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ESO Uranium Strikes 19 meters of 4.1 g/t Gold
4/24/2006
VANCOUVER, Apr 24, 2006 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX News Network) --

ESO Uranium Corp. ("ESO" or "the Company") announces that two drill holes have returned gold grades over substantial widths of mineralization in the drill program on its Mikwam Property along the Casa Berardi Deformation Zone in northeastern Ontario. Seven holes were completed for a total length of 2,437 meters (8,042 feet) in this first phase of work. Assays have been received for the first three of these holes and the significant intersections are reported below (all units are metric except where indicated in brackets).


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DDH No. Northing Easting Elevation Azimuth Dip
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06-01 5483013 592337 284 0 -45
06-02 5483013 592337 284 7 -60
06-03 5483092 592256 287 90 -45


To - From Interval m Grade g/t
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06-01 104-150 46 Anomalous
Including 125-128 3 1.4
322-326 4 2.1

06-02 274-293 19 4.1
06-03 140-156 16 4.8
169-176 7 5.0

Drill hole 06-01 was located close to a previous drill hole (92-1) from a 1992 programme by Royal Oak Mines Ltd. who had the property under option from Newmont Canada. That hole intersected the A8 vein with a 7.2 meter (24 foot) intercept and grade of 5.6 g/t gold. The 06-01 hole returned a broad intersection of anomalous values and occasional grades over 1.0 g/t. This suggests that the vein zone was intersected where the mineralization was diffuse.

Hole 06-02 undercut the first hole and showed a significant grade thickness improvement over the original 92-1 drill hole intersection. The intersection of 19 meters (63 feet) at 4.1 g/t is the longest mineralized section at this grade reported to date on the property.

Drill hole 06-03 was drilled from the west across the zone to resolve the structural relationship of the vein with an associated iron formation. The grade of 4.8 g/t gold over 16 meters is a good general confirmation of the grade in hole 06-02 and the historical data of drill hole 92-1.

Some repeat assays have suggested a need to check for metallic gold which may cause a nugget effect and a wider statistical error in the results than desirable. This check work is in progress and any significant variances will be reported. The Lasarre Assay Laboratory that is undertaking this work for ESO has considerable experience with samples from the Casa West project of Aurizon Mines Ltd. This project is within the Casa Berardi Deformation Zone and lies about 15 kms east of the current Mikwam property boundary.

ESO will report on the remaining samples submitted for assay as they are completed.

The data set used here has been presented to ESO by Caracle Creek International Consultants (CCIC) who are assisting in the drill programme as an independent Qualified Party. The data generated in the ongoing programme will be used by CCIC to complete a resource estimate that is compliant with NI 43 101. Drilling is expected to re-start on April 24, 2006 with an initial focus on the A8 vein area for resource estimate data. In addition to this drilling, several targets are being reviewed for drilling on the recently acquired contiguous claims.

About ESO Uranium Corp.

ESO Uranium Corp., a Vancouver based mineral resource company, is actively exploring for gold in the Casa Berardi deformation zone in Ontario and for uranium in the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan. The Company is well financed with over $5 million in its treasury.

The Company controls in excess of 860,000 acres of mineral claims in the Athabasca Basin making it one of the largest land holders in the world's most prolific uranium producing region. The Company also controls 21,380 acres of mineral claims referred to as the Mikwam gold project located along the western extension of the Casa Berardi deformation zone in Ontario. At current gold prices of over US$600/oz, a gram of gold has a value of more than US$19.30.

Benjamin Ainsworth, MA (Oxon), PEng, is the Qualified Person responsible for this news release.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of ESO Uranium Corp. "Ben Ainsworth" --------------------------- Vice President, Exploration

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed nor accepted responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this news release which has been prepared by management. Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward looking statements as that term is defined in the private securities litigation reform act of 1995. Such forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from estimated results. The historical information contained in this news release was obtained from reports prepared prior to the implementation of NI 43-101. Though the Company has no reason to doubt the accuracy of this information, readers should use caution when considering such information and should not place undue influence upon such.

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