BBR Brett Resources

Brett Resources Inc. ("Brett") (TSX VENTURE:BBR) is pleased to announce that
Osisko has been successful in its offer to acquire Brett. A total of 88,295,814
common shares of Brett were validly deposited at the expiry time of the offer
representing approximately 77.28% of Brett's issued and outstanding common
shares. 


Osisko has taken up the shares and payment will be made on or before May 25,
2010. Brett shareholders who tendered to the offer will receive 0.34 of an
Osisko common share plus Cdn.$0.0001 for each common share of Brett tendered,
subject to adjustment for fractional shares. Accordingly, Osisko will issue
approximately 30,020,577 common shares in respect of the offer.


Osisko President and Chief Executive Officer Sean Roosen said: "We would like to
thank the Brett shareholders for their support and to welcome them to Osisko in
our quest to become the next leading intermediate gold producer. Our flagship
Canadian Malartic project is progressing well, with the mine build on schedule
and on budget. We anticipate completing the build early next year and following
commissioning, achieving commercial production in the second quarter of 2011. We
also have one of the largest drill programs in our sector, with over 300,000
metres of new exploration and definition drilling in progress this year, and
expect to see another good year of growth in our resource table that will
enhance value for our shareholders."


"This strong endorsement by our shareholders confirms that the combined entities
of Brett and Osisko will form the next leading intermediate gold producer," said
Patrick Soares, President and Chief Executive Officer of Brett Resources.


Osisko intends to effect a subsequent acquisition transaction within the next
120 days in order to acquire all of the remaining Brett shares. Osisko intends
to vote all of the Brett common shares acquired under the offer in favour of any
subsequent acquisition transaction. On completion of a subsequent acquisition
transaction, Osisko intends to de-list the Brett shares from the TSX Venture
Exchange.


About Osisko 

Osisko Mining Corporation is currently developing the Canadian Malartic gold
deposit and evaluating adjacent areas for a large-scale open pit, bulk-tonnage
mining operation. The Canadian Malartic deposit currently represents one of the
biggest gold reserves in Canada for a single deposit, and is still growing
through ongoing drilling on new mineralized zones. Current reserves for the
Canadian Malartic property (including the adjacent South Barnat deposit) are
8.97 million ounces, plus a global measured and indicated resource of 2.23
million ounces and an inferred resource of 0.47 million ounces.


About Brett Resources Inc. 

Brett Resources Inc. is a Canadian minerals exploration company whose primary
mandate is the discovery, acquisition, and development of precious metals
systems, with particular expertise in Canada and Latin America. Since 2006
Brett's primary focus has been the 100 percent owned Hammond Reef Gold Deposit
in Ontario where an inferred resource of 6.70 million ounces of gold, 259.4
million tonnes at a grade of 0.8 grams per tonne utilizing a 0.3 gram per tonne
gold cut-off has been outlined. 


Patrick Soares, President & CEO

Forward Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release may be deemed
"forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than
statements of historical fact, that address events or developments that the
Corporation expects to occur, are forward looking statements. Forward looking
statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but
not always, identified by the words "expects", "plans", "anticipates",
"believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "potential", "scheduled" and
similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may",
"could" or "should" occur. Although the Corporation believes the expectations
expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, including, without limitation that all technical, economical and
financial conditions will be met in order to put the Canadian Malartic Project
into commercial production or that Osisko will complete the acquisition of all
of the outstanding shares of Brett Resources Inc., such statements are not
guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from
those in forward looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results
to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include gold
prices, access to skilled consultants, mining development and mill production
personnel, results of exploration and development activities, the Corporation's
limited experience with production and development stage mining operations,
uninsured risks, regulatory changes, defects in title, availability of
personnel, materials and equipment, timeliness of government approvals, actual
performance of facilities, equipment and processes relative to specifications
and expectations, unanticipated environmental impacts on operations market
prices, continued availability of capital and financing and general economic,
market or business conditions. These factors are discussed in greater detail in
the Corporation's most recent Annual Information Form filed on SEDAR, which also
provides additional general assumptions in connection with these statements. The
Corporation cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not
exhaustive. Investors and others who base themselves on the Corporation's
forward-looking statements should carefully consider the above factors as well
as the uncertainties they represent and the risk they entail. The Corporation
believes that the expectations reflected in those forward-looking statements are
reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to
be correct and such forward-looking statements included in this press release
should not be unduly relied upon. These statements speak only as of the date of
this press release.

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