All Items Approved at Matamec Annual Meeting and Stock Options Granted to a New Director

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Jul 06 (MARKET WIRE) --
Matamec Explorations Inc. ("Matamec")(TSX VENTURE: MAT) is pleased to
announce that it has held their shareholders annual meeting on June 30,
2009, in Montreal. The results are as follows:

- Andre Gauthier, Aline Leclerc, Laval St-Gelais and James D.A. White
were re-elected, while Normand Tamaro was elected, as directors of the
corporation;

- The firm of Petrie Raymond - Chartered accountants - L.L.P. was
appointed for another year as auditors of the corporation;

As to Mr. Tamaro, he will join the Company as an independent director.
Called to the Quebec Bar in 1982 and LL.D since 1995, Mr. Tamaro is in
private practice with the legal firm Mannella, Gauthier, Tamaro, and he
is specialized in intellectual property law. Furthermore, he is the
author of many articles published in specialized reviews and several
books, in French and in English regarding copyright.

The Board of Directors at its last meeting approved the granting of
400,000 stock options at a price of $0.10 per share for a period of five
years to Mr. Tamaro. These options, as well as the terms and conditions
of their exercise, are governed by the Company's Stock Option Plan.

In addition, Mr. Richard H. Sutcliffe did not seek another term as a
director. The Board of Directors and management of Matamec wish to
acknowledge Mr. Sutcliffe's valuable contribution since the summer of
2008.

About Matamec

Matamec is exploring for significant gold deposits in the Timmins mining
camp in Ontario, of which the three main targets are the following:
Matheson JV with Goldcorp Canada Ltd and Goldcorp Inc., Montclerg and 2W
properties. In Quebec, the Company is exploring mainly for precious and
base metals on Lesperance/Wachigabau with Northern Superior Resources
Inc., Sakami, Tansim, Valmont and Vulcain properties, rare metals and
uranium on Tansim, and REE on Zeus property.

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adequacy or accuracy of this release."

Contacts:
Matamec Explorations inc.
Andre Gauthier
President
514-844-5252
info@matamec.com
www.matamec.com

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