Aurelio Strengthens Board of Directors

Aurelio Resource Corporation (OTCBB:AULO) (FWB:F3RA) is pleased to
announce that Frank W. Vermeulen and Stephan B. Roes have been
appointed to the Board of Directors.

Frank W. Vermeulen is currently:

-- a senior advisor to Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd, and

a member of its advisory board for Europe, the Middle East and

Africa, as well as a non-executive director of the Bank of

London & the Middle East, where he chairs the audit committee

and is also a member of the risk and nomination committees

-- Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of LeasePlan

Corporation N.V. (Netherlands), a multi-national car leasing

and fleet management company and bank which is 50% owned by

Volkswagen, 25% by the Olayan Group and 25% by Mubadala

Development Co. (an investment arm of the Abu Dhabi

government), and

-- an advisor to Olayan Financing Company, an international

manufacturing and investment company.

Mr. Vermeulen´s experience includes:

-- approximately 15 years (most recently as CFO) with the with

Olayan Financing Company, one of the largest privately-owned

Saudi business groups

-- a 20+ year banking career (mostly with ABN AMBRO in North

America, Europe and the Middle East), and

-- senior positions in the area of corporate banking, capital

markets, structured finance, private banking and security

brokerage.

Stephan B. Roes experience includes:

-- Vice President Sales EMEAI Benelux with Global Custodian ABN

AMRO Mellon GSS

-- senior business consultant for Prime Fund Solutions at Fortis

Bank

-- setting up the New York office for Amicorp Group, where be was

responsible for the development of various trust and

administration services

-- setting up a new offshore fund administration company for

Amicorp Curacao, and

-- from 1991 to 1996, working for CITCO in Curacao, where he was

responsible for fund accounting, NAV calculations and

shareholders services for a group of institutional funds.

Aurelio´s Chairman of the Board, David Stafford Johnson, stated
that "We are honored to have these two experienced financial
professionals join our Board of Directors. Frank and Stephan bring a
wealth of international financial experience to Aurelio that will
greatly assist us in financing the fast-track exploration and
development of our Hill Copper-Zinc Project through feasibility and
into production."

About the Company

Aurelio Resource Corporation is a mineral exploration company
focused on fast-track development of its wholly-owned Hill Copper-Zinc
Project, which the Company believes contains a number of low-cost

bulk-tonnage, open-pit-mineable deposits close to surface containing
significant amounts of copper, zinc, silver and gold. The Company has
previously announced an independent estimate of the mineralized
material at the MAN Area of the Project totaling 63.8 million tons at
an average grade of 0.56% copper-equivalent. Aurelio has also acquired
the rights to explore, and an option to purchase, the Gavilanes gold
porphyry deposit in Durango, Mexico.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Aurelio Resource
Corporation

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Contacts:
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Stephen Doppler

Diane Dudley
President & CEO

Investor Relations
303-795-3030

303-945-7273 (direct)
800-803-1371

303-945-7270 (fax)
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For additional information, please visit our website
(www.AurelioResource.com) and/or send an email to
DianeD@AurelioResource.com.

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forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements are statements
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"objective", "prospective", and similar expressions, or that events or
conditions "will", "would", "may", "can", "could" or "should" occur.
Information inferred from the interpretation of drilling results and
information concerning mineral resource estimates may also be deemed
to be forward-looking statements, as it constitutes a prediction of
what might be found to be present when and if a project is actually
developed. Forward-looking statements in this news release include:
that our property contains a number of potentially low-cost

bulk-tonnage, open-pit-mineable deposits close to surface containing
significant amounts of copper, zinc, silver and gold.

It is important to note that the Company´s actual outcomes may
differ materially from those statements contained in this press
release. Factors which may delay or prevent these forward looking
statements from being realized include misinterpretation of data; that
we may not be able to keep our qualified personnel; that funds
expected to be received may not be; that our estimates of mineral
resources are inaccurate; uncertainties involved in the interpretation
of drilling results and other tests and the estimation of resources;
that we may not be able to get equipment or labor as we need it; that
we may not be able to raise sufficient funds to complete our intended
exploration, purchase, lease or option payments; that our applications
to drill may be denied; that weather, logistical problems or hazards
may prevent us from exploration; that analysis of data cannot be done
accurately and at depth; that results which we have found in any
particular location are not necessarily indicative of larger areas of
our property; and that despite encouraging data there may be no
commercially exploitable mineralization on our properties. Readers
should refer to the risk disclosures outlined in the Company´s
most-recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q Reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.