Rockland Grants Stock Options

Vancouver, British Columbia, July 5, 2010: Rockland Minerals Corp. (TSX Venture: RL) (the “Company”) announced today that it granted options to purchase 575,000 common shares under the Company's stock option plan, of which 315,000 were granted to directors and officers and 260,000 to consultants. The granted options have an exercise price of $0.15 (being the July 5th, 2010 closing price of the shares on the TSX Venture Exchange) and expire on July 5, 2015.

Rockland Minerals Corp.
“Ravinder Mlait”
President and CEO

Contact information
Rockland Minerals Corp.              
600 - 999 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2W2
O: 604-808-2225
F: 604-676-2767
www.rocklandminerals.ca
info@rocklandminerals.ca

About Rockland

Rockland Minerals Corp. is focused on developing its Schefferville gold property and Retty Lake copper-nickel, platinum group elements (PGE) property, both located in the mining friendly province of Québec, Canada. Rockland is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "RL". To learn more about Rockland please visit www.rocklandminerals.ca

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