Tao Minerals Updates Project Report for Trenching and Drill Program at Golondrina Property, Colombia.

MEDELLIN, Colombia -- Tao Minerals Ltd. ("Tao Minerals") (OTCBB:TAOL) reports today that it has received final cost and budget reports from its geological team for the Golondrina Project. This report gives a full project cost breakdown for all phases of the project including current phase two trench excavations, cartography and sampling analyses. Phase three and phase four rotator diamond drill program costs are included along with all camp and manpower budgets. The very favorable equipment and manpower costs continue to show Tao the benefits and excellent opportunity of developing gold projects in Colombia.

This report gives Tao Minerals a clear view of its costs for this key project and property in the Pasto region of southern Colombia. As reported earlier the phase one trenching and sampling program at the Golondrina produced multiple high grade gold values up to 72.87 grams per tonne. Tao Minerals has a number of recent trench samples at the lab for analysis and expects to report on those within the next ten days.

James Sikora, President

About Tao Minerals Ltd. (OTCBB:TAOL)

Tao Minerals Ltd. is a gold exploration company focused on acquiring and developing mining properties in Colombia. The company has acquired and begun sampling at its Golondrina gold and silver property where final results from a recent trenching program indicate multiple high grade gold values up to 72.87 grams per tonne. Tao Minerals in the final stages of acquiring two additional gold mining projects in southwestern Colombia with world-class potential. These acquisitions are intended to complement the company's Golondrina project and would allow for a large-scale processing plant in the area.

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