FirstGrowth to Present at Inaugural International Exhibition for Mineral Exploration - FirstGrowth Exploration & Development Services Corp. (TSXV: FGC) (FRANKFURT: G8Q) (OTCBB: FGCDF) (the "Company" or "FirstGrowth") is pleased to announce that it has been chosen as one of three Canadian companies to participate in the inaugural International Exhibition for Mineral Exploration & Applications (“MENA-EX 2008”). This Exhibition is being organized by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and will be officially opened by His Royal Highness Prince Khaled Al-Faisal Bin Abdulaziz. MENA-EX 2008 will be the first major convention and exhibition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia focusing on the potentially vast mineral resources of the Middle East and North Africa. The meetings and exhibits, which will be held at the Jeddah Convention Center from January 22-25, 2008, are designed to gather interested parties in mineral exploration, development, and mineral applications to promote mineral investment in this part of the globe.