APD Advanced Primary Minerals Corporation

Advanced Primary Minerals Corp. ("APM" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:APD) today
announced the grand opening of its Dearing, Georgia primary kaolin processing
plant, which will enable APM to develop its high quality primary kaolin and help
the company become North America's leading specialized kaolin producer. 


"The opening of our processing plant marks the culmination of over 10 years of
detailed evaluation, product development and testing of our high quality primary
kaolin resource," said Ken MacDonald, APM President and CEO. "We are excited
about unlocking APM's potential as the first processor of high quality primary
kaolins in North America, which will enable us to replace the primary clays
currently being imported from Europe by U.S. manufacturers and serve as an
alternative to domestic sedimentary clays in certain specialty applications."


The opening was attended by the City of Dearing Mayor, Sean Kelley and City of
Thomson Mayor, Kenneth Usry and a number of other public officials who have been
supporters of this new operation. The APM board of directors, the executive of
APM's controlling shareholder, Erdene Resource Development Corp, and members
from the McDuffie County Chamber of Commerce also participated in the event.


Resource

APM owns or controls a number of high-quality primary kaolin deposits in Georgia
with a total resource of 25.5 million tons (Measured and Indicated). APM
properties located in McDuffie County, Georgia will provide the crude kaolin to
support the APM business plan. McDuffie County properties contain just under 10
million tons of APM's highest quality primary kaolin resource.


The APM primary kaolin is a very coarse clay that has unique attributes, including: 



- the ability to achieve exceptionally high brightness; 
- its high aspect ratio enabling superior optical and coverage qualities; 
- the ability to meet a wide range of chemical specifications; and 
- the ability to provide high casting rates in sanitary-ware ceramic
  applications.



During its Phase one program, a Phase two feasibility program will also be
completed with further product development and trials for an expanded wet
process calcine and hydrous product line targeting the paint and coatings and
catalyst industries as well as other specialty industrial applications. Product
trials have shown that APM's primary kaolin products meet or exceed the quality
of comparable domestic supply and foreign imports. The APM inherent kaolin
quality, proximity to the U.S. domestic market and elimination of foreign
exchange risk add a strong competitive advantage over foreign primary clay
suppliers for securing sales to U.S. manufacturers.


Update on Primary Kaolin Operation

APM's goal is to become North America's leading specialized kaolin producer. Its
new Dearing plant is ideally located along the Augusta Highway, adjacent to
rail, with all required utilities. Extensive product development and testing has
been carried out over the past five years and APM has advanced commercial trials
currently underway to complement production commitments already in place from
leading global sanitary-ware and ceramic tile manufacturers.


APM is targeting value-added products that benefit from the unique attributes of
the Company's high quality primary kaolin resource under a two phase development
program. Target markets under the current Phase One program are focused
primarily on primary kaolin products for the North American ceramics and
whitewares industries as well as conducting contract toll processing with
minimum monthly production commitments. Final modifications to the kaolin
circuit have been completed with the installation of a continuous feed hopper
conveyor system and the integration of a multi-silo bagging and bulk shipping
process. 


APM Background

APM has been active in Georgia and South Carolina for over ten years and has
spent over US$15 million exploring, evaluating, extensively testing and
securing, high-quality primary kaolin resources. APM has also operated an
industrial minerals laboratory in Eatonton, Georgia since 1998.


KaMin LLC, formerly J.M. Huber Corp., has been mining primary kaolin clays from
APM's Lucky Strike property since 2003 (under a limited tonnage lease from APM)
to produce their HuberPrimeTM LWC paper product for a major global paper
company.


About APM

APM, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Erdene Materials Corp., has been
active in Georgia and South Carolina for over 10 years exploring for,
evaluating, extensively testing and securing high quality primary kaolin
resources. APM has also operated an industrial minerals laboratory in Eatonton,
Georgia since 1998. The Company is targeting value added products that benefit
from the unique attributes of its high quality, primary kaolin resource. Target
markets include ceramics, paint and coatings, catalysts and other specialty
industrial applications. APM has a consolidated cash position of approximately
$650,000 US, 117,667,382 shares issued and outstanding and a fully diluted share
position of 121,467,382. 


Forward-Looking Statements

Certain information regarding APM contained herein may constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws.
Forward-looking statements may include estimates, plans, expectations, opinions,
forecasts, projections, guidance or other statements that are not statements of
fact. Although APM believes that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such
expectations will prove to have been correct. APM cautions that actual
performance will be affected by a number of factors, most of which are beyond
its control, and that future events and results may vary substantially from what
APM currently foresees. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices,
exploitation and exploration results, continued availability of capital and
financing and general economic, market or business conditions. The
forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this
cautionary statement. The information contained herein is stated as of the
current date and subject to change after that date.

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