VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - September 23, 2008 - Apoquindo Minerals Inc. ("Apoquindo" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: AQM - News) (BVL: AQM) has issued stock options to its directors, officers and consultants for a total of 922,269 options to acquire common shares of the Company for a period of five years, exercisable at the closing price of the Company's shares on the TSX-V on September 23, 2008, and subject to certain vesting provisions and the terms of the Company's Stock Option Plan.

About Apoquindo Minerals

Apoquindo Minerals Inc. (TSX.V:AQM) is a Canadian based mineral exploration company whose principal purpose is the acquisition and development of base and precious metal deposits in South America. The Company is advancing its Apoquindo Copper Oxide Project in Chile comprised of highly prospective leachable copper ore bodies under option which are located in the coastal range of the Antofagasta region.

Management and directors have extensive experience working with and for the world's largest copper producing companies, as well as several mining juniors. Apoquindo has offices in Santiago, Chile, Lima, Peru and Vancouver, Canada.

For further information, contact Arlen Hansen, Investor Relations:

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Suite 210 - 736 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1G3
Telephone: (604) 684-6730
Facsimile: (604) 684-6740
info@apoquindominerals.com

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Cesar Lopez
APOQUINDO MINERALS INC.