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Pacifica Resources Announces Drilling at Anniv East Deposit Continues to Expand Mineralization

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09:02 EST Friday, March 09, 2007

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Pacifica Resources Announces Drilling at Anniv East Deposit Continues to Expand Mineralization

Vancouver, British Columbia CANADA, March 09, 2007 /FSC/ - Pacifica Resources Ltd. (PAX - TSX Venture), is pleased to provide an update on drill hole results in the Anniv East area. Drilling in this area has increased the size of the mineralized zone significantly and demonstrates complexity of distribution and thickness of mineralization.

The Selwyn Project hosts the world-class Howard's Pass SEDEX zinc-lead deposits. Location of the new zones and detailed drill plan maps are available at www.pacifica-resources.com. Results of drilling of other zones will be released shortly.

Anniv East Deposit

Thirty-six drill holes were completed on the Anniv East deposit in 2006 that included infill drilling within the known March 2006 NI 43-101 compliant Inferred mineral resource of 18,380,000 tonnes grading 4.46% zinc and 1.28% lead (see NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource report on www.sedar.com) and systematic zone drilling for expansion purposes of the mineral resource potential.

The 2006 drilling has extended the open-pit mineral potential by 850 metres to the northwest and 500 metres to the southwest beyond the boundaries of the March 2006 NI 43-101 mineral resource estimation. Anniv East remains open for expansion of mineral potential to the northwest, west, and southwest.

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 Drill Hole    From      To     Thickness    Pb      Zn      Pb+Zn    Thickness  
                (m)      (m)       (m)      (%)     (%)       (%)        (m) 
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   AN-121     158.30    159.85     1.55     1.67    8.38     10.05       1.48 
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   AN-128     136.30    136.90     0.60     1.10    7.19      8.29       0.58 
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   AN-131      55.74     58.83     3.09     1.09    4.86      5.94       2.90 
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   AN-132      22.61     30.48     7.87     1.27    4.62      5.89       7.87 
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               35.58     36.24     0.66     0.95    2.64      3.59       0.66 
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               45.10     54.51     9.41     1.06    4.25      5.31       9.41 
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  Including    47.90     51.31     3.41     1.44    7.09      8.54       3.41 
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               57.46     63.36     5.90     1.14    4.76      5.90       5.90 
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   ANE-142    136.91    138.47     1.56     2.29   10.32     12.62       1.51 
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   ANE-150    145.40    157.00    11.60     0.39    2.06      2.45      11.56 
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  Including   145.40    151.85     6.45     0.54    2.51      3.05       1.80 
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  Including   145.40    147.55     2.15     0.93    4.39      5.32       2.14 
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   ANE-156    144.75    147.40     2.65     0.99    5.05      6.04       2.64 
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   ANE-159    108.20    121.53    13.33     0.65    3.89      4.54      13.32 
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  Including   108.20    112.10     3.90     1.63   10.59     12.21       3.90 
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   ANE-178    213.45    217.40     3.95     0.55    3.90      4.46       3.95 
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  Including   213.45    214.90     1.45     1.17    8.15      9.32       1.45 
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   ANE-179    229.40    233.60     4.20     1.00    5.21      6.21       4.20 
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   ANE-180    268.20    270.40     2.20     0.93    4.66      5.59       2.19 
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   ANE-183     98.80     99.40     0.60     0.50    2.40      2.90       0.60 
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              100.20    100.60     0.40     0.94    5.02      5.97       0.40 
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              115.10    116.90     1.80     3.80   11.91     15.72       1.79 
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The Selwyn Project exploration program is overviewed by Vice President Exploration, Mr. Jason Dunning, M.Sc., P.Geo. The onsite activities for the Selwyn Project are directed by Exploration Manager, John J. O'Donnell, P.Geo. Both Mr. Dunning and Mr. O'Donnell are Qualified Persons within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101. All assay data has been through internal validation of quality assurance and quality control. Pacifica has established a sampling and assay control program with blind insertion of assay blanks, standards and duplicates for the Selwyn Project; however, it should be noted that there is also a quality control and quality assurance program in place at both ACME Analytical Laboratories Ltd. ("ACME") and ALS Chemex that includes blanks, duplicates and standards. At ACME, silver and base metal analyses are conducted by a 17-element, four-acid digestion, ore-grade ICP-AES technique. At ALS Chemex, silver and base metal analyses are conducted by a 25-element, four-acid digestion, ICP-AES technique with overlimit protocols for zinc, lead, copper, antimony, arsenic, and barium conducted by an ore-grade aqua-regia digestion with an instrument finish (ALS-Chemex).

Pacifica's main focus is the exploration of its Selwyn Project in eastern Yukon and Northwest Territories. The Selwyn Project hosts very large tonnages of zinc-lead mineralization. The known deposits have the potential for large scale production of zinc and lead, at a time when World's zinc mine supply is in deficit and there are few new zinc-lead mines under development.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on assumptions and judgments of management regarding future events or results that may prove to be inaccurate as a result of exploration and other risk factors beyond its control and actual results may differ materially from the expected results. Additional drilling is required to confirm the potential of the new discovery areas and expansions of the current resource areas. Furthermore, there is no assurance that the resources being defined can be developed as an economically attractive mine, and there are many uncertainties associated with permitting and other factors that could delay such development.

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