Yankee Hat Minerals Ltd. ("Yankee Hat" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:KHT) is pleased to announce that it has closed the first tranche of its private placement of 2,215,000 shares (the "Offering"). The Company has issued these shares at an offering price of $0.05 per common share.

The insiders of the Company who participated in this Offering are Terence Schorn and Cale Thomas.

The Shares issued from the Offering are subject to a hold period until May 14, 2009 in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange. This Offering is subject to final TSX Venture Exchange approval.

The net proceeds of the private placement will be used on the Company's exploration projects in the Yukon Territory.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

P. Bradley Kitchen, President, CEO, and Director

This news release has been prepared by management. This document contains certain forward looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, delays, and uncertainties not under the Company's control which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements implied by these forward looking statements. We seek safe harbour.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

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