Grande Portage Resources Ltd. Unveils Critical Exploration Data Many Previously Unknown Mineralization Zones Now Identified
VANCOUVER, BC, April 19, 2006 -- Grande Portage Resources Ltd., (TSX-V "GPG") ("Grande Portage" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that as part of its mineral claims agreement with Arbutus Resources Ltd., a substantial inventory of historical mineral exploration data spanning several decades of work including that done by Cominco Limited and Noranda on the Merry Widow project and surrounding area has been made available.
Most of these private files were either unknown or thought to have been lost. The comprehensive and extensive material contained covers critical information on geology, drillhole data, assays, metallurgical test work, resource calculations, ground geophysical surveys and the like. The value of this information is incalculable.
Of key importance was the fact that during an initial perusal of the data it was noted that there were numerous documented high grade mineralized showings of gold, gold-copper, and gold-copper-cobalt mineralization that were previously unknown to the company.
The information is presently being incorporated into the overall database being generated on the project by the company's geological consultants. As data verification proceeds, the information contained will be made available. At this stage of the review, it is uncertain how much of the data will be NI 43-101 compliant. On related property news, final details are being sorted with the forestry companies active in the area as they pertain to the upcoming diamond drilling project. Mobilization is scheduled for early May.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Alistair MacLennan, President/CEO
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