NEW YORK, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pink OTC Markets Inc. (Pink Sheets: PINK), the leading electronic inter-dealer quotation system, trading technology and financial information provider for Over-the-Counter (OTC) securities, today announced that Alexis Minerals Corporation (OTCQX: AXSMF, TSX: AMC), a Canadian mineral exploration and development company, is now trading on OTCQX®. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090708/NY43125LOGO) Trading on the highest tier of the U.S. OTC market, OTCQX companies are distinguished from the thousands of other OTC-traded companies. Several of the world's largest companies by market capitalization are currently trading on OTCQX. "We are pleased to welcome Alexis Minerals to OTCQX," said R. Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO of Pink OTC Markets. "Trading on OTCQX signals to the U.S. market Alexis' desire to offer a high level of transparency and convenience to U.S. investors while trading on a credible U.S. market tier." Alexis Minerals began trading today on the OTC market's prestigious tier, OTCQX International. Investors can find current financial disclosure and real-time Level 2 quotes for the company on http://www.otcqx.com/ and http://www.otcmarkets.com/. Hodgson Russ LLP, will serve as Alexis Minerals' Principal American Liaison ("PAL") on OTCQX, responsible for providing guidance on listing requirements. About Alexis Minerals Alexis Minerals Corporation (OTCQX: AXSMF, TSX: AMC) will trade in the United States on OTCQX under the symbol "AXSMF". Alexis Minerals' shares are also listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, under the symbol "AMC". Alexis Minerals is a gold producing and mineral exploration company focused in three of Canada's richest mining regions, Val d'Or and Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, and Snow Lake, Manitoba. About OTCQX The OTCQX marketplace is the premier tier of the U.S. Over-the-Counter market. Investor-focused companies use the quality controlled OTCQX listing platform to offer investors transparent trading, superior information, and easy access through their regulated U.S. broker-dealers. The innovative OTCQX platform offers companies and their shareholders a level of marketplace services formerly available only on a U.S. exchange. For more about OTCQX, visit http://www.otcqx.com/. About Pink OTC Markets Inc. Pink OTC Markets Inc. (Pink Sheets: PINK) is a financial information and technology services company that operates the leading electronic quotation and trading system in the Over-the-Counter, or OTC, securities market. The OTCQX and Pink Sheets® marketplaces that we operate constitute, by dollar volume, the third largest U.S. liquidity pool for trading public company shares, after The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. and The New York Stock Exchange. Our technology platform provides a comprehensive suite of information products and trading services for OTC market participants. Our products and services promote market transparency, improve price discovery, facilitate regulatory compliance, and increase the quality of issuer disclosure, to the benefit of all OTC market participants. To learn more about how Pink OTC Markets' products and services make OTC markets more transparent, informed, and efficient, please visit our websites at http://www.pinkotc.com/, http://www.otcmarkets.com/ and http://www.otcqx.com/ or contact us at . Pink OTC Markets is headquartered in New York City. Subscribe to the OTCQX RSS Feed http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090708/NY43125LOGODATASOURCE: Pink OTC Markets Inc. CONTACT: Matthew Sheldon, CCG Investor Relations, +1-310-954-1346, Web Site: http://www.otcqx.com/

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