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[Ed Monton]

X-Cal to Drill Mill Creek Gold Property in Cortez Area,
Nevada

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--X-Cal Resources Ltd. has filed a
Notice of Intent to drill test the Company's 100% owned Mill
Creek Property, located in Lander County, Nevada.

X-Cal's Mill Creek Property is located over a lower plate window
known as the "Goat Window" within an area of the Battle Mountain
Trend known as the Cortez Joint Venture ("CJV") area, which hosts
Placer Dome's Cortez Gold Mine and Pipeline Gold Mine. Placer has
recently announced the discovery of a new lower plate gold
deposit named "Cortez Hills" in the CJV area.

X-Cal has allocated an initial US$500,000 budget to exploration
of its Mill Creek Project. Previous work to the Mill Creek
Property encountered 10 feet of 0.527 opt (18.05 gpt) Au in a
reverse circulation drill hole #BMC-1A from 265-275 feet, in
upper plate rocks associated with felsic dikes, located on a
NNW-trending structure that strikes through the centre of the 640
acre property. Part of the proposed drilling will continue to
test this structural zone. The prime target for the 2004 drill
program is located in the northeast portion of the property,
closest to the lower plate outcrops, defined by soil
geochemistry, rock geochemistry and geologic mapping. The initial
permit application has requested thirteen drill sites, each of
which can be utilized for several drill holes. The initial
program for the Mill Creek Property will consist of 10,000 feet
of drilling, with pre-authorization for additional footage, if
results are encouraging. The Mill Creek drill program will begin
as soon as the permit process allows. (Adjacent claims bordering
Mill Creek are separately held by Placer Dome and Newmont.)

A National Instrument 43-101 compliant report on X-Cal's Mill
Creek Property is being prepared by Richard R. Redfern, M.Sc,
C.P.G. The contents of this release have been reviewed by Richard
Redfern and Keith Blair, M.Sc., C.P.G., who are Qualified Persons
as defined by NI43-101.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
X-Cal Resources Ltd.
Shawn Kennedy
President
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
Email: [e-mail]
Website: www.x-cal.com
Note: X-Cal Resources Ltd. can be referenced through the Standard
& Poors Directory.