Trelawney Announces $50.0 Million Bought Deal Public Offering of Common Shares

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 10, 2011) -

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Trelawney Mining and Exploration Inc. ("Trelawney" or the "Company"), (TSX VENTURE:TRR) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by RBC Capital Markets (the "Underwriters"), under which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase on a "bought deal" basis pursuant to a short form prospectus, 12,500,000 common shares of the Company at a price of CDN$4.00 per common share (the "Offering Price") for aggregate gross proceeds of CDN$50.0 million (the "Offering"). The Company has granted the underwriters an over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Offering at the Offering Price, exercisable in whole or in part, at any time prior to the 30^th day following the Closing Date.

Net proceeds of the offering will be used to advance development of the Company's Cote Lake project and for general corporate purposes.

The Offering is scheduled to close on or about May 31, 2011 (the "Closing Date") and is subject to certain conditions including, but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary approvals including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Under the terms of the agreement, the Company is required to file a preliminary short-form prospectus and obtain a receipt from the securities regulatory authorities in all provinces of Canada, except Quebec, by May 16, 2011. The securities offered have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registrations requirements of such Act. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or solicitation would be unlawful.

Copies of the preliminary prospectus may be obtained from RBC Capital Markets, Attention: Distribution Centre, 277 Front St. W., 5th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2X4 (tel: 416-842-5349).

This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.