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Merc International Minerals Inc. ("Merc")(TSX VENTURE:MRK) is pleased to
announce the appointment of Michael G. Leskovec to the position of Chief
Financial Officer.


Mr. Leskovec is a Chartered Accountant with over 10 years of financial
experience within public practice and in the mining industry. Mr. Leskovec is
also the Chief Financial Officer of White Pine Resources Inc., a TSXV listed
mineral exploration company, as well as the Financial Control Officer of
Northfield Capital Corporation, a TSXV listed resource investment company.


Most recently, Mr. Leskovec was Corporate Controller and an Officer of Andina
Minerals Inc., a TSXV listed company involved in the development of the Volcan
Gold Project in Chile. From May 2007 through September 2008, Mr. Leskovec served
as Controller and an Officer of Gold Eagle Mines Ltd., a TSX listed company
involved in the development of the Bruce Channel deposit in Red Lake, Ontario,
and which was sold to Goldcorp Inc. in September 2008 for $1.5 billion. Previous
to this, Mr. Leskovec was an Audit and Assurance Manager at Smith Nixon LLP,
where he managed audit engagements of publicly listed corporations traded on the
TSX and TSXV.


Mr. Leskovec replaces Mr. Thomas Pladsen as Chief Financial Officer of Merc. Mr.
Pladsen remains as a director.


Merc President and CEO David Wiley commented "We are pleased to add a CFO of
Michael's calibre and talent to the team as we embark on the next phase of our
growth plans. Having someone of Michael's pedigree join us day-to-day, while
retaining Thomas at the Board level, gives Merc a wealth of financial knowledge
and experience to draw from." 


Merc also announces that a total of 2,530,000 stock options to purchase Merc
common shares are being granted to directors, officers and consultants at an
exercise price of $0.15 per share, expiring on October 7, 2013. The grant is
subject to regulatory approval.


Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of
applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information
includes, but is not limited to, information with respect to Merc's financings,
use of proceeds, future expansion in the Northwest Territories and opportunities
in the precious metals space. Generally, forward-looking information can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects",
or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates",
"forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "does not anticipate", or "believes"
or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or
results "may", "could", "would", "might", or "will be taken", "occur", or "be
achieved". Forward-looking information is based on the opinions and estimates of
management at the date the information is made, and is based on a number of
assumptions and is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or
achievements of Merc to be materially different from those expressed or implied
by such forward-looking information, including risks associated with the
exploration, development and mining such as economic factors as they effect
exploration, future commodity prices, changes in foreign exchange and interest
rates, actual results of current exploration activities, government regulation,
political or economic developments, environmental risks, permitting timelines,
capital expenditures, operating or technical difficulties in connection with
development activities, employee relations, the speculative nature of gold
exploration and development, including the risks of diminishing quantities of
grades of reserves, contests over title to properties, and changes in project
parameters as plans continue to be refined as well as those risk factors
discussed in Merc's management discussion and analysis for the nine months ended
April 30, 2010, available on www.sedar.com. Although Merc has attempted to
identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors
that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be
no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results
and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking information. Merc does not undertake to update any
forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities
laws.

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