Caribou Copper announces issuance of stock options

OTTAWA , Dec. 22 /CNW Telbec/ - Caribou Copper Resources Ltd. (the "Corporation") (TSXV: CKR) (formerly YOW Capital Corp.) today announced, pursuant to the requirements of the TSX, that it has granted options to purchase up to 825,000 common shares of CKR to directors and officers of CKR. The stock options were granted pursuant to the terms of CKR's stock option plan. The options are exercisable at $0.15 per share for a period of five years. These grants form part of a total remuneration package. Stock option grants are subject to necessary regulatory approvals.

About Caribou Copper Resources

Caribou Copper Resources holds 97 claims totaling 10,240 acres in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in Alaska. Further information concerning the corporation and the property and the 2009 work program can be found in the corporation's filings available on SEDAR.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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For further information: Mr. Pierre Vella-Zarb, Caribou Copper Resources Ltd., 950, Gladstone Avenue, Suite 120, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 3E6, [phone] x206 (tel), [phone] (fax)