Tucson, Arizona – September 9, 2009 – Liberty Star Uranium & Metals Corp. (the “Company” LBSR: OTCBB) announces that its geophysical contractor Geotech Ltd. (Aurora, Ontario Canada) completed a ZTEM geophysical survey on August 31, 2009.

ZTEM (Z Axis Tipper Electromagnetic system) is a helicopter borne survey method measuring electromagnetic activity. Geotech’s computer technology and sensitive measuring equipment enables detection and modeling of the shape of metallic mineral bodies at more than one kilometer (3,300 feet) below the surface. Detailed information about ZTEM is available at http://geotech.ca/.

The survey consisted of 1,256 line kms (780 line miles) of ZTEM and very detailed airborne magnetics. The survey lines, spaced 250 meters (825 feet) apart covered all claims in the south block of the

The ZTEM geophysical survey, other work and cash payments fulfilled the Alaska Bureau of Mineral Resources

Big Chunk Super Project, and fulfilled the yearly assessment work requirement for that claim block by the state of Alaska.’ assessment work requirements for the end of the assessment year for all claim blocks comprising both the Big Chunk Super Projectand the Bonanza Hills Project.

“James A. Briscoe”
James A. Briscoe, President/Director

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