6/2/2009 (BAYSTREET NEWSWIRE)

Ely Gold & Minerals Inc. (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Carrington to the position of Senior Vice President, Operations and Chief Operating Officer (COO). He graduated from the Mackay School of Mines and Geology and is a Registered Professional Geologist and a Registered Engineering Geologist. He brings over thirty years of experience in the minerals industry to Ely's management team with a unique blend of startup, production and exploration experience.

During his career, Mr. Carrington has worked throughout North, Central and South America, Australia, the Caribbean Basin and Fiji. He began his career as an underground mine geologist at the Independence Mine in the Battle Mountain District of Nevada and was later Chief Geologist at the New Savage Mine in Virginia City, Nevada, a combined underground and open pit mining and milling operation. More recently, he was actively involved in the definition, design, permitting and operation of the Lucerne (1993) and the Billie the Kid (2003) open pit - heap leach gold - silver mines near Virginia City, Nevada and was a consultant to Santa Fe Minerals Co. during the discovery and delineation of the Rabbit Creek Mine, now the Twin Creeks Mine operated by Newmont Gold.

Mr. Carrington has held executive positions in many public and private companies during his career. Most recently he was CEO and Director of Gold Canyon Resources Inc. He currently is President and Director of Colombian Mines Corporation a TSX.V listed junior company active in Colombia, and serves on the Advisory Board of General Metals Corporation a US listed exploration and development company. Mr. Carrington is a principal of Centennial Minerals Corporation and Gold Range Company, which own royalties on the Company's Mt. Hamilton Property in Nevada.

The Company is also pleased to announce the appointment of Murray Hampton to the position of Vice President, Engineering & Mining. He graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1963 as Bachelor of Applied Science in Geological Engineering. Mr. Hampton has a wealth of experience in exploration and mining operations, and is credited for bringing Faro group of ore deposits into production in late sixties. He worked with Anvil Mining Corporation (60% owned by Cyprus Mines, renamed as Cyprus Anvil Mining Corp in mid 70's) in 1966 as an Exploration Geologist initially working on the many targets around the world class Faro discovery (Lead, Zinc, Silver), in central Yukon. He was a key member of the professional team that brought this world class deposit into production in a very remote difficult area. He was involved in delineation of ore body boundaries, reserves, grades, production design and economic feasibility studies. In addition, as an employee of Anvil Mining Corp., he was involved in supervising the construction of roads, power project and power line to a remote town site 250 miles North East of Whitehorse. Under Anvil, he served in various capacities (Chief of Exploration, Chief Mine Engineer, Mine Superintendent, Coal Engineer, and Special Projects Engineer).

In conjunction with the above appointments, the company has granted incentive stock options to purchase up to 400,000 shares at 40 cents per share until June 03, 2014. These options are subject to acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

Signed "Stephen Kenwood"

Stephen Kenwood, President

For further information, please contact Ely Gold & Minerals at 604-488-1104.

E-mail: info@elygoldandminerals.com; Website: www.elygoldandminerals.com

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.

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