Polar Star Board Nominees Recommended by Leading Proxy Advisory Firm

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Polar Star Mining Corporation ("Polar Star" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:PSR)
announced today that RiskMetrics Group, a leading North American proxy advisory
firm, has recommended that Polar Star shareholders vote in favour of the
nominees to the Board of Directors proposed by management and reject the slate
nominated by dissident shareholder Douglas Willock at the Company's annual
meeting to be held in Toronto on April 17, 2009.


RiskMetrics Group, through its subsidiary ISS Governance Services, is Canada's
leading provider of corporate governance and proxy voting solutions and provides
proxy research, voting services and corporate governance advisory services to
financial institutions and corporations worldwide.


In making its recommendation to its clients, RiskMetrics said: "The management
nominees are highly experienced, have successful track records and appear better
able to create shareholder value. Therefore support is warranted for the
management nominees." It also noted "No major strategic missteps or significant
abuse of shareholders' rights are apparent in the board's actions. The Board's
strategy appears reasonable and prudent in the circumstances."(i)


"The independent recommendation from RiskMetrics confirms the Board's position
that voting for its nominees is in the best interests of the shareholders," said
Stephen G. Roman, Executive Chair of Polar Star. "It is our view that the Polar
Star Board has the more experienced nominees, a better strategy, and a better
understanding of the potential and challenges of the Company's projects. It is
clear to us that this proxy vote is simply about Douglas Willock seeking control
of Polar Star by installing his hand-picked nominees on the Board for his own
interests and not for shareholder value."


The Polar Star Board urges all shareholders to vote their YELLOW form of proxy
in favour of the Company's nominees to the Board of Directors. Shareholders with
questions or requiring assistance in completing their YELLOW form of proxy are
asked to contact Polar Star's proxy solicitation agent, Laurel Hill Advisory
Services, LLC toll-free at 1-888-812-9185. To be valid, proxies must be received
by 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on April 15, 2009.


(i)Note: Permission to quote from the RiskMetrics report was neither sought nor
obtained.


About Polar Star Mining Corporation

Polar Star was created to acquire advanced stage exploration properties focusing
on gold, copper, and uranium. The Corporation's material assets include 20
projects in Chile, which are 100% owned and cover approximately 146,112
hectares.


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