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Significant effort gleans Kenny Rogers will be keny rogers recounts placed on further exploration andevaluation of these zones in 2009."These drill results are tremendously exciting for the company," saidAllen J Palmiere, HudBay's chief executive officer. "The gold zonesignificantly enhances the economics in today's environment and increasesthe probability that Lalor will be HudBay's next mine in the Flin FlonGreenstone Belt."PRECIOUS METAL INTERSECTIONS-------------------------------------------------------------------------- FromToLengthAu Ag CuZnDrill Hole Zone(m) (m) (m) (g/t)(g/t)(%) (%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB 174W01 Hanging wall726.34733.557.217.14 221.62 0.240.04--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB 174W01 Hanging wall900.75 903.32.55 32.89 104.04 0.564.38--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB195W01(1) Hanging wall809.50814.505.00 13.2326.88 0.580.33--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB195W02(1) Hanging wall834.00840.746.74 12.6813.39 0.250.46--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB195W04Hanging wall820.95824.303.356.9810.50 0.420.15--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB197 Separate989.20 1004.50 15.308.2625.98 0.360.27--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB204W01(1) Hanging wall839.05845.005.956.6866.69 0.241.08--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB204W01(1) Separate870.00 875.05.00 12.1480.43 0.190.62--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB205Foot wall803.90815.55 11.657.0031.16 1.410.15--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB206W03Separate953.64970.17 16.538.3928.85 0.291.83--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB 207Hanging wall844.59860.43 15.84 10.9346.86 0.642.07--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB 208Footwall848.83860.20 11.375.9716.85 0.890.09--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB208W01Footwall845.41856.69 11.28 14.2238.09 1.610.38--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB 210Separate 1023.56 1060.41 36.85 13.83 134.90 0.300.14--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB 213Footwall939.15947.158.005.5773.54 0.140.03--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB 215Separate937.91948.15 10.24 28.5375.14 0.660.23--------------------------------------------------------------------------In addition, HudBay's exploration program has progressed as followssince the company's August 26, 2008 press release:- Road construction has improved access to drill sites and reduced thecost per metre.- Sample collection for metallurgical testing is complete and has beensubmitted for metallurgical and mineralogical analysis.- Total drilling to date is approximately 90,000 metres including 68drill holes and 32 wedge holes. Total drilling since the technical reportdated September 19 2008 is approximately 38,000 metres including 28 drillholes and 27 wedge holes.- Drilling is concentrated in zones 10 and 20 (as outlined in the NI43-101 technical report on Lalor dated September 19, 2008) and aimed atupgrading the Inferred Resource to an Indicated Resource.- Results to date are consistent and as expected with the exception ofdrill hole DUB 213 in Zone 20 that at 42.87metres of 15.68% zinc isconsiderably thicker and higher grade than expected.NOTABLE COPPER /ZINC NEAR SOLID SULPHIDE ZONE INTERSECTIONS-------------------------------------------------------------------------- FromToLengthAu Ag CuZnDrill Hole Zone(m) (m) (m) (g/t)(g/t)(%) (%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB174W0310735.15764.84 29.690.2317.50 0.33 10.58--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB179W0110963.10973.54 10.449.2934.43 0.787.24--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB195W01(1) 20 814.5825.68 11.18 11.0876.67 2.49 19.90--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB195W0420824.30830.045.743.4843.98 1.15 11.40--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB199W01(1) 10853.05864.82 11.770.8311.88 0.54 12.48--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB 200W01(1)20844.25852.007.75 11.0080.03 2.635.33--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB 200W02(1)20849.00856.267.26 12.2363.69 2.253.89--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB205 10786.45803.90 17.450.7614.02 0.36 13.20--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB206W0320833.63853.95 20.326.9554.50 2.663.11--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB208 10834.24848.83 14.590.74 9.03 0.28 14.20--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB208W01(1) 10830.95845.41 14.460.55 8.180.2 11.58--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB 21320896.28939.15 42.871.0110.22 0.53 15.68--------------------------------------------------------------------------DUB214 20781.04793.87 12.833.0232.81 1.13 16.54--------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Denotes holes drilled for metallurgical samplesThe zone coding in the above table corresponds to the name of zones inthe NI 43-101 report. Collar coordinates and additional assay informationcan be retrieved at the company's website: LALORThe Lalor deposit is located in the Chisel basin portion of the Flin FlonGreenstone Belt and is believed to be the largest VMS deposit found inthis region to date. Lalor has an Indicated Resource of 3.4 MT 1.9g/t Au,20.5 g/t Ag, 0.71%Cu, 8.82% Zn, and an Inferred Resource of 13.2MT 2.9g/tAu, 34.1g/t Ag, 0.70%cu, 8.19% Zn (for further details please seeHudBay's NI 43-101 technical report dated September 19, 2008). Six drillsare currently turning at Lalor with the intent to drill 18,000 metresbetween January and May 2009 to explore the gold mineralization further,and upgrade the VMS resource.Lalor is approximately 15 km from HudBay's concentrator in Snow Lake,Manitoba, an area that is a significant past producer of gold. GarsonGold's New Britannia mine and mill, currently on care and maintenance,historically produced 1.43 million ounces of gold.

