XAU Resources Inc. announced that a member of its board of directors, Dr. Pavel Maslovskiy, was unexpectedly arrested in Moscow, Russia and detained in connection with a commercial matter unrelated to the Corporation. Dr. Maslovskiy rejects the charges of the Russian authorities, which he contends are false and without merit, and intends to mount a vigorous defence. Nevertheless, Dr. Maslovskiy has resigned from the Corporation's board of directors pending the resolution of these legal matters.