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Tuesday, 04/08/2008 7:36:05 PM

Tuesday, April 08, 2008 7:36:05 PM

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Avalanche names Barron as adviser, grants option

2008-04-08 08:57 MT - News Release

Mr. Sandy MacDougall reports

AVALANCHE MINERALS ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF ADVISOR

Dr. Keith Barron, co-founder of Aurelian Resources Inc. and recipient of the PDAC International Discovery Award, has entered into a consulting agreement for advisory services with Avalanche Minerals Ltd. Dr. Barron has worked in mineral exploration for more than 25 years, for a wide variety of commodities and on all the continents except Antarctica. He has consulted for both junior and senior companies, as well as investment houses, with an expertise in epithermal gold deposits. He has previously worked for Gold Fields Mining, Battle Mountain Mining and Santa Fe Pacific Gold. Dr. Barron is co-founder of Aurelian Resources and founder of U3O8 Corp. He holds a PhD in geology from the University of Western Ontario and has written numerous scholarly works, as well as general mining interest articles for trade publications.

Dr. Barron's role will include lending his geological expertise as Avalanche advances its Ecuadorian and Colombian projects. Dr. Barron's experience dealing with industry and government officials will be welcomed by Avalanche. Avalanche has also granted Dr. Barron 400,000 incentive stock options as announced in it's news release in Stockwatch of April 3, 2008.

Avalanche's president, Sandy MacDougall, commented: "We are extremely fortunate to have a person of Keith's credentials join our team. His experience in South America will greatly benefit the company as we advance our projects in Ecuador and Colombia."

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