Rubicon Minerals Announces Appointment of Vice President-Operations

TSX:RMX / NYSE Amex:RBY

-Claude Bouchard to oversee underground development at Phoenix Gold
Project-

VANCOUVER, April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Rubicon Minerals Corporation
(RMX.TSX: RBY.NYSE Amex) is pleased to announce the appointment of Claude
Bouchard, P. Eng. to the newly-created position of Vice President-Operations.
Mr. Bouchard has 25 years of mining experience in engineering, development,
operations and mine management. He is a graduate of Laval University with a
B.Sc. A in Mining Engineering and as a Professional Engineer has worked at
gold, copper and nickel mines in Northern Quebec and Ontario.
President and CEO David Adamson said: "We are fortunate to have found a person
of Claude's ability and experience in both project management and mine
building and look forward to working with him to move the Phoenix Gold Project
forward as quickly as possible. The recent announcement of our aggressive $25
million, 12-month plan includes an 80,000-metre drill program, about 75% of
which will be underground drilling".
Most recently, Mr. Bouchard was employed by FNX Mining Company Inc. in Sudbury
where he held senior positions including Manager of Engineering, General
Manager of Project Development and Manager of the Levack Mine & Footwall
Deposit. Prior to joining FNX, he worked for Falconbridge Ltd. for 14 years
with increasing levels of responsibility at the Raglan Mine in northern Quebec
and the Sudbury operations where he attained the position of Mine
Superintendent at the Thayer-Lindsley and Craig Mines.
At Rubicon Mr. Bouchard will be responsible for overseeing the underground
development work at the Phoenix project in Red Lake where the company has
commenced re-habilitation work at the Phoenix shaft in preparation for shaft
deepening and drifting. As well, he will supervise internal scoping studies
designed to evaluate surface infrastructure and conceptual development
scenarios.

Rubicon Minerals Corporation is a well-funded exploration company, focusing on
exploring for gold in politically safe jurisdictions with high geological
potential. Rubicon controls over 100 square miles of prime exploration ground
in the prolific Red Lake gold district of Ontario which hosts Goldcorp's
high-grade, world class Red Lake Mine. In addition to its Red Lake holdings,
Rubicon controls over 590 square miles surrounding the Pogo Mine in Alaska as
well as over 350 square miles in northeast Nevada. Rob McEwen, President and
CEO of McEwen Capital and former Chairman and CEO of Goldcorp, owns 25% of the
issued shares of the Company.

Forward Looking Statements
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"forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than
statements of historical fact, that address events or developments that the
Company expects to occur, are forward looking statements. Forward looking
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"could" or "should" occur. Forward-looking statements in this document include
statements regarding the timing and nature of future exploration programs
which are dependant on projections which will need to be confirmed when
underground work is commenced.
Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such
forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, investors are
cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance
and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected
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to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market
prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continued availability of
capital and financing, inability to obtain required shareholder or regulatory
approvals, and general economic, market or business conditions. Forward
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Company's management on the date the statements are made. Except as required
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these forward-looking statements in the event that management's beliefs,
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These statements are based on a number of assumptions, including, among
others, assumptions regarding general business and economic conditions, and
the ability of third-party service providers to deliver services in a timely
manner. The foregoing list of assumptions is not exhaustive. Events or
circumstances could cause results to differ materially.

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SOURCE Rubicon Minerals Corporation

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