VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 9, 2009) - Fortress Minerals Corp. ("Fortress" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:FST) is pleased to announce the remaining results from the 2009 drilling program at the Svetloye Project, Russia.

Drill hole PDSC-294 from the Elena prospect intercepted 81.8 meters from surface grading 2.66 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, including 20.3 metres grading 6.48 g/t gold. Drill hole PDSC-293 intercepted 71.8 metres from surface grading 1.88 g/t gold, including 50.6 metres grading 2.44 g/t gold. Drill hole PDSC-289 also from the Elena prospect intercepted 74.2 metres (from 6.0 to 80.2 metres) grading 1.77 g/t gold including 62.1 metres (from 18.1 to 80.2 metres) grading 2.02 g/t gold. Please see the attached table for the remaining drill results from the 2009 program.

Fortress completed a total of 9,577 metres of drilling in 2009 at three of the target areas identified at the Svetloye Project, with highly encouraging results. The 2009 Svetloye drilling program was primarily designed to provide increased continuity of sample data for resource definition within ore zones previously defined (see Press Release dated April 23, 2009), and to determine the structural control of the Amy prospect. See the second attached table and maps for the highlights of the entire 2009 drill program.

The Svetloye Project consists of nine prospects that occur over a linear distance of eight kilometres. Prior to the 2009 drilling and trenching programs, the total inferred resources at Svetloye, including the Elena, Amy and Tamara prospects was estimated at 20.1 million tonnes grading 2.21 g/t gold containing 1.428 million ounces of gold (see Press Release dated April 23, 2009 for complete details).

Gold is associated with extensive zones of vuggy silica, quartz-alunite and quartz-dickite-kaolinite alteration. This style of mineralization is common to Pierina, Veladero and other high sulphidation epithermal deposits. Fortress owns a 100% interest in the Svetloye Project.

The Company plans to mobilize fuel and equipment to Svetloye over the winter months for next year's program. In the meantime the Company will concentrate its exploration efforts on the Malmyzh copper-gold and Limonite copper-molybdenum properties. These properties, which are accessible by road from Khabarovsk, can be drilled during the winter months (see Press Release dated October 19, 2009).

Remaining Results from the 2009 Drill Program

						Gold	Silver
Hole	Area	TD	From	To	Width	Grade	Grade
		(m)	(m)	(m)	(m)	(g/t)	(g/t)
PDSC-286	Elena	120.3	0.0	8.0	8.0	4.45	1.2
		And	25.2	70.9	45.7	1.12	5.9
		Including	33.5	56.6	23.1	1.71	9.2
PDSC-287	ETX	196.6	no significant intercepts
PDSC-288	ETX	220.0	125.4	131.5	6.1	2.47	4.1
		And	168.6	176.7	8.1	0.94	less than 1.0
		Including	168.6	172.6	4.0	1.59	less than 1.0
PDSC-289	Elena	100.8	6.0	80.2	74.2	1.77	8.3
		Including	18.1	80.2	62.1	2.02	9.8
PDSC-290	Elena	101.4	5.9	22.1	16.2	1.30	2.2
		Including	14.2	20.1	5.9	2.95	4.5
		And	39.0	60.6	21.6	0.95	4.9
PDSC-291	Elena	102.6	0.0	49.3	49.3	1.18	4.9
		Including	20.2	30.9	10.7	1.96	10.0
PDSC-292	Elena	102.4	0.0	60.2	60.2	1.34	7.9
		Including	31.6	51.3	19.7	2.25	15.7
PDSC-293	Elena	102.6	0.0	71.8	71.8	1.88	15.0
		Including	0.0	50.6	50.6	2.44	17.4
PDSC-294	Elena	102.6	0.0	81.8	81.8	2.66	4.4
		Including	0.0	20.3	20.3	6.48	8.8
		And including	50.6	56.8	6.2	7.31	19.3
PDSC-295	Tamara	152.5	40.6	46.5	5.9	0.35	less than 1
		And	127.4	134.5	7.1	0.46	less than 1
PDSC-296	Tamara	127.0	6.0	17.4	11.4	0.03	53.9
		And	79.5	93.0	13.5	0.17	less than 1

