Great American InsuranceCompany has received an "A" (Excellent) or higher rating from the A.M. BestCompany for over 100 years (most recent rating evaluation effective on December17, 2007). The members of the Great American Insurance Group are subsidiaries ofAmerican Financial Group, Inc. (AFG) (NYSE:AFG) (NASDAQ:AFG), also based inCincinnati, Ohio Great American Insurance GroupJohn W. SARNIA, Ontario, Jan. 
9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Sombrio Capital Corp.(OTCBB:SBPP) (the "Company") wishes to announce that it has completed anoffering of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $0.001 per shareto KIF Capital Corp ("KIF"). KIF is a private company owned and controlled byKen MacAlpine, a director of the Company. The total amount the Company receivedfrom this offering was $5,000. Proceeds of the offering are intended to be usedfor working capital purposes.On January 7, 2009, KIF and 644822 B.C Ltd. entered into a terminationagreement rescinding the agreement for the purchase of common stock datedDecember 29, 2008 between the parties (the "Share Purchase Agreement")previously announced in the Company's press release dated December 31, 2008.Following the termination and rescission of the Share Purchase Agreement and theclosing of the private placement, KIF owns 41.0 of the issued and outstandingcommon stock of the Company.Forward-Looking StatementsThis Press Release may contain, in addition to historical information,forward-looking statements. Statements in this news release that areforward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertaintiesconcerning the specific factors disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" andelsewhere in the Company's periodic filings with the U.S Securities andExchange Commission.

When used in this news release, the words such as "could,""plan," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "potential," "should," andsimilar expressions, are forward-looking statements. The risk factors that couldcause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include,but are not restricted to the Company's limited operating history, uncertaintiesabout the availability of additional financing, geological or mechanicaldifficulties affecting the Company's planned geological or other work programs,uncertainty of estimates of mineralized material, operational risk,environmental risk, financial risk, currency risk and other statements that arenot historical facts as disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewherein the Company's periodic filings with securities regulators in the UnitedStates.-0-CONTACT:Sombrio Capital Corp.Ken MacAlpine(519) 542-1229. The Bulls surprised even themselves tonight with a dominating performance against the Virginia Cavaliers. It didnt matter however, as Dominique Jones went off for 22 points and 7 rebounds. He was also named player of the game, the first of the season but surely not the last.Augustus Gilchrist added 18 points and 8 rebounds; his counterpart in the post, Jarrid Famous had another solid game for the Bulls with 12 points and eight rebounds. Justin Leemow added some depth off the bench with nine points.Sylven Landesberg was supposed to come into the Sun Dome and challenge Dominique Jones to see who was the best player on the court.