Virgin Metals Inc. Announces Changes to Board of Directors

Virgin Metals Inc. (the "Company" or "Virgin Metals") (TSX VENTURE:VGM) is
pleased to announce the addition of Mr. Mark Selby as Director of the Company
effective immediately.


Mr. Selby brings considerable experience in both corporate finance and mergers &
acquisitions. Mr. Selby has more than twenty years experience in corporate
finance and corporate development. He has held senior roles with Inco Limited,
QuadraFNX and Purolator Courier and is currently Senior Vice-President of
Business Development with Royal Nickel Corp. Mr. Selby is also a director of
Kiska Metals, Minfocus Exploration and NWM Corporation and was a member of the
Board of Directors of Castle Gold Corp where he played a lead role in the
strategic review process that successfully concluded with the sale of the
company to Argonaut Gold Inc.


The Company also today announced the resignation of Ram Ramachandran as a
Director of the Company. The Company thanks Mr. Ramachandran for his assistance
this year.


About Virgin Metals 

Virgin Metals is a junior exploration and development company; its projects
include two copper-molybdenum porphyry properties in Sonora, northern Mexico.
One of these, Los Verdes, is currently the subject of a pre-feasibility study
while the other, Cuatro Hermanos, is the focus of ongoing exploration efforts.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Virgin Metals Inc.
Chris Frostad
[phone]
www.virginmetals.com