination

Maximus Ventures Ltd. ("Maximus") (TSX VENTURE:MXV) and NFX Gold Inc. ("NFX")
(TSX VENTURE:NFX) are pleased to announce that shareholders of Maximus and NFX
at their respective meetings held on September 11, 2008 in Toronto approved the
resolutions necessary to allow the two companies to proceed with their planned
business combination by way of statutory plan of arrangement, announced in their
June 13, 2008 news release.


The special resolution approving the plan of arrangement ("Arrangement") was
passed by 99.99 % of the 26,044,565 million votes cast at the Maximus meeting.
The various resolutions related to the Arrangement presented to the NFX
shareholders were passed by  99.95 % of the 9,370,000 million votes cast at the
NFX meeting.


The completion of the transaction remains subject to court approval. A hearing
before the Supreme Court of British Columbia at which Maximus will seek final
court approval of the Arrangement has been scheduled for September 15, 2008. If
court approval is obtained, Maximus and NFX anticipate that the transaction will
close on or about September 16, 2008.