Hudbay To Host Conference Call for Q1 Results

HUDBAY TO HOST CONFERENCE CALL FOR FIRST QUARTER 2008 RESULTS

HudBay Minerals Inc.'s Allen Palmiere, president and chief executive officer, together with Jeff Swinoga, vice-president and chief financial officer, will be hosting a conference call to discuss HudBay's first quarter 2008 results on May 7, 2008. Details are as follows.

First quarter 2008 results conference call and webcast

Date: May 7, 2008

Time: 10 a.m. Eastern Time

Webcast: www.hudbayminerals.com

Dial: 416-644-3419 or 800-595-8550

Replay: 416-640-1917 or 877-289-8525

Replay passcode: 21269311, followed by the number sign

HudBay plans to issue a news release prior to the conference call, and post it on their company website. The conference call replay will be available until midnight on May 14, 2008. An archived audio webcast of the call will also be available on HudBay's website.