Summary of Highlights from the Entire 2009 Drill Program

						Gold	Silver
Hole	Area	TD	From	To	Width	Grade	Grade
		(m)	(m)	(m)	(m)	(g/t)	(g/t)
PDSC-243	Amy	219.4	20.4	60.4	40	3.677	7.971
		Including	20.4	38.6	18.2	3.702	5.461
		And including	48.4	56.3	7.9	9.572	25.768
PDSC-244	Amy	220.5	6.2	36.2	30	1.539	3.533
		Including	23.2	34.2	11	3.018	8.08
		And	42.8	142.2	99.4	1.028	less than 1
		Including	82.3	104.1	21.8	1.534	2.002
		And including	116	120.8	4.8	4.810	1.745
		And	205	220.5	15.5	1.447	less than 1
PDSC-247	Amy	220	18	91	73	1.506	1.527
		Including	18	27.2	9.2	5.002	6.33
		And including	81.4	88.6	7.2	3.552	1.82
PDSC-249	Amy	224	16.6	168.7	152.1	0.524	less than 1
		Including	97.1	110.6	13.5	1.397	1.139
		And including	117.4	122	4.6	4.100	1.73
PDSC-250	Amy	233	108.4	185.8	77.4	1.331	3.258
		Including	79.7	84.2	4.5	1.345	1.394
		And including	112.4	128.8	16.4	1.059	1.363
		And including	151.6	154	2.4	29.600	80.4
		And	202.5	206.9	4.4	0.900	less than 1
PDSC-252	Amy	224	14.4	75.2	60.8	2.620	~1
		Including	36.2	45.8	9.6	8.558	1.722
		And including	50	68.5	18.5	3.370	1.555
		And	91.7	177	85.3	0.368	less than 1
		And	211.6	224	12.4	11.879	82.08
		Including	211.6	216.9	5.3	26.996	191.366
PDSC-262	Amy	161	0	75.5	75.5	1.314	2.558
		Including	10.8	50.4	39.6	1.711	3.938
		And including	62	75.5	13.5	1.646	less than 1
		And	83.9	92.8	8.9	0.532	less than 1
PDSC-264	Amy	149	8	137.4	129.4	1.044	less than 1
		Including	28.7	58.6	29.9	1.424	less than 1
		And including	69.8	131	61.2	1.178	less than 1
PDSC-281	Amy	221	0	62.1	62.1	3.126	2.696
		Including	25.1	51	25.9	5.712	3.341
PDSC-269	Elena	50	0	38.9	38.9	3.406	10.54
PDSC-271	Elena	123.6	0	27.3	27.3	3.614	1.98
		Including	0	23.2	23.2	4.187	2.24
PDSC-273	Elena	150.1	11.6	62.1	50.5	5.360	4.03
		Including	32.9	59.4	26.5	9.240	6.45
PDSC-276	Elena	70.5	7.5	61.5	54	1.610	2.4
		Including	21.3	51.5	30.2	2.420	3.9
PDSC-278	Elena	218	0	87.4	87.4	2.550	4.8
		Including	0	37.6	37.6	4.670	4
PDSC-284	Elena	161	0	122.5	122.5	1.763	less than 1.0
		Including	0	12.3	12.3	4.541	less than 1.0
		And including	61	108.7	47.7	2.681	10.914
PDSC-289	Elena	100.8	6	80.2	74.2	1.770	8.255
		Including	18.1	80.2	62.1	2.019	9.754
PDSC-293	Elena	102.6	0	71.8	71.8	1.883	14.956
		Including	0	50.6	50.6	2.442	17.383
PDSC-294	Elena	102.6	0	81.8	81.8	2.664	4.352
		Including	0	20.3	20.3	6.477	8.839
		And including	50.6	56.8	6.2	7.309	19.333
PDSC-263	Tamara	130	27.3	123.9	96.6	0.479	less than 1
		Including	71	104	33	0.817	1.66
		And including	118.8	123.9	5.1	0.722	less than 1

James C. Ashleman, Chief Geologist, P. Geo., and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and verified the technical information contained in this news release. A rigorous quality control program has been instituted involving insertion of certified standards and duplicate sampling. Samples are crushed and split on site with final sample preparation at the Irgiredmet Laboratory of Irkutsk, Russia (accredited by the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Standardization and Metrology "Gosstandart" of Russia). Assaying by fire assay is performed by the Irgiredmet Laboratory.

To view the maps accompanying this press release please click on the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/fst1109.pdf

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Lukas H. Lundin
President and CEO

This news release contains forward-looking statements concerning the Company's plans for its properties. These forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties relating to political risks involving the Company's exploration and development of its properties, the inherent uncertainty of cost estimates and the potential for unexpected costs and expenses, commodity price fluctuations, the inability or failure to obtain adequate financing on a timely basis and other risks and uncertainties, including those described in the Company's periodic filings with the British Columbia Securities Commission. Such information contained herein represents management's best judgment as of the date hereof based on information currently available. The Company does not intend to update this information and disclaims any legal liability to the contrary.