2008

Election of Directors and Appointment of Officers

VANCOUVER, B.C. (May 14, 2008) – Oremex Resources Inc. (TSX-V: ORM) (the Company) announced that Andrew Milligan, Ross Glanville, Iain MacPhail, Francisco Crespo Hernandez, Chris Marcus and Craig Thomas were re-elected as directors of the Company at the recently held 2008 Annual General Meeting of shareholders.  In addition, Mr. Craig Thomas was elected Chairman of the Board and the following individuals were appointed as officers of the Company: Linda Thorstad – CEO, Chuck Jenkins – CFO, and Karyn Bachert – Corporate Secretary.

For more information, please contact:

Linda Thorstad, M.Sc., P.Geo.
Chief Executive Officer
T: (604) 683-5651
E: linda.thorstad@oremex.com

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