<html> <title>EASTMAIN RESOURCES INC.</title> <script> function printWindow(){ bV = parseInt(navigator.appVersion) if (bV >= 4) window.print() } </script> <SCRIPT> function DynaWin(url, h, w, l, t) { poph = + h + 70 popw = + w + 30 disp = window.open("","pop","height=" + poph + ",width=" + popw + ",left=" + l + ",top=" + t + ""); content = '<HTML>'; content += '<TITLE>Pop-up Window</TITLE>'; content += '</HEAD>'; content += '<BODY BACKGROUND="bk.gif" onBlur="self.close()">'; content += '<P ALIGN="CENTER"><img src="' + url + '" height="' + h + '" width="' + w + '"></P>'; content += '<link REL=stylesheet HREF="popup.css" TYPE="text/css"><CENTER><A HREF="#" onClick="self.close()" class="link2">Close Window</A> </font>'; content += '</BODY></HTML>'; disp.document.write(content); disp.document.close(); } </SCRIPT> <link rel="stylesheet" href="news.css" type="text/css"> <body bgcolor="#CBC6AD" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" margin height="0" marginwidth="0"> <center><a name="top"> <table width="600" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="ffffff"> <tr> <td class="bdotsno" width="120"><img src="img/logo1.jpg"></td> <td class="bdots" width="520"> <span class="name1">EASTMAIN RESOURCES INC.</span><BR><span class="name2">Trading Symbol: ER - The Toronto Stock Exchange</SPAn> </td> <td class="bdots2" width="180"> <a href="javascript:printWindow()" class="link2"><img src="img/p.gif" border="0">Print Page</a> <BR><a href="javascript:window.close();" class="link2"><img src="img/x.gif" border="0"> Close window</a> </td> </tr> <TR> <TD colspan="3" height="500" class="bdotsw" valign="top"><center> <span class="title1"><BR>EASTMAIN PROCEEDING WITH OPTION ON ELEONORE AREA PROPERTIES </span> <BR><span class="date1">March 28 2006</span></center> <BR><BR> <p class="text1"> <strong>Eastmain Resources Inc. (ER:TSX)</strong> is pleased to announce that it will proceed with its second-year option on the C and D claim blocks, held by Azimut Exploration Inc. The C block is contiguous with Virginia's Eléonore Gold property located in James Bay, Québec and recently acquired by Goldcorp Inc.

The discovery of a gold-arsenic-bearing soil anomaly that measures at least 7 km in length on the C block (press release of Dec. 14, 2005), has prompted increased spending commitments for the 2006 season. Eastmain plans to spend a minimum of $650,000 in exploration work on these properties in 2006. Work programs will assess the gold anomaly on the C block, which is underlain by the same sedimentary rock formation that contains the Roberto Gold Deposit at Eléonore, and numerous gold-in-soil anomalies also detected on the D block, located immediately northwest of the Eléonore property. This phase of exploration will include detailed geochemical and geological surveys, prospecting and trenching. Diamond drilling of selected targets will follow.

Azimut holds 100% interest in the C and D blocks comprising a total of 354 claims (185 km2). Eastmain has the option to earn up to 65% in the project. Eastmain is the project operator. Management is also pleased to announce that Dr. Vincent Jourdain, P Eng. has joined Eastmain's exploration team as District Manager of Québec. Dr. Jourdain was formerly head of Research and Project Generation, Abitibi District for SOQUEM Inc. Vincent received his Ph.D. in Mineral Resources from the Université of Québec in Montréal in 1993, where he completed a thesis on gold-bearing sulphide deposits of the Grenville Province. With 20 years of experience in the industry, Vincent has worked for a number of resource and development companies including Richmont Mines, where he supervised the bulk sample program and final resource estimation for the Nugget Pond project located in Baie Verte, Newfoundland.

This press release has been prepared under the supervision of Dr. Donald J. Robinson, P. Geo., and Eastmain's Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Properties. Summer field work on the projects was conducted under the direction of Eddy Canova, P.Geo. and Qualified Person. <BR><BR> </p> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3" class="bdots2"> <p class="text1b"> <b>For further information please contact:</b><BR> Donald J. Robinson, President or<br> Catherine Butella, Exploration Manager at<br> phone (519) 940-4870<br> fax (519) 940-4871<br> e-mail: <a href="mailto:robinson@eastmain.com" class="link2">robinson@eastmain.com</a><br> website: <a href="http://www.eastmain.com" class="link2">www.eastmain.com</a><br> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="600" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" height="40" bgcolor="#F7C413"> <tr> <td> <center><span class="fine"> Eastmain Resources Inc. | <a href="mailto:info@eastmain.com" class="link3">info@eastmain.com</a> | <a href="http://www.eastmain.com" target="new window" class="link3">www.eastmain.com</a> </td> <td width="50"> <img src="img/logo2.gif"> </td> </tr> </table> <BR><BR> </body> </html>