Mr. Fred Leigh reports

ROUTEMASTER ANNOUNCES BOARD APPOINTMENTS AND STOCK OPTION GRANTS

Routemaster Capital Inc. has appointed Stephan Theron to its board of directors, effective immediately.

Mr. Theron has extensive management and board experience within the mining industry and is currently the president and chief executive officer of Kombat Copper Inc. Prior to joining Kombat Copper, Mr. Theron was managing director at Liberty Metals & Mining, a private equity group based in Boston, Mass. Prior to his work in Boston, he was president and chief executive officer at Forbes & Manhattan Coal Corp., based in Toronto.

The company is also pleased to announce that Julian Bharti, a director of the company, has been appointed executive chairman of the company.

The company has granted a total of 1.54 million stock options to various directors, officers and consultants pursuant to its stock option plan. The options may be exercised at a price of 11 cents per option for a period of five years from the date of grant. The grant of options remains subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.