VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 20, 2011) - Actus Minerals Corp. (News - Market indicators) (the "Company") announces the resignation of Malcolm Carlson as a Director. The Company would take this opportunity to thank Mr. Malcolm Carlson for his participation and to wish him well on his future ventures.

The Company is pleased to announce the immediate appointment of Daniel Coch, P. Eng., as a member of its Board of Directors, to sit as a director until its next annual general meeting of shareholders.

Mr. Coch graduated from Université de Liège (Belgium) in Engineering. He has worked extensively in heavy construction (Oil and Gas production) for over 30 years - and for 10 years in mineral exploration in Canada and Africa. He has worked as a consultant and exploration manager in completing grass roots exploration, geochemical, geophysical land and airborne surveys and directed multiple drilling campaigns in Canada and Africa for various Canadian public and private companies. Mr. Coch also managed a two year geological technical assistance program for the Canadian International Development Agency ("CIDA") in Zimbabwe.

Additionally, Mr. Coch has assisted a number of junior mineral exploration companies in the preparation of IPO's for the Montreal and Toronto Stock Exchanges and has been a Director for several public companies as well as serving on both audit and corporate governance committees.

The Company looks forward to working with Mr. Coch and believes that his wide and varied expertise will be a benefit to the Company.

The Company also wishes to announce that it has granted, to certain of its directors, officers and consultants, an aggregate of 1,040,000 incentive stock options exercisable for a period of 5 years at a price of $0.12 per share. The grants are in accordance with the Company's previously approved stock option plan.

ACTUS MINERALS CORP.

Carl von Einsiedel, Director