AURIZON MINES LTD.

Aurizon Mines Ltd. report that it has received a positive Pre-feasibility Study and is proceeding to final feasibility on its Joanna project. Joanna is expected to create excellent synergies with Aurizon’s asset base in the prolific gold producing Abitibi region of Quebec and the proposed open pit operation has the potential in itself to increase Aurizon’s gold production by 60% to approximately 260,000 ounces per year. Aurizon also continues to actively pursue merger and acquisition opportunities that would also be accretive to shareholder value. A contract has been awarded to complete a final Feasibility Study by the fourth quarter of 2010. At the prevailing gold price as of November 6, 2009, of US$1,090 per ounce and a Canadian to U.S dollar exchange rate of 1.07, Aurizon has determined that the pre-tax NPV increases to $249 million at a 5% discount rate and the pre-tax IRR increases to 31.8%.