Ptx Metals IncTSXV: PTX

Platinex Grants Stock Option to Director

· Issued by Ptx Metals Inc via CNW
TORONTO, Aug. 10 /CNW/ - Platinex Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: PTX) today
reported that pursuant to its stock option plan the Company has granted an
incentive stock option to John Ross, a director of the Company, for the
purchase of 60,000 common shares at $0.14 per share. The options shall expire
on August 8, 2011.

About Platinex Inc.
Platinex is a Canadian exploration company based near Toronto. Platinex
focuses on carefully selected Platinum Group Element targets in settings
analogous to the JM reef (Stillwater Complex, Montana) and the Merensky and
UG2 reefs (Bushveld Complex, RSA). Shares of Platinex became listed for
trading on the TSX Venture Exchange on November 4, 2005, under the symbol PTX.
Platinex has 14,271,173 common shares issued and outstanding.

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