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[Ed Monton]

X-Cal Resources Ltd.: Mill Creek Drill Program/Cortez
Area

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - Apr 