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APRIL 16, 2013 - Calgary, Alberta - Graphite One Resources Inc. (GPH: TSX-V; GPHOF: OTCQX) ("Graphite One" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the approval and adoption by its board of directors (the "Board") of amendments to its bylaws to include advance notice provisions (the "Advance Notice Provisions"), the purpose of which is to require advance notice to be provided to the Company in circumstances where nominations of persons for election to the Board are made by shareholders of the Company other than pursuant to: (i) a requisition of a meeting of shareholders made pursuant to the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Alberta); or (ii) a shareholder proposal made pursuant to the provisions of that Act.




The purpose of the Advance Notice Provision is to provide shareholders, directors and management of the Company with a clear framework for nominating directors. Among other things, the Advance Notice Provision fixes a deadline by which shareholders of the Company must submit nominations to the Company prior to any annual or special meeting of the shareholders and sets forth the minimum information that a shareholder must include in the notice to the Company for the notice to be in proper written form.




In the case of an annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company, notice to the Company must be made not less than 30 days and no more than 65 days prior to the date of the annual meeting; provided, however, in the event that the annual meeting is to be held on a date that is less than 50 days after the date on which the first public announcement of the date of the annual meeting was made, notice may be made not later than the close of business on the 10th day following such public announcement.




In the case of a special meeting of shareholders (which is not also an annual meeting), notice to the Company must be made not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the special meeting was made.




The Advance Notice Provision is effective immediately and will be placed before shareholders for ratification at the upcoming annual general and special meeting of shareholders of the Company scheduled for June 10, 2013. A copy of the Advance Notice Provision has been filed under the Company's profile at sedar




About Graphite Creek




The Graphite Creek Property comprises 129 claims totaling 6,799 hectares on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska, 65 kilometres north of Nome. Mineralization at the Graphite Creek Property is characterized by coarse crystalline (large flake) graphite (greater than 80 mesh) within graphite-bearing schist(s). Graphite mineralization is exposed at surface. The large flake graphite occurs as disseminations and high grade segregations and lenses in distinctive sillimanite-garnet-quartz-biotite schist(s) and/or quartz-biotite schist(s). The host schist(s) is continuous over 18 kilometres of strike length, based on mapping, sampling and airborne geophysics. Please refer to the January 21, 2013 press release where Graphite One reports the filing of a NI43-101 Technical Report with an inferred resource of 164.5 million tonnes at 4.61% graphite.




About Graphite One Resources Inc.




GRAPHITE ONE RESOURCES INC. (GPH: TSX-V; GPHOF: OTCQX) is a mineral exploration company with extensive experience in the state of Alaska and a business strategy to identify, acquire, and explore high potential projects ready for rapid advancement. The Graphite Creek Property on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska fits with the Graphite One business strategy offering significant potential for the discovery and development of a large flake, graphite deposit exposed at surface. Graphite One has an option to earn a 100% interest in the Graphite Creek Property.




Dean Besserer, P.Geol., Vice President of Exploration for the Company and a "Qualified Person" under NI 43-101, is responsible for and has reviewed and approved the technical content of this press release.




ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(signed)
"Anthony Huston"




For more information on Graphite One Resources Inc. please visit the Company's website, http://www.graphiteoneresources.com/">www.GraphiteOneResources.com or contact:




Anthony Huston
President & Director
Tel: (604) 697-2862
Email: AnthonyH@GraphiteOneResources.com