The ongoing evaluationand exploration of the Lalor deposit is a primary focus for the company,as the Lalor deposit could be of significant financial benefit to HudBayand support substantial long term activity in the Snow Lake area.ABOUT HUDBAY MINERALS INC.HudBay is a leading base metals mining company with assets in North andCentral America kenny rogers coward of the county . The company is focused on growing its business throughoperational optimization, strategic investing, mine development andexploration kenny rodgers . An integrated mining company, HudBay operates zinc andcopper mines, concentrators and metal production facilities in northernManitoba and Saskatchewan, a zinc oxide production facility in Ontario,the White Pine Copper Refinery in Michigan, and owns the Fenix nickelproject in Guatemala kenney rogers . In addition to its primary products, the companyalso produces gold, silver and zinc oxide keeny rogers . HudBay is a member of theS&P/TSX Composite Index and the S&P/TSX Global Mining Index. QUALITYASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROLExploration core drilling was either BQ or NQ size.

The core was loggedand mineralized intersections were marked for sampling and assaying bygeologists and geotechnicians employed by HudBay's Hudson Bay Explorationand Development Company Limited (HBED) subsidiary kenny rogers songs . The markedintersections or intervals were sawn in half by a diamond saw and onehalf of the core was placed in plastic bags and tagged with unique samplenumbers, while the second half was returned to the core box and stored.Each bagged core sample was transported to HudBay's Hudson Bay Mining andSmelting Co., Limited subsidiary's assay laboratory in Flin Flon,Manitoba where it was dried, crushed and pulverized and a 250-gram samplewas prepared for assaying kennyrogers . From each 250 gram sample 0.25 grams wasremoved and leached in aqua regia and analyzed by ICP-AES for Ag, Cu, Zn,As, Pb, Ni and Fe coward of the county . Also from the 250-gram sample, 15 grams was removedfor gold determination by fire assaying with Atomic Absorption finish.Assaying integrity is monitored internally with a quality controlprogram, which includes the use of assay sample standards, blanks,duplicates and repeats and externally through national and internationalprograms kenny roger's . In addition, within each group of 20 core samples, one coresample has a second 250 gram split collected for check assaying at AcmeAnalytical Laboratories Ltd in Vancouver, B.C. This news releaseprovides core lengths and additionally where indicated, calculatedvertical thickness of mineralization intersected True widths are notprovided. Where metal assays are provided for intersections they areeither a single assay of a sample of the entire intersection length or acomposite of assays calculated from interval weighted assays over theintersection length.QUALIFIED PERSONThe data herein and the contents of this news release have been reviewedby Kelly Gilmore, B.Sc P.

Geo., Chief Exploration Geologist with HBED,who is a Qualified Person within the meaning of NI 43-101, with theability and authority to verify the authenticity and validity of the data.FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATIONThis news release contains "forward-looking information" within themeaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation . Forward-lookinginformation includes, but is not limited to, information concerningHudBay's mineral resource estimates and potential plans for Lalor as wellas HudBay's exploration and development plans and its strategies andfuture prospects kenny through the years . Generally, forward-looking information can beidentified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans","expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled","estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "does notanticipate", or "believes" or variations of such words and phrases orstatements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could","would", "might", or "will be taken", "occur", or "be achieved".Forward-looking information is based on the opinions and estimates ofmanagement at the date the information is made, and is based on a numberof assumptions and subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties andother factors that could cause actual events or results to differmaterially from those projected in the forward-looking information through the years rogers . Manyof these assumptions are based on factors and events that are not withinthe control of HudBay and there is no assurance they will prove to becorrect.Factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from resultsanticipated by such forward-looking information include changes in marketconditions, variations in ore grade or recovery rates, risks relating tointernational operations, fluctuating metal prices and currency exchangerates, economic factors, government regulation and approvals,environmental and reclamation risks, costs, timing and amount of futureproduction, capital expenditures and requirements for additional capital,changes in project parameters, the possibility of project cost overrunsor unanticipated costs and expenses, permitting timelines, labourdisputes and the availability of skilled labour, results of explorationand other risks of the mining industry, failure of plant, equipment orprocesses to operate as anticipated, as well as those risk factorsdiscussed in the Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31,2007 for HudBay Minerals Inc . available at Although HudBayhas attempted to identify important factors that could cause actualactions, events or results to differ materially from those described inforward-looking information, there may be other factors that causeactions, events or results not to be anticipated, estimated or intended.There can be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove tobe accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materiallyfrom those anticipated in such information.