Minaean’s Chairman, Mr. Hari Varshney, Visits India As Part Of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Delegation

Minaean International Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange: MIB; Berlin and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges: NJA) takes the pleasure of announcing that its Chairman of the Board, Mr. Hari Varshney, had the special privilege to visit India as part of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s delegation, between 16 – 18th November 2009.

Prime Minister Harper pitched Canada as a potential sales partner to business leaders in India on the first of his three-day tour of the South Asian economic powerhouse. He told an audience of Indian business investors at a hotel in Mumbai that the combined GDP of the two countries is on its way to $4 trillion, and yet two-way trade is just $5 billion. “That represents a lot of untapped business potential,” he said.

PM Harper's efforts to strengthen economic ties with India are recognition of India's rising importance as one of the world's fast-growing economies. "The South Asian tiger has awoken and the world is standing in awe," he told the business leaders.

Hari Varshney, a Chartered Accountant (Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia), is the President of Varshney Capital Corp, a corporate finance and venture capital firm located in Vancouver, BC, Canada.  He has been in the venture capital business since 1985, and during this period, has been a director and/or officer of many public companies trading on various North American exchanges. He has also been very actively involved in the community and supported various charitable projects for over 25 years. He is the past Chair of St. Paul's Hospital Foundation and a director of the Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Varshney was also one of the 2006 British Columbia Community Achievement Award recipients. He was also nominated for the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards in 2009. It is because of his abundance of business and cultural experience between Indo-Canadian concerns that made him the perfect advisor to PM Harper during his visit to India.

As Chairman of Minaean International Corp., Mr. Varshney travels to India, on average, twice every year and is ever so bullish on Minaean’s growth prospects in that country. Though not involved in day to day operations, Mr. Varshney keeps himself advised on the developments and major decisions that need to be taken in successfully promoting the company in the Indian market. Mr. Varshney said, “It was a great honor and privilege for me to be invited by the Prime Minister for his Indian visit. There is a humongous potential for business relations between India and Canada and this trip marked a fresh start to building bridges between the two cultures. Minaean is an early entrant into this niche and will surely benefit from the growing economic relations between the two countries.”

On behalf of the Board of Directors
MINAEAN INTERNATIONAL CORP.

“Mervyn Pinto”
 Mervyn Pinto, President & Director