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    good one ozy investors .we sell our asset very cheap now I understande why our current account deficit.


    .Mega has acquired 15.6% of securities of the Australian uranium company Redport Limited for C$10.5 million cash and has entered into an agreement whereby Mega will offer to acquire the other Redport securities through an off-market offer of 9.36 million Mega shares. - Redport's principal asset is the 23.7 million pounds U3O8 Lake Maitland resource in Western Australia.


    Mega Uranium Ltd. ("Mega") (TSX VENTURE: MGA)is pleased to announce that it
    has acquired 15.6% of the shares and options (including 11.1% of the issued
    shares with voting rights) of the Australian Stock Exchange ("ASX") - listed
    Redport Limited ("Redport") for $10.5 million cash, and has entered into an
    Agreement with Redport whereby Mega will offer to acquire all of the other
    issued securities of Redport, in a conditional off-market takeover offer, for a
    consideration of 9.36 million Mega shares. In combination with its associates,
    Mega now has 14.4% of the shares and 18.2% of the shares and options of Redport.

    Redport's principal asset is the Lake Maitland uranium project in Western
    Australia, which contains a National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") compliant
    inferred mineral resource of 23.7 million pounds U3O8. Other assets include
    interests in uranium exploration properties in Western Australia and South
    Australia, a royalty interest in Paladin Resources Ltd.'s Langer Heinrich
    project in Namibia, and cash reserves of approximately $A9 million ($C7.4
    million). Through this transaction, Mega will also acquire the services of
    Redport's management and consultants, who have considerable experience and
    expertise in uranium exploration, feasibility studies and mine development.

    On July 7, 2006, Mega acquired 15.6% of the Redport securities, comprising
    58,453,950 ordinary shares, 26 million listed $A0.05 options and 25 million
    unlisted $A0.05 options, for cash, based on $A0.14 per share and $A0.09 per
    option. The total cost to Mega for this transaction was $A12.73 million ($C10.5 million).

    For the acquisition of the other Redport securities, totaling 470 million
    shares, 76.4 million listed options and 44.2 million unlisted options, Mega has
    offered a total consideration of 9.36 million Mega shares. In the event that
    the listed and unlisted options are fully exercised, the total consideration
    could be 9.83 million Mega shares. The Board of Directors of Redport has
    indicated that it supports the takeover and will recommend that the Redport
    shareholders and optionholders accept the offer, subject to their fiduciary
    duties concerning any superior competing bids. The offer is conditional on
    minimum acceptances of greater than 50% of the Redport shares and listed
    options, the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, and other conditions typical
    for a takeover of this nature.

    In order to complete the acquisition, Mega will prepare and deliver a bidder's
    statement and offer to Redport, each shareholder and optionholder of Redport,
    the ASX and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Mega's offer
    will remain open for a minimum period of one month after issue of its bidder's
    statement and offer. The offer will not be made in any jurisdictions where the
    offer would constitute a breach of securities laws.

    The Lake Maitland uranium deposit is located in playa lake evaporitic
    sediments, of Tertiary to Recent age, in the Eastern Goldfields area of Western
    Australia some 130km southeast of Wiluna. It is a calcrete-style deposit
    occurring as carnotite mineralisation within an extensive, single, coherent
    mineralized layer, 1 to 3 metres thick, at a depth of only 2 to 6 metres from
    surface. Discovered by Asarco Australia Pty. Ltd. in 1972, the deposit was
    drilled by Mt. Isa Mines Ltd. (now Xstrata Ltd.) and Esso Exploration Australia
    Ltd. in the 1980s and 1990s, and by Redport in late 2005. Overall, the deposit
    has been drill tested by 1605 holes, of an average 7.81 metres depth, at 100
    metre intervals, on lines spaced 200 metres apart. In 600 of these holes the
    uraniferous layer is defined by geochemical assay data, while in 837 holes the
    uranium intersection has been delineated by downhole radiometric logging.

    On June 1, 2006, Redport announced that independent consultants, Hellman and
    Schofield Ltd., had reported that Lake Maitland contains a JORC-compliant (NI
    43-101-compliant) inferred resource, at a 100 ppm U3O8 cut-off, of 32.7 million
    tonnes @ 0.03% U3O8 (23.7 million pounds U3O8). In the report it is stated that
    the provision of more density data on the ore would result in the resource
    being upgraded to the measured and indicated resource categories. Within the
    inferred mineral resource are two coherent higher grade zones at a 500 ppm U3O8
    cut-off, which, together, amount to 5.5 million tonnes @ 0.086% U3O8 (10.5
    million pounds U3O8). The overall resource is amenable to low cost open cut
    mining due to its single layer configuration, very shallow position and friable
    nature. It is anticipated that only minimal portions of the total resource will
    require blasting in the mining process.

