VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Polaris Minerals Corporation (TSX:PLS) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary company, Orca Sand & Gravel Ltd., has been selected by the B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources as a recipient of the prestigious 2006 Stewart O'Brian Safety Award.

The award was presented by Kevin Krueger, Minister of State for Mining, during the annual Mine Safety Awards held in Victoria on April 16, 2007. Each year, the Stewart O'Brian Safety Award is granted to operations with the lowest injury frequency rate in B.C. The Orca Quarry, located near Port McNeill, B.C. had zero lost-time accidents during its construction in 2006 while accumulating more than 100,000 worker hours.

Herb Wilson, Polaris' Senior Vice President and COO said: "Since the very beginning of this project we have made safety our number one priority, and we are extremely pleased to have completed the construction of the Orca Quarry without a lost-time accident. To have achieved this, with a mix of employees and contractors that over the ten and a half month construction schedule often numbered more than 100 people, is a testament to the quality and professionalism of the team at the Orca Quarry."

Polaris Minerals Corporation is exclusively focused on the development of quarries and the production of construction aggregates in British Columbia for marine transport to urban markets on the west coast of North America to meet growing local supply deficits.

For further information, please contact:
Marco Romero, President & CEO or
Mike Westerlund, Director, Corporate Development
Polaris Minerals Corporation
Tel: (604) 915-5000
Web site: www.polarmin.com
Email: info@polarmin.com

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