Smash Minerals Commences Yukon Gold Exploration Program

Smash Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SSH) (the "Company") is pleased to announce
the commencement of its Summer 2011 field program on its 100% owned Whiskey Gold
Property (the "Property") in the White Gold District, north-west Yukon,
following completion of its camp and the receipt of a Class 3 Land Use Permit.


This Property, one of the largest in the White Gold District, with 4,177 claims
extends over a distance of 60 km for a total of 846 square kilometers and lies
due east of claims held by Kinross Gold who secured its White Gold District
holding in 2010 by acquiring Underworld Resources.


Smash's 2011 field program is designed to further identify preliminary gold
targets for an initial phase of drilling in August and September. The current
program leverages a comprehensive Property wide ridge sampling program
undertaken in Summer 2010. Over 7,000 soil samples were collected, followed up
by a short phase of field checking. This work led to the identification of three
targets with soil geochemistry, alteration and mineralization at surface similar
to the 1.5 million ounce Golden Saddle discovery made by Underworld Resources in
2008. 


The main elements of the 2011 field program will be ridge and grid soil sampling
(at least 15,000 samples), mapping and prospecting, a Property wide detailed
helicopter borne magnetics and radiometrics survey with 100m line spacing,
trenching of prioritized targets, and approximately 3,000 metres of core
drilling. Smash intends to analyze all of the grid soil samples at site using
bench top XRF technology prior to sending samples to Vancouver for assay. This
is expected to speed up the exploration program by delivering real time,
qualitative data for pathfinder elements at the field camp well ahead of the
more accurate assays from the laboratory. 


The exploration program will be directed by Adrian Fleming, CEO and Director of
Smash Minerals, formerly CEO of Underworld Resources who is a Qualified Person.
A significant proportion of the Smash technical team formerly worked for
Underworld Resources and were responsible for the Golden Saddle discovery in
2008. The budget for the proposed program will exceed C$4.5 million.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Adrian W. Fleming, CEO and Director