Strateco Closes a CA$3.5 Million Financing

BOUCHERVILLE, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - June 23, 2011) - Strateco Resources Inc. (Strateco)(TSX:RSC)(FRANKFURT:RF9) is pleased to announce that it has closed a non-brokered flow-through financing with seven qualified investors for a total of CA$3,500,100. The private placement consists of 3,571,571 federal flow-through shares priced at $0.70 each and 1,333,333 Quebec flow-through shares priced at $0.75 each.

Strateco will pay a cash finder's fee of 6% of the gross proceeds of the transaction. All securities issued pursuant to the private placement are subject to a hold period of four months plus one day from closing.

Strateco will use the flow-through proceeds to incur eligible exploration expenses primarily on its Matoush property in Quebec.

Forward-Looking Statements

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