Eastmain Resources Inc. (TSX - ER) is pleased to announce final assay data from 20 drill holes completed during a winter campaign on its wholly-owned Eau Claire Gold Deposit, located in James Bay, Northern Québec. 65 gold-bearing vein and schist zones intersected within the Eau Claire gold deposit include 27 veins containing visible gold ranging from 4.58 g/t Au to 348 g/t Au or 10.2 ounces gold per ton (Table 1).

Drilling cut across seven near-surface, high-grade intervals within the D Vein. Hole ER09-190 intersected 10.2 ounces gold per ton over 0.5 metres. This hole is located 580 metres west of discovery hole C87L06, which also intersected 14.5 ounces per ton (497 g/t Au) over 2.0 metres within the D Vein. Other significant D-Vein intercepts comprise 5.50 g/t Au over 4.50 metres, including 39.4 g/t Au over a half-metre, in hole ER09-188 and 11.75 g/t Au over 2.50 metres, including 22.3 g/t Au over 0.5 metres, in hole ER09-194.

Eight vein intercepts from the G Vein include: 26.94 g/t Au over one metre, including 47.1 g/t Au across a half-metre, in hole ER09-185; 20.31 g/t Au over a metre, with 40.6 g/t Au over 0.5 metres, in hole ER09- 188 and 21.76 g/t Au over 1.0 metres, including a half-metre sample at 38.0 g/t Au, in hole ER09-195.

Drill hole ER09-185 intersected the JQ Vein across 8.50 metres grading 5.25 g/t Au. This includes a half-metre intersection of 15.6 g/t Au.

High-grade, gold-bearing veins from the T-series have been delineated along a strike length of 300 metres. T-Vein intersections from the northernmost hole into the deposit, ER09-187, comprise 7.13 g/t Au over 1.0 metres; 9.31 g/t Au over 2.5 metres (including 39.0 g/t Au), and 10.37 g/t Au over 4.0 metres, which also contains 60.7 g/t Au over 0.5 metres.

Definition drilling at Eau Claire has been very successful in confirming a higher average grade for quartztourmaline vein and schist zones throughout the gold deposit. Over the past 16 months 125 (HQ) drill holes have intersected 365 gold-bearing, quartz-tourmaline vein intervals, of which 147 contain visible gold. These 365 intercepts have an average grade of 14.0 g/t Au (0.41 ounces per ton) at an average thickness of 1.32 metres (Table 1). 250 vein intervals contain an average grade of 19.6 g/t Au (0.57 ounces per ton). 150 vein intercepts contain an average of 28.2 g/t Au (0.82 ounces per ton). 50 vein intervals contain 66.0 g/t Au (1.93 ounces per ton) and 10 intersections average 210 g/t Au (6.14 ounces per ton). None of these veins have been included in the current resource calculation.



Don Robinson, President & CEO of Eastmain comments, “Eau Claire consistently delivers exceptional high-grade assay results. Multi-ounce veins occur throughout the deposit from surface to depth, with many lying within the top 100 metres. The recent 10-ounce intersection of the D-Vein is over a half-kilometre away from the 14-ounce discovery intercept from the same vein, indicating a potentially significant increase in the size of the high-grade footprint at Eau Claire. More drilling is necessary to confirm this potential."

A summer drill campaign designed to continue to test additional targets both within and outside of the known limits of the Eau Claire gold deposit has been approved. Future exploration objectives will focus on testing the new T-Vein series, located north of the deposit, confirming the expanse of the high-grade footprint to the west and the search for a second deposit along strike.

This news release was prepared by Dr. Donald J. Robinson, P. Geo., the qualified person supervising the project in accordance with NI 43-101.

About Eastmain Resources Inc. (TSX:ER)

Eastmain is a Canadian gold exploration company with 100% interest in the Eau Claire and Eastmain gold deposits. The Corporation has approximately $20 Million in working capital and holds an interest in 12 projects within the James Bay District, including the Éléonore South property, where a gold discovery has been found in a similar geologic setting to Goldcorp’s Roberto deposit. Eastmain has an annual budget of $4 million for gold exploration in Québec.