Apoquindo Minerals Inc. TSX VENTURE: AQM BVL: AQM

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 18, 2008) - Apoquindo Minerals Inc. ("Apoquindo" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AQM)(BVL:AQM) is pleased to announce more high grade results from the expansion of known copper oxide zones at the Madrugador Deposit (Madrugador Sur and Brac II) which make up part of the Apoquindo Copper Oxide Project in Chile.

These drill results are all outside of the resource estimate prepared by Geovectra and announced in the Company's September 17, 2008 news release with regard to the Madrugador deposit. Most of these holes are from Madrugador Sur zone that is still open to North and South. Also, some holes from Brac II indicate that this deposit is still open to the NE and SW.

Apoquindo has drilled a total of 42,969.34m (40,869m of RC and 2,100.34m of core) in the Elenita and Madrugador deposits of which 37,416.34m are exploratory and infill and 5,280m are twinning. For further drill hole results, please visit our website: www.apoquindominerals.com.

Madrugador Drilling Highlights:

- 82m @ 1.009% CuT including 21m @ 2.296% CuT in hole RQM-128

- 51m @ 1.692% CuT including 22m @ 2.394% CuT in hole RQM-129

- 63m @ 1.486% CuT including 23m @ 1.876% CuT & 13m @ 2.235% CuT in hole RQM-130

- 21m @ 1.772% CuT including 7m @ 3.376% CuT in hole RQM-104

- 22m @ 1.019% CuT in hole RQM-132

- Madrugador Sur is still open north and southward.

- Brac II deposit is still open in the NE and SW directions.

At the Madrugador Project, the Company has found that the mineralization is still open in several directions.

Cesar Lopez, the company's President states, "With the resources we have developed at Madrugador, we have a strategic position in the Sierra Valenzuela district. The Company continues to evaluate further consolidation opportunities, while we develop our optioned properties."

Select near surface intercepts at Madrugador from RQM-103 to RQE-132 include:

BEST DRILLHOLES INTERCEPTS AT MADRUGADOR (Cut-off greater than 0.2% CuT)


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DRILLHOLE               FROM (m)    TO (m)  INTERVAL (m)   CuT (%)
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RQM-103
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                             73       103            30     0.685
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RQM-104
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                             66        87            21     1.772
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           Includes          70        77             7     3.376
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RQM-117
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                             46        55             9     1.202
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           Includes          52        54             2     3.105
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RQM-121
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                            137       205            68     0.505
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           Includes         142       145             3     1.227
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           Includes         196       202             6     1.017
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RQM-126
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                             56        64             8     1.074
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                            110       117             7     1.239
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RQM-127
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                             60        71            11     1.217
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                            129       137             8     1.084
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RQM-128
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                             70        80            10     1.108
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                             87       169            82     1.009
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           Includes          88        90             2     1.245
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           Includes         141       162            21     2.296
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                            198       213            15     1.360
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           Includes         204       211             7     2.384
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                            238       252            14     1.360
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           Includes         239       243             4     1.863
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           Includes         248       251             3     2.597
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RQM-129
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                            165       216            51     1.692
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           Includes         167       189            22     2.394
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           Includes         204       211             7     2.607
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RQM-130
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                             93        99             6     1.120
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                            107       124            17     0.949
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           Includes         116       122             6     1.565
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                            150       213            63     1.486
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           Includes         150       173            23     1.876
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           Includes         200       213            13     2.235
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RQM-132
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                             80        85             5     2.122
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                            169       191            22     1.019
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AMEC has provided Apoquindo with guidelines and consulting in the areas of Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC). Each duplicate, standard and blank is inserted every 20 samples. Assays are performed by ALS Chemex in Chile. To date, more than 40,000 sample results have been received including 2,000 standards and 2,000 duplicates which were analyzed by ALS Chemex Laboratories in Antofagasta, Chile. Dr. Tom Henricksen, a consultant geologist of the Company and the Company's Qualified Person for the purposes of NI 43-101, has approved the information contained in this news release.

About Apoquindo: Apoquindo Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AQM)(BVL: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 deposits under option located in a historic mining district in the Antofagasta Region's Coastal Range.

Management and directors have extensive experience working for the world's largest mining companies as well as several junior exploration companies. Apoquindo Minerals has offices in Santiago, Chile, Lima, Peru and Vancouver, Canada and will continue to expand its business using its effective team of experts in Exploration, Geology, Metallurgy, Mine Engineering, Law and Finance. Apoquindo is well positioned for success. Our Projects are uniquely valuable, and our knowledgeable management and directors provide a "pipeline" of growth opportunities.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Cesar Lopez

APOQUINDO MINERALS INC.: This news release may contain forward-looking information including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming financings, work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking information includes disclosure regarding possible future events, or conditions or results of operations that is based on assumptions about future economic conditions and courses of action, and therefore, involves inherent risks and uncertainties. Although management has a reasonable basis for the conclusions drawn, actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.

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