Uranium Drilling to Commence in Guinea

    MURCHISON UNITED NL
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                                                                           ASX CODE:  MUR,  AIM CODE: MUU
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                                                                               ASX, AIM and Media Release
                                                                                               9 May 2008

                                Uranium Drilling to Commence in Guinea,
                                              West Africa

- Initial uranium drilling programme scheduled to commence at the Bohoduo Uranium Prospect in Guinea
  around 15 May 2008.

- Initial programme will comprise 14 holes of between 50m and 150m in length for 950m in total, with
  a further six holes planned if warranted.

- Drilling programme to follow up previously reported sampling results of up to 433ppm Uranium.
    
Murchison  United  NL  (ASX: MUR, AIM: MUU) is pleased to announce that drilling is scheduled  to  commence
shortly  at  its  Bohoduo uranium prospect in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa. This  programme  follows
recent  successful drilling campaigns carried out by the Company at the Firawa prospect in Guinea  and  the
Bir En Nar prospect in Mauritania.

With  preparations  including  topographic surveys and bulldozing  already  completed,  the  drill  rig  is
currently  being transported to Bohoduo and is scheduled to start drilling around 15 May 2008. The  initial
drilling  programme is expected to take approximately one month to complete and will comprise 14  holes  of
between  50m  and 150m in length for a total of 950m, with a further six holes identified for  drilling  if
warranted.

The drilling programme will be carried out by Amco Construction, with assay samples taken for multi-element
analysis by ALS Chemex in Canada.

Drilling  will  target a 700 metre long uranium anomaly at the Bohoduo Prospect which was  the  subject  of
groundwork  by  Davy  McKee  in  the 1980s. Previous work included pit and  trench  ground  work  and  some
incomplete  diamond  drilling. The anomaly identified by Davy Mckee occurs in an area where  small  granite
bodies intrude paragneiss along a shear zone.

A  field  visit  undertaken  in  2006 by Murchison's Technical Director, Bosse  Gustafsson,  confirmed  the
presence of uranium mineralization with the limited grab samples collected returning grades of up to 433ppm
uranium. Airborne geophysical data indicates a 12 km long extension of the anomaly to the east.

Figure 1 overleaf shows the planned drill-hole locations. The map also indicates locations for a further  6
holes for drilling if warranted.
Fig.1    Bohoduo  drilling  programme May 2008 (to view image, please open the  following  link  in  a  new
window)

http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/bohohuo.pdf

Fig.2     Location of Murchison United's Guinea Projects (to view image, please open the following link  in
          a new window)

http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/Murchison.pdf

Preparatory  work at Firawa including topography surveys, bulldozing and site preparations  is  also  being
undertaken during May 2008 in readiness for a substantial 5,000 metre diamond drill programme to follow  up
the  results  of  the initial successful RC drilling programme completed in May 2007. The diamond  drilling
programme is scheduled to commence in October 2008, following the wet season.

Fig.3     Location  of Bohoduo drilling programme in Guinea (to view image, please open the following  link
          in a new window)

http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/LocationofBohoduo.pdf

To support this significant work programme in Guinea, Murchison has appointed a geologist who will be based
in  Guinea working out of the Company's recently established office at the regional centre of Kankan,  from
which these exploration programmes will be managed.

Murchison  United  has  secured  an  extensive portfolio of uranium exploration  projects  comprising  some
16,479km2  of  highly  prospective tenements in Mauritania and Guinea, West Africa.  Its  objective  is  to
delineate significant new uranium deposits within these under-explored terrains.

Murchison  United  NL  is  an Australian-based no liability company whose principal  activity  is  minerals
exploration. The company currently has uranium exploration projects in Mauritania and Guinea in West Africa
and  copper  interests in the Millennium copper/cobalt leases in Cloncurry, Queensland and the Maroochydore
copper/cobalt project in Western Australia.

Shares  in  the  company are listed on both the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX - MUR) and  the  Alternative
Investment Market (AIM - MUU) of the London Stock Exchange.

Please call Mark Reilly with any queries.




..........
Mark Reilly
Managing Director

Murchison's Nominated Advisor for the AIM market is RFC Corporate Finance Ltd.
Contact: Stuart Laing, Ph: [phone]




The  information in this announcement that relates to exploration results is based on information  compiled
by  Mr.  Bosse  Gustafsson, who is a member of the European Federation of Geologists a Recognised  Overseas
Professional  Organisation  ("ROPO"). Mr Bosse Gustafsson is a full time Technical  Director  of  Murchison
United  NL  and  is  responsible for exploration activities in Mauritania and  Guinea.  Mr  Gustafsson  has
sufficient  experience,  which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and the  type  of  deposit  under
consideration and to the activity, which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as  defined  in
the  2004 Edition of the 'Australian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources  and  Ore
Reserve'.  Mr Gustafsson consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on their information
in the form and context in which it appears.


								
Murchison United N.L