Sacre-Coeur Minerals Announces Appointment of Mr. Bipin Ghelani as Director

Vancouver, British Columbia, September 17, 2012 - Sacre-Coeur Minerals Ltd. (SCM - TSX Venture, S5N - FWB) (the "Company"), today announced that it has appointed Mr. Bipin Ghelani, C.A., as an interim Director until he stands for election by the shareholders at the Company's next AGM on October 19, 2012. The board has also voted unanimously to appoint Mr. Ghelani as Chairman of its Audit Committee. In addition, Mr. Irwin A. Olian has now resigned as a Director as of the same date, in order to pursue other personal, family and professional interests.

In connection with his appointment to the board of directors, and in consideration of his service as Chairman of its Audit Committee, Mr. Ghelani has been granted incentive stock options, subject to regulatory approvals, to purchase up to 250,000 common shares of the Company's Common Stock. The options are exercisable for a term of three years at a price of CAD $0.145 per share. As with all members of the board, he will receive no other compensation for his services as a director.

Mr. Ghelani has been a self-employed Chartered Accountant since 1988. Prior to that, Mr. Ghelani held senior positions with several international accounting firms including Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has served and continues to serve on the boards of numerous companies which are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Mr. Olian has served on the board of directors of the Company since it was founded in 2004. The Company thanks Mr. Olian for his role as a founding member of the Company, and for the years he served as a director and senior officer. Mr. Olian previously served as the Company's President, CEO and Chairman of the Board. We are very grateful to Mr. Olian for his exceptional leadership over the past years with the Company.

We are delighted to welcome Mr. Ghelani onto the board of directors, and into the role of Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee.


About Sacre-Coeur

The Company is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of properties for gold, metals and diamonds in South America, initially focussing on exploration and production of gold from its properties in Guyana. The Company presently holds 100% interest in approximately 850 sq. km of mineral properties in Guyana, including the Million Mountain Property which hosts an NI 43-101 compliant hard-rock resource of 12,119,285 tonnes grading 1.0 g/t Au Measured, and 2,175,278 tonnes grading 0.9 g/t Au Indicated for a total 451,000 tr oz Au combined. The Company has offices in Vancouver, Canada and Georgetown, Guyana. More information about the Company is available at http://www.scminerals.com.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
SACRE-COEUR MINERALS, LTD.

"Gregory B. Sparks"
Gregory B. Sparks, P. Eng.
President & CEO



For further information, contact:

Sacre-Coeur Minerals Ltd.
Gregory Sparks, President and CEO
Email: greg@scminerals.com
Phone: 604-899-0100
Fax: 604-899-0200

Don Mosher-B&D Capital, Corporate Consultant
Email: don@scminerals.com
Phone: 604-899-0100
Mobile: 604-617-5448
Fax: 604-899-0200


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