Mindoro Signs Benefits Sharing Agreement With Indigenous Community

EDMONTON, Alberta; April 2, 2008 - Mindoro Resources Ltd., (TSXV: MIO; Frankfurt: WKN906167) is pleased to announce that its Philippine operating subsidiary, MRL Gold Phils. Inc., has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Mamanwa and Manobo Tribes and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). The MOA is a result of the continuing consultation process by the company with the stakeholders within the company's Agata Project area, Northern Mindanao, the Philippines.

The MOA will allow the people of the Mamanwa and Manobo Tribes to participate in the company's future success by granting a royalty of one percent of the gross output of any mining project.  In addition to the royalty payments, Mindoro has committed to provide skills training, employment opportunities, educational scholarships, and medical and dental services. The MOA also ensures the preservation and development of the community's culture, traditions and institutions, and the protection of burial grounds and sacred places.

Mindoro will sponsor economic development training for tribal leaders and elders who, along with representatives of the NCIP, will comprise a committee for the formulation of a community development plan. The goal is to ensure that the financial resources flowing back to the community from the company's mining project will be properly utilized for the benefit of the whole community and will foster economic sustainability.
 
Upon signing of the MOA, Mindoro's president, Tony Climie, commented:  "We have been committed to socially and environmentally responsible exploration practices in the Philippines since 1997, designed to identify and develop economic mineral deposits that will provide lasting benefits to all stakeholders; including our shareholders, our employees and the local communities in which we work. As part of our commitment to this philosophy, we welcome the Mamanwa and Manobo Tribes as partners in the Agata nickel project." 

Mindoro's Agata Project hosts significant areas of nickel laterite mineralization. Mindoro is initially advancing the project as a direct shipping ore operation, due to the low capital investment required and the opportunity for near-term cash flow. However, the company believes adquate nickel laterite tonnage exists to justify a local processing plant and management is actively evaluating various processing technologies as part of its long-term plan for Agata.

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