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Message: Tirex Resources Appoints European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ("EBRD


Nominee to Board of Directors-Mr. John G. Booth, BSc, LLB, JD, LLM

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 6, 2011) - Tirex Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:TXX) ("Tirex") is pleased to announce that Mr. John G. Booth has been appointed to the company's board of directors.


Mr. Booth was nominated by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ("EBRD"), a major investor in Tirex.


Mr. Booth's career experience in law, natural resources, and finance will serve Tirex well as the company advances Mirdita.


Mr. Booth is a partner of Conservation Financial International, an FSA authorized, UK based alternative asset manager that he joined in 2004.


A qualified lawyer in Ontario, New York and DC, John articled on Bay Street with Aylesworth, Thompson in 1989 before moving to London to join the structured finance group of the non-dollar derivatives capital markets desk at Merrill Lynch International. He has also worked with ICAP, ABN AMRO Bank, CIBC, the World Bank and Climate Change Capital at various points during a 20 year career in financial services.


Mr. Booth has experience with both public and private equity, M&A, structured finance, and capital markets and has co-founded three finance sector start-ups during his career - one sold, one merged and one in its fifth round of funding. John holds a BSc (Hons) in Biology and Environmental Science from the University of Guelph, LLB & JD from the joint international law program at the Universities of Windsor and Detroit and LLM in International Finance, Tax and Environmental Law from Kings College, University of London.


Mr. Booth is the Chairman of Laramide Resources and also serves on the boards of directors and various board committees of both H2O Innovation (HEO.V) and Maya Gold and Silver (MYA.V) and on the board of the Ottawa RiverKeeper charity.


Mr. Booth joins Mr. R. Stuart (Tookie) Angus, LLB (Chairman), Mr. Bryan Slusarchuk (Chief Executive Officer), Mr. George Gorzynski, P.Geo, and Mr. Fred Sveinson, P. Eng on the company's board. Mr. Jonathon Richards is Tirex's Chief Financial Officer and Ms. Shoni Bernard, LLB is Corporate Secretary.




About European Bank for Reconstruction and Development




The EBRD, owned by 61 countries and two intergovernmental institutions, is supporting the development of market economies and democracies in countries from central Europe to central Asia. http://www.ebrd.com/">www.ebrd.com The EBRD is located at One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2JN, London, UK.


ON BEHALF OF TIREX RESOURCES LTD.


"Bryan J.R. Slusarchuk", CEO and Director

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