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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 14, 2007) - The Directors of Canstar Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ROX) would like to update shareholders on the progress of the Mary March appeal (Vinland Resources Limited) and cross-appeal (Phelps Dodge Corporation-Canstar Resources). The appeals, which were scheduled to be heard in a two-day period from October 16 to 17, 2007, required additional time and the hearing was completed on November 9, 2007. The judges reserved, which means that they will take the necessary time to complete their deliberations and render a decision on the appeal and cross-appeal. The Board will update shareholders as soon as news is available.

Management would like to take this opportunity to thank shareholders for their continued patience and loyalty as we near the end of this longstanding dispute. The Company is well funded, and plans are currently being made for a substantial drilling program on the Mary March deposit assuming a favourable outcome to the cross-appeal.

The Mary March property is located in central Newfoundland, 20 kilometers northeast of, and within the same geological group that hosts the prolific former producing Buchans mine. Drilling by Phelps Dodge in 1999 resulted in the discovery of the Mary March deposit, and produced some of the highest-grade base and precious metal diamond drill intersections (9.2m @ 10.33% Zn, 1.62% Pb, 0.66% Cu, 118.1g/t Ag and 4.1 g/t Au) ever achieved in the area outside the Buchans mine. Canstar has the right to earn 50% interest in the property, with first refusal rights on the remaining 50%, from Phelps Dodge.

Mary March Legal Background

The Mary March dispute began in 2000, when a privately held Newfoundland company, Vinland Resources Limited, filed applications

 

seeking Map Staking Licenses over the core Mary March discovery areas. The Mineral Claims Recorder (Newfoundland), on the basis of evidence that the lands in question had been privately held since 1905, rejected the applications, however, on December 20, 2000, Vinland filed a grievance with the Mineral Rights Adjudication Board, asking that the Mineral Claims Recorder's decision be overturned.

In a favourable decision to Canstar, the Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Mineral Rights Adjudication Board. Vinland filed notice of appeal in August 2006 and Phelps Dodge-Canstar responded with the cross-appeal asking that Vinland's claim be dismissed without a rehearing.

Canstar's shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ROX.

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