TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/02/08 -- CHAMPION MINERALS INC. ("Champion" or the "Company")(TSX VENTURE: CHM) is pleased to announce that, in addition to the re-election of the directors - Thomas G. Larsen, Francis Sauve, Jean Lafleur, Paul Ankcorn and Alexander Horvath - Donald A. Sheldon, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., LL.B., P.Eng., was nominated as a director by a shareholder present at the annual shareholders meeting held recently, and subsequently duly elected to serve as a director of the Company. The Company is pleased to welcome Mr. Sheldon, to its board of directors.

Mr. Sheldon is a securities lawyer with the lawfirm of Sheldon Huxtable Professional Corporation in Toronto, Ontario. He has been called to the bar in Ontario and Alberta. Mr. Sheldon has been practising corporate and commercial law for over 30 years with an emphasis on corporate finance and securities regulation, particularly in the mining and mineral exploration fields. He has appeared as counsel before numerous securities regulatory authorities including the Ontario Securities Commission, British Columbia Securities Commission, Alberta Securities Commission and appeal panels of stock exchanges. He is and has been over the past 20 years a director and/or officer of numerous public corporations listed on stock exchanges in Canada.

"On behalf of the board of directors and management team at Champion, I would like to welcome Mr. Sheldon to the Company," stated Thomas Larsen, President and CEO of Champion.

About Champion Minerals Inc.

Champion is a junior exploration Company focused on discovering and developing significant metal resources in eastern Canada, particularly in Labrador and Newfoundland and Northeastern Quebec. The Company's projects include the Powderhorn and Gullbridge Base Metal Projects located in central Newfoundland, the Attikamagen Lake Iron Prospect, located in western Labrador and northeastern Quebec, and the Fermont Iron Property in northeastern Quebec.

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