Kinbauri Closes Private Placement

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 26, 2009) - Kinbauri Gold Corp. ("Kinbauri") (TSX VENTURE: KNB)(FRANKFURT: 3KG.DE) announces that further to its press release of earlier today, Kinbauri has closed its previously announced private placement of 6,000,000 Units at a price of $0.50 per Unit for gross proceeds of $3,000,000. Each Unit consists of one common share and one-half of a common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at a price of $0.70 until May 26, 2010. Kinbauri paid finder's fees consisting of $156,000 and 312,000 compensation warrants. Each compensation warrant entitles the holder to acquire one Unit at a price $0.50 per Unit until May 26, 2010. All securities will be subject to a four month hold period from the date of the closing. The proceeds of this financing will be used for general working capital purposes. About Kinbauri: Kinbauri is a TSXV - Tier 1 Mineral Exploration Company focused on the development of precious metal prospects in Spain, Nevada and Canada. Its immediate focus is to begin operations at its El Valle/Carles property in Asturias, northwestern Spain in 2010. It currently has 59,243,051 common shares issued and outstanding. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, which are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the statements are made, and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected. Kinbauri undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances or management's estimates or opinions should change. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. VISIT: Kinbauri Gold's Hub at http://www.agoracom.com/IR/kinbauri where investors can post questions and receive answers or review questions and answers already posted by other investors. Kinbauri Web-Site: www.kinbauri-gold.com THIS PRESS RELEASE WAS PREPARED BY KINBAURI GOLD CORP. THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE. Contacts: North America Kinbauri Gold Corp. Darrell Munro, BB.A, LL.B, Manager, Corporate Communications 613-836-0198 dmunro@kinbauri-gold.com www.kinbauri-gold.com Kinbauri Gold Corp. Dr. Vern Rampton, P. Eng., President 613-836-2594 613-831-2730 (FAX) vrampton@kinbauri-gold.com kinbauri@kinbauri-gold.com Europe INVESTEL Ruediger (Rudy) Hnyk, CEO Investor Relations & Telecommunications ceo@investel.de This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.