Crosshair Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 17, 2009) - Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp. (TSX:CXX)(NYSE Amex:CXZ) ("Crosshair") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Adam R. Kniec, CA, as Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Kniec is a Canadian Chartered Accountant and a U.S. Certified Public Accountant and has over 12 years of accounting, auditing and financial reporting experience with Canadian and U.S. public companies, including a number of energy and resource companies. Mr. Kniec is the founder and President of ArkOrion Enterprises Inc., a company that provides accounting and financial reporting services to Canadian and U.S. public companies. Prior to forming ArkOrion Enterprises Inc. in 2007, Mr. Kniec was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Vancouver, B.C. Mr. Kniec received his CA designation in 2002 and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. In 2003, Mr. Kniec received his U.S. Certified Public Accountant designation from the University of Illinois. He received his diploma in Accounting from Langara College in 1996 and an Advanced Certificate in Accounting from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia in 1999.

Crosshair is granting to Mr. Kniec, under the terms of its stock option plan, options to purchase up to 200,000 common shares at a price of $0.19 per share. The options are subject to vesting over a two year period and have an expiry date of August 10, 2014.

About Crosshair

Crosshair is a dominant player in the exploration and development of uranium in the US and Canada. Its flagship Project, Bootheel, is located in uranium mining friendly Wyoming and with its in-situ mining potential, Bootheel is designed for near term production. The Project is ventured with Ur-Energy, who bring with them additional management expertise to put Bootheel into production. The CMB Uranium Project is located in Labrador, Canada and has four currently defined resources - C Zone, Area 1, Armstrong and Two Time Zone. These assets fall outside of Labrador Inuit Lands and are therefore not directly impacted by the Nunatsiavut Government's decision in March 2008 to place a three year moratorium on uranium mining within their self-governed Labrador Inuit Lands. The Crosshair team is comprised of knowledgeable and experienced professionals with both exploration and mining backgrounds.

For more information on the Company and its properties, please visit the website at www.crosshairexploration.com.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Mark J. Morabito, Chief Executive Officer

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