Rugby Mining Limited Grants Stock Options

VANCOUVER, Dec. 2, 2012 - Rugby Mining Limited ("Rugby" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:RUG) (FRANKFURT:7RM) reports that it has granted an aggregate 1,035,000 stock options to 3 non-executive directors, a director who is also an officer and to an officer for the purchase of up to 1,035,000 common shares of the Company pursuant to its Stock Option Plan. Each option is exercisable for a period of 10 years at a price of CAD $0.405 per common share.


About Rugby

Rugby, with a treasury of CAD $2.6 million, is an emerging mineral resource company focussed on the discovery of large scale gold and copper porphyries and epithermal gold-silver projects. The management team has a track record in the successful exploration and development of major resource projects in different mining jurisdictions

Mabuhay Project, Philippines: The Company holds an option to acquire up to 80% of the Mabuhay project in Surigao Province. The Company considers the project to have excellent potential for the discovery of both epithermal gold deposits and gold-copper porphyry systems.

Comita Project, Colombia: Rugby holds an option to earn up to 60% of Comita, an undrilled large scale porphyry copper-gold project in the western cordillera of Colombia. The project was recognised during a joint German-Colombian government sponsored exploration program over 20 years ago. No systematic exploration has been conducted since that time.

Hawkwood Project, Australia: Rugby holds an option to acquire 90% of the Hawkwood project in Queensland. The property, covering 427 km2 is prospective for gold, copper-gold and iron deposits. In January 2010, the Company entered into an agreement with Eastern Iron Limited wherein that company can earn an 80% interest in iron ore targets in the project area. To date Eastern Iron has conducted several programs, including geophysical surveys and drilling.

For additional information you are invited to visit the Rugby Mining Limited website at www.rugbymining.com


RUGBY MINING LIMITED

Paul Joyce
President and CEO



CAUTIONARY STATEMENT

Certain of the statements made and information contained herein is "forward-looking information" within the meaning of the British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario Securities Acts. This includes statements concerning the Company's plans at its projects, which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking information, including, without limitation, the effect on prices of major mineral commodities such as copper, gold and iron by factors beyond the control of the Company; events which cannot be accurately predicted such as political and economic instability, terrorism, environmental factors and changes in government regulations and taxes; the shortage of personnel with the requisite knowledge and skills to design and execute exploration programs; difficulties in arranging contracts for drilling and other exploration services; the Company's dependency on equity market financings to fund its exploration programs and maintain its mineral exploration properties in good standing; political risk that a government will change, interpret or enforce mineral tenure, environmental regulations, taxes or mineral royalties in a manner that could have an adverse effect on the Company's assets or financial condition and impair its ability to advance its mineral exploration projects or raise further funds for exploration; risks associated with title to resource properties due to the difficulties of determining the validity of certain claims as well as the potential for problems arising from the interpretation of laws regarding ownership of mineral properties in the Philippines and in the sometimes ambiguous conveyancing characteristic of many resource properties, currency risks associated with foreign operations, the timing of obtaining permits to conduct exploration activities, the ability to conclude agreements with local communities and other risks and uncertainties, including those described in each of the Company's management discussion and analysis including those contained in its year-end financial statements for the year ended February 29, 2012 filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators and available at www.sedar.com. In addition, forward-looking information is based on various assumptions including, without limitation, assumptions associated with exploration results and costs and the availability of materials and skilled labour. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers are advised not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Contact

Rugby Mining Limited
Paul Joyce, President
604.688.4941 or Toll-free: 1.855.688.4941
604.688.9532 (FAX)

Rugby Mining Limited
Suite 1660, 999 West Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC Canada V6C 2W2
info@rugbymining.com
www.rugbymining.com