Lappland Goldminers AB - Extraordinary general meeting

The Board  of Directors  of  Lappland Goldminers  AB has  decided  to
convene an extraordinary general meeting on January 27, 2009 at  1:00
pm in  Lycksele.  A  proposal for  a  change  on the  Board  will  be
presented at the meeting,  which is a step  in preparing the  company
for an official stock listing.  A group of shareholders  representing
more than 35 % of the votes and share capital in the Company are  the
ones behind this proposal.

The content of the proposal is to elect Pia Gideon, Lars-Olof Nilsson
and Karl-Åke Johansson into the Board of Directors.
Ulf Ericsson is proposed as  the new Chairman. The current  Directors
on the Board Torsten Börjemalm and Leif Carlson have requested to  no
longer be on  the Board,  citing age  as the  reason.  The  Alternate
Director, Jan-Åke Unée, has requested to be relieved of his duties as
Alternate Director.  The proposed remuneration  for the Board is  SEK
650,000 annually, with  SEK 150,000  to the Chairman  and 100,000  to
each of the other Directors not employed by the Company.

If the  proposal is  approved  the Board  of Directors  of   Lappland
Goldminers will  consist  of  Ulf  Ericsson  (also  Chairman),  Tomas
Björklund, Tony  Harwood,  Svante Lundbrink,  Pia  Gideon,  Lars-Olof
Nilsson and Karl-Åke Johansson.

Pia Gideon,  born 1954,  Graduate  Economist at  Handelshögskolan  in
Stockholm. Consultant and  partner in  Wikman Gideon  & Partners  and
previously held  various  management positions  within  the  Ericsson
concern with global responsibility  for Marketing and  Communication,
most recent position held was  Marketing Director for Ericsson  North
America. Pia  Gideon is  a Director  of the  Board of  Cision AB  and
Svevia AB.

Lars-Olof Nilsson, born 1962, Graduate Economist at the University of
Umeå. Director  on the  Board  of  BE  Group AB,  International  Gold
Exploration IGE AB,  IGE Nordic  AB and PA  Resources AB  as well  as
consultant to Nordic Capital.  Lars-Olof Nilsson has previously  been
the Chief of Staff for the Finance and Business development staffs at
the Trelleborg-Group.

Karl-Åke Johansson,  born 1946,  is the  CEO of  Lappland  Goldminers
since 2001.

Notice  for  attendance  at  the  extraordinary  general  meeting  is
attached to this press release.

For additional information:

Karl-Åke Johansson, CEO                 Tomas Björklund, Board Member
Ph. +46 950-275 01, +46 70-625 22       Ph. +46 70-662 35 35
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karl-ake.johansson@lgold.se             tomas.bjorklund@lgold.se


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Lappland Goldminers AB is an exploration company and a producing
mining company. The company is listed on the market place "First
North" under the name GOLD, with Mangold Fondkommission AB as the
Certified Adviser, as well as on the Norwegian OTC list. Lappland
Goldminers has secured a number of gold deposits along the so-called
Guldlinjen ("The Gold Line") in Västerbotten. The Company's strategy
is to develop a profitable, producing gold company, with centrally
located processing plants in Fäboliden and Blaiken, Sweden, and in
the Haveri area in southern Finland and Pahtavaara in Northern
Finland, supported by ore from one or several mines either through
the Company's own exploration or alternatively through acquisitions.
Lappland Goldminers is a member of SveMin, the trade association for
mines, minerals and metal producers in Sweden (formerly called the
Swedish Mining Association) and follows SveMin's reporting rules for
public mining and exploration companies.