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Sacre-Coeur Minerals Appoints Dr. Edward Shiller as a Director

July 11, 2007

VANCOUVER, B.C. – SACRE-COEUR MINERALS, LTD. (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has appointed Dr. Edward A. Schiller, P.Geol., to serve on its Board of Directors. Dr. Schiller has served as a consultant on the Company’s gold projects in Guyana since 2005.

Dr. Schiller brings over 30 years experience in mineral exploration, project management, acquisitions, financing, joint venture negotiations and corporate governance to the Company. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he graduated with a degree in geology from Michigan State University in 1956, and obtained his Ph.D. in mineralogy at the University of Utah in 1963. Dr. Schiller was the Resident Geologist of the Northwest Territories Geological Survey of Canada from 1964-1966. He was also the resident geologist for the Geological Survey of Canada in Yellowknife. He has lived and worked in Canada, the United States, England, Australia, Brazil, and Colombia, and has conducted mineral exploration projects in several South and Central American, African and South East Asian countries, including Madagascar. Dr. Schiller has consulted for the United Nations on a gemstone project in Mozambique and a mining project in Greece. He has visited other countries on mining related projects, including Vietnam, Botswana and diamond mines in Yakutia, Russia and China.

Dr. Schiller is a former director of Dia Met Minerals Ltd., and is best known for supervising the drilling which led to discovery of the first diamond-bearing kimberlite at Pointe Lake in 1991 (now part of the Ekati Mine production). He has written extensively on the Lac de Gras diamond discoveries and has presented several papers on this subject at national and international meetings. Dr. Schiller writes for several Canadian and international magazines on mining and mineral exploration and maintains a consulting practice.

The Company’s Board of Directors now comprises six members. In addition to Dr. Schiller they are: Irwin Olian (Chairman), Gregory Sparks, P. Eng., Limor Rubin, Ardito Martohardjono and Ben Catalano.

In consideration for his services, Dr. Schiller was granted, subject to any necessary regulatory and shareholder approvals, additional incentive stock options to purchase up to 50,000 shares. The options are exercisable for a term of three years at the price of CAD $2.04 per share.

About Sacre-Coeur

The Company is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of properties for the potential mining of gold, metals and diamonds in South America, initially focussing on exploration for gold on its properties in Guyana. The Company presently has an interest in approximately 850 square miles of mineral properties in Guyana, including the Million Mountain Property. The Company has offices in Vancouver, Canada and Georgetown, Guyana. More information about the Company is available at (www.scminerals.com).

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
SACRE-COEUR MINERALS, LTD.

Gregory B. Sparks, P. Eng.
Sr. VP Mining & Exploration

For further information, contact:

Irwin Olian, President and CEO
Email: tigertail@scminerals.com
Phone: 604-899-0100
Fax: 604-899-0200

Lee Dunston, Corporate Communications – Canada
Email: lee@scminerals.com
Phone: 604-899-0100
Fax: 604-899-0200

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the content of the information contained herein. The statements made in this press release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ from the Company's expectations.