Corumel Minerals Corp. Changes Its Name to ''Prospero Minerals Corp.'', and Increases Its Authorized Shares.

NEW YORK -- Corumel Minerals Corp. (OTC BB: CORU) announced today that, effective with the opening of business today, it has changed its name to "Prospero Minerals Corp." (OTC BB: PSPO), and has increased the number of authorized shares to 300 million shares.

The word "prospero" comes from the Latin word prospeare, meaning "to cause to succeed, to make happy or fortunate."

"The directors determined that Corumel should reconsider its name, in order to underscore new management's desire to evolve the business of Corumel to become more international in scope and to diversify its assets and operations," said Prospero's president and CEO, Chris Roth. "Our directors believe that the new name, Prospero, more accurately underscores the passion of new management's business philosophy," added Roth.

Prospero's directors approved an increase of authorized shares from 100 million to 300 million, of which 290 million will be common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share, and 10 million shares will be preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 per share. Currently, there are 89,468,911 common shares issued and outstanding.

Prospero Minerals Corp. (www.prospero-minerals.com) is focused on cost-effective exploration and development of mineral deposits--primarily gold and diamonds--in the Central African Republic.

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