Liberty Appoints Brent Chertow to the Board of Directors

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, Aug 12, 2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX News Network) --

Liberty Mines Inc. ("Liberty or the Corporation") (TSX:LBE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Brent Chertow BSc. P. Eng MBA to the Board of Directors, effective today.

Mr. Chertow is a Professional Engineer with over 32 years of management, operating and technical experience in the mining and metallurgical industries. After earning a Bachelor of Applied Science in Metallurgy and Materials Science Engineering from the University of Toronto, he spent 29 years of his career with Falconbridge Limited and Noranda-Falconbridge (now Xstrata Canada). He also has an MBA from Laurentian University.

Before retiring from Falconbridge, he was President of Canadian Copper and Recycling which operations employed 3,500 personnel based on nine operations throughout North America. Previously to that he was Vice President of Metallurgical Operations with responsibility for the performance of: the Sudbury Nickel Smelter; the Kidd Metallurgical Division; Falconbridge's interest in the world-class giant Collahuasi Copper Mine in Chile; the Lomas Bayas Mine in Chile; and for providing metallurgical advice to the Raglan Mine mineral processing operations and the Strathcona milling/mineral processing operations.

Since 2004, Mr. Chertow has consulted on various business ventures and is a principal in KCB Inc., a management consulting firm. Through his illustrious career, he has demonstrated his ability to form and lead competent teams, define courses of action, achieve significant cost reductions, streamline processes, and deliver measurable financial results that consistently exceeded shareholder expectations.

"Brent is a strong addition to our Board of Directors" said Liberty's President and CEO Gary Nash."His guidance will be invaluable as we implement strategies to become more than a mid-tier producer of nickel" he added.

Mr. Carlo Cattarello has resigned from the Board of Directors due to recent health concerns. He will continue as a consultant to Liberty on the Advisory Board. Gary Nash said "Carlo was instrumental in helping us assemble quality personnel for the Redstone mine and mill. We hope he will fully recover and be a part of the continued growth of the company for many years".