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Royal Standard lists on Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Royal Standard Minerals Inc (TSX-V:RSM)
Shares Issued 55,924,018
Last Close 8/16/2005 $0.64
Wednesday August 17 2005 - News Release

Mr. Roland Larsen reports

ROYAL STANDARD MINERALS LISTED ON THE FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE

Royal Standard Minerals Inc.'s common stock has listed for trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol R2H, effective Friday, Aug. 12, 2005. As a secondary listing in Germany, the shares were also listed on the more retail-investor-based Berlin-Bremen Stock Exchange under the same ticker symbol by market maker Berliner Freiverkehr AG, effective Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005.

The listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange provides the company with increased exposure to worldwide capital markets and enables Europeans to trade the company's common stock in euros. The European investment community has expressed a special interest in Royal Standard Minerals' projects, and the company looks forward to widening its shareholder base in the region with a European promotion campaign starting in the near future.

The German brokerage firm of Rolf Brauburger Kursmakler GmbH, based in Frankfurt/Main, sponsored the listing and will be the market maker. The company's international ISIN number is CA7809191066 and the German security code is WKN A0BLUE.

The Canadian Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for adequacy or accuracy of this release as per exchange Policy 3.3 Section 6.5.

Royal Standard Minerals cautions that the statements made in this press release and other forward looking statements made on behalf of the Company may be affected by such other factors including, but not limited to, volatility of mineral prices, product demand, market competition, imprecision of mineral estimates, and other risks detailed herein and from time to time in the Securities and Exchange Commission filings of the Company.

For more information

Please call Roland Larsen, Qualified Person (NI-43-101) @ (804) 580-8107 or FAX @ (804) 580-4132

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