Augyva Announces Change to the Board of Directors

LA MACAZA, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Aug. 8, 2011) - Augyva Mining Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AUV) "Augyva" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Robert Tremblay to the Board of Directors of the Company, effective August 1, 2011. Mr Tremblay was appointed director of the Company following the resignation of Dr Augustine Chow on August 1, 2011.

Mr. Robert Tremblay is currently founding President of Med Opt-Tech inc, a medical device firm specializing in the field of endoscopy and minimally invasive surgical instruments servicing North American hospitals since its inception in 1996. After graduating from college in 1987, he served as an Administrative Assistant to the Office of the Vice-President and Comptroller at Canadian Pacific Ltd. until 1996. Since 1988 he continues to manage a private diversified portfolio focused on realestate and early stage publicly-listed companies mainly in the mineral exploration resource sector and also acts as a special advisor on projects.

Augyva's President and CEO and Director, Georges-Yvan Gagnon, expresses his gratitude for the valued services of Dr Chow and welcomes Robert Tremblay, saying « I expect the talents and backgrounds of our new director to further enhance our Company's progress ».

About Augyva Mining Resources Inc.

Augyva is an exploration and development company with 5 properties located in the James Bay and Abitibi regions of the Province of Quebec. Its major project under development is the Duncan Lake Iron Ore Property. Augyva also holds 100% interest on 4 highly prospective gold and base metal properties: Yasinski (gold, platinum, chromite and other base metals) and Kali (gold, copper and other base metals) in the James Bay region, and: Senneville (gold) and Malartic (gold) in the Abitibi region. Other iron and related opportunities continue to be evaluated on an ongoing basis.

This news release may contain certain forward-looking information. All statements included herein, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking information and such information involves various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. A description of assumptions used to develop such forward-looking information and a description of risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking information can be found in Augyva's disclosure documents on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Augyva does not undertake to update any forward looking information except in accordance with applicable securities laws.