MAM

Manicouagan Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MAM) is pleased to announce that it has
earned a 51 percent interest in the three Pickle Lake area gold properties that
it has optioned from Trillium North Minerals and has advised Trillium North that
it has elected to incur the next $1.5 million of exploration expenditures on the
properties to increase its interest to 70 percent.


The optioned properties consist of three non-contiguous claim groups known as
the Pickle Lake East Property, the Kasagiminnis Property, and the Dorothy-Dobie
Lake Property. Collectively the properties cover an area of approximately 77
square kilometres. The Pickle Lake East property covers the interpreted strike
extension of the gold bearing structure that hosts the past producing Central
Patricia and Pickle Crow Mines. The Pickle Crow Mine is currently being explored
by PC Gold Inc.


To earn its 51 percent interest in the three optioned properties Manicouagan
incurred $1 million of exploration expenditures on the properties and made the
underlying option payments totaling $90,000 to the Vendor of the Kasagiminnis
and the Dorothy-Dobie Lake properties. (For further details about the agreement
with Trillium North see MAM Press Release dated April 16, 2009.)


Manicouagan is currently developing plans for additional exploration on these
properties including drill testing targets recently identified on the Pickle
Lake East Property. 


Joseph Baylis, Manicouagan's President and CEO, said, "The Pickle Lake area is
the focus of Manicouagan's exploration programs. These properties are a
significant portion of our large and strategic land package in this increasingly
active gold camp. We intend to aggressively explore our properties to reveal
their potential."


Since April 2009, Manicouagan has developed a strategic land position in the
Pickle Lake Greenstone Belt of over 132 square kilometres in this proven, but
underexplored gold mining camp. The Pickle Lake Greenstone Belt, is part of the
prolific Uchi Geological Sub-province which hosts the Pickle Lake, Red Lake and
Rice Lake gold camps. Production to date, from these camps has amounted to over
25 million ounces of gold. The Pickle Lake Greenstone Belt includes four past
producing mines: Pickle Crow (1,450,000 ounces grading 16.1 grams per tonne
gold), Central Patricia (650,000 ounces grading 12.0 grams per tonne gold),
Golden Patricia (450,000 ounces grading 19.9 grams per tonne gold) and Dona Lake
(200,000 ounces grading 8.6 grams per tonne gold).


A sketch showing the location of all of Manicouagan's Pickle Lake gold
properties is available at www.manicouaganminerals.com.


Manicouagan's exploration programs in the Pickle Lake area are being carried out
under the direct supervision of Bruce W. Mackie, P.Geo., a consulting geologist
for Manicouagan Minerals. Bruce W. Mackie, P.Geo., has reviewed and verified the
technical content of this press release on behalf of Manicouagan Minerals and is
a "Qualified Person" as defined in National Instrument 43-101.


About Manicouagan

Manicouagan Minerals Inc. is a Canadian based exploration company focused on
advancing its gold projects in the Pickle Lake Gold Belt, Ontario. Manicouagan
also has a pipeline of commodity projects including the Brabant Lake Zinc
deposit in Saskatchewan, together with the Mouchalagane Nickel/Copper/PGE
project and the HPM/Forgues Nickel/Copper/Cobalt project, both in Quebec.


All statements other than statements of historical fact, included in this
release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential
mineralization and reserves, exploration results and future plans and objectives
of the Company, are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and
uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be
accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from the Company's expectations are exploration
risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the Company
with securities regulators.

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