Aurelio Resource Corp (fka AULO)

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AURELIO STRENGTHENS BOARD OF DIRECTORS



LITTLETON, COLORADO, April 21, 2008 News Release #08-10a



Aurelio Resource Corporation (OTCBB : AULO, Frankfurt : 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 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 EMEA and 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



Contacts:

Stephen Doppler Diane Dudley

President & CEO Investor Relations

303-795-3030 303-945-7273 (direct)

800-803-1371 303-945-7270 (fax)



For additional information, please visit our website (www.AurelioResource.com) and/or send an email to [e-mail].