    Redport has commenced Stage 1 of its Development Programme in the Lake
    Maitland Project. Studies are underway on mineralogy, processing options,
    sources of water, infrastructure requirements, environmental aspects and local
    social issues. In addition, ore bulk density determinations are being
    undertaken in order to upgrade the resource from the inferred to the measured
    and indicated resource categories. The project is being managed by Peter
    McNally, Redport's Executive Director, Development and Operations, who has
    considerable uranium project experience in Australia, including 12 years in
    various roles for Energy Resources of Australia Ltd at the Ranger Mine in
    Northern Territory and as General Manager of the Jabiluka Uranium Project.
    Geological aspects of the Lake Maitland Project are under the supervision of
    Malcolm Mason, a geologist with over 40 years experience in exploration and
    mining. This includes uranium exploration and feasibility studies in Western
    Australia and Africa (including the Langer Heinrich deposit in Namibia) in the
    1990s, while Managing Director of Acclaim Uranium NL.

    A small portion of the Lake Maitland inferred mineral resource, comprising 2.1
    million pounds U3O8 at a 100 ppm U3O8 cut-off or 0.13 million pounds U3O8 at a
    500ppm cut-off, is located within exploration tenements that were acquired by
    Redport in May 2006 from the ASX-listed View Resources Ltd. ("View") for
    $A275,000 cash and 2.2 million fully paid ordinary shares in Redport. In the
    agreement covering this transaction, Redport is required to issue to View an
    additional 1.1 million Redport shares should it delineate a JORC-compliant
    mineral resource of 2500 tonnes (5.5 million pounds) U3O8 within the acquired
    tenements. In addition, the tenements are subject to a previous agreement
    between View and the ASX-listed Korab Resources Ltd. ("Korab") dated September
    27, 2005, whereby Korab can earn a 30% interest through expenditure of
    $A300,000 within 18 months, and increase to 60% through a further $A300,000
    expenditure within the following 18 months. As yet, Korab has not incurred any
    expenditure on the properties.

    Redport's other assets include the following:

    Kintyre Rocks Project, Western Australia (Redport 100%): Comprises 197km2 of
    ground surrounding the lease containing Rio Tinto Ltd.'s 79 million pounds U3O8
    Kintyre uranium resource, and also ground held by Cameco Australia Pty. Ltd.
    Within the Redport ground are similar geological settings to that hosting
    Kintyre. Compilation and interpretation of previous exploration data is being
    undertaken by Redport with a view to identifying targets for testing by RAB drilling.

    Kintyre East Joint Venture, Western Australia (Redport 50%, Kalgoorlie Boulder
    Resources 50%): Comprises approximately 1000km2 of exploration properties, some
    100km east of Kintyre Rocks, containing potential for calcrete-style uranium
    deposits similar to Lake Maitland. Several target areas have been identified
    covering airborne radiometric anomalies and calcrete/ playa lake areas
    analogous to that of Lake Maitland.

    Angelo River Project, Western Australia (Redport 100%): Located in the Peak
    Hill Mineral Field of the Ashburton Basin, 65km southeast of Paraburdoo, this
    project has potential for unconformity-related uranium deposits similar to
    those of the Athabaska Basin in Saskatchewan. Redport's compilation and review
    of previous exploration results in the project area is underway.

    Edwards Creek Joint Venture, South Australia (Redport 18%, Other partners
    82%): This project is located some 750km NNW of Adelaide, on the interpreted
    northeast boundary of the Gawler Craton, on a major structural zone which is
    thought to be one of the genetic controls of the giant Olympic Dam
    copper-gold-uranium deposit some 250km to the southeast. The main area of
    interest in the 40km2 property is the Heraklion prospect, an 8.5km x 3.5km
    gravity anomaly, with elevated copper, uranium and rare earth elements
    geochemistry, which has potential for IOCGU-style mineralisation similar to
    Olympic Dam. Drill testing is planned for the last quarter of 2006.

    Langer Heinrich Uranium Royalty: Redport has a royalty interest in Paladin
    Resources Ltd.'s Langer Heinrich uranium resource in Namibia, comprising $A0.12
    per kilogram of U3O8 produced and sold. Based on the scheduled output of 1180
    tonnes of U3O8 per year, Redport would receive an annual payment of $A142,000 ($C117,000).

    Stewart Taylor, President, Mega's Qualified Person under NI 43-101, is
    responsible for the contents of this release and has verified the data disclosed.

    Mega Uranium Ltd. is a Toronto-based mineral resources company with a focus on
    uranium properties in Australia, Argentina, Mongolia, Bolivia and Canada.
    Further information on Mega can be found on the company's website at www.megauranium.com

    This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
    the "safe harbour" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
    of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
    uncertainties and other factors that may cause Mega's results to differ
    materially from expectations. These include risks relating to market
    fluctuations, property performance and other risks. These forward-looking
    statements speak only as of the date hereof. Mega Uranium disclaims any intent
    or obligation to update these forward-looking statements and cautions investors
    from placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Mega does have an
    ongoing obligation to disclose material information as it becomes available.

    THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT
    RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.


    Contacts:
    Mega Uranium Ltd.
    Sheldon Inwentash
    CEO
    (416) 643-7630
    [email protected]
    www.megauranium.com

 
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