Alhambra Resources Ltd.

TSX VENTURE SYMBOL: ALH



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CALGARY, ALBERTA - Alhambra Resources Ltd. ("Alhambra" or the "Corporation") announces that its Board of Directors has resolved to issue stock options to purchase up to and including 200,000 common shares of the Corporation to a director and a newly hired consultant. Such stock options shall have an exercise price of $0.53 per common share, shall have a term of five years from the date of grant, and shall vest as to twenty-five percent (25%) immediately and thereafter as to twenty-five percent (25%) on dates which are six (6) months, twelve (12) months and eighteen (18) months from the date of grant.

About Alhambra

Alhambra is a Canadian based gold exploration and production corporation engaged in the exploration of and production from its 100% owned Uzboy Project. Alhambra is currently in its eighth year of operations in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Alhambra common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ALH and in Germany on the Frankfurt Open Market under the symbol A4Y. The Corporation's website can be accessed at www.alhambraresources.com.





For further information please contact:
Ihor P. Wasylkiw
Chief Information Officer
+1 (403) 508-4953
Donald D. McKechnie
Vice President Finance and CFO
+1 (403) 228-2855 (Toll Free)

Alhambra Resources Ltd.
Head Office 330, 700 - 6th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 0T8
Phone: (403) 228-2855 Fax: (403) 228-2865 E-mail: info@alhambraresources.com