bellevue resources acquires meridian minerals

ASX announcement

11 June 2008

Bellevue Resources to acquire Meridian Minerals

Strengthening management and adding new projects
Highlights:
• Highly experienced Meridian Minerals Board to join Bellevue Resources Board – includes ex-MIM CFO & ex-Discovery Metals MD

• Combined entities bring together a strong pipeline of gold and base metal projects in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia, including 23 highly prospective tenements covering almost 10,000 km2

• Planned 2-3 month drill program to start early August ’08 at Tumut gold prospect in southern NSW

• Corner stone investors including Teck Cominco Australia Pty Ltd,Mithril Resources Ltd and Macquarie Bank

• Rapid assessment of the potential of Bellevue’s Running River tin project planned