MRU Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MHOI.OB), a specialty finance company that provides private loans to college students with the renowned brand MyRichUncle(TM), announced that Edwin McGuinn, Chairman and CEO, will be presenting at the Roth Capital Partners 18th Annual OC Conference on Wednesday, February 22 at 1:30 pm. The conference, held from February 20-22 at the St. Regis at Monarch Beach in Dana Point, CA, specializes in small and micro-cap growth companies. MRU Holdings' power point presentation can be viewed via the website, http://www.mruholdings.com .

About the Roth Capital Partners, LLC

With headquarters in Newport Beach, California and offices in strategic locations in the Western United States, Roth Capital Partners, LLC is a full service investment bank serving corporate and institutional clients throughout the world. Roth offers a wide array of investment banking services including: initial public offerings, follow-ons, PIPEs, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, investment research, and institutional sales and trading. The firm is perhaps best known for finding, funding and fostering the growth of emerging companies. Over the last ten years, Roth raised over $7 billion for small and micro cap public companies and completed over 110 merger, acquisition and advisory assignments. It is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Visit the Roth Capital Partners website at http://www.rothcp.com.

About MRU Holdings, Inc.

MRU Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MHOI) is a publicly traded specialty finance company that profiles and provides students with funds for higher education using a blend of current market credit practices as well as its own proprietary analytic models and decision tools. The company has a renowned brand name "MyRichUncle(TM)" and highly scalable origination infrastructure. The company utilizes these assets to provide private and federal loans to students either on a referral or principal basis. Additional information concerning MRU Holdings is available at http://www.MRUHoldings.com. For more information about MyRichUncle visit http://www.MyRichUncle.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

The information provided herein may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements include, MRU Holdings' expectations regarding its ability to develop and commercialize financial products for the higher education marketplace. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that, if realized, could materially impair MRU Holdings' results of operations, business, and financial condition. These forward-looking statements may be affected by the risks and uncertainties inherent in the educational finance market and in MRU Holdings' business. This information is qualified in its entirety by cautionary statements and risk factor disclosures contained in our Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed with the SEC on March 22, 2005, as further amended. MRU Holdings cautions that certain important factors may have affected and could in the future affect MRU Holdings' beliefs and expectations and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of MRU Holdings. The forward-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date hereof and MRU Holdings does not assume any obligation to update the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

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