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Merrex Gold Inc.: Merrex Resignation of Directors

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Thursday, January 22nd 2009 at 5:28 GMT, Last Modified on 2009-01-22 05:28:48 by Market Wire}  

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 22, 2009) - Gregory Isenor, P.Geo., President and CEO of Merrex Gold Inc. ("Merrex")(TSX VENTURE:MXI) announces John Edmondson and Dan Whittaker have resigned as directors.

"I have enjoyed my association with and we are appreciative of the contributions made to the Company by each of Mr. Whittaker and Mr. Edmondson" said Merrex President Gregory Isenor. "We wish them well in all of their future endeavours."

Merrex's principal projects are its Siribaya Gold Project, an advanced exploration project in Mali (West Africa), and its Jubilee Zinc Deposit in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Merrex Gold is a mineral resource exploration company focusing on gold exploration in West Mali, Turkey and in the Red Lake area of Ontario and zinc exploration in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Merrex has a solid organization of people and projects enabling aggressive exploration, discovery, and growth.

This press release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address future exploration drilling, exploration activities and events or developments that the Company expects, are forward looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility of the adequacy or accuracy of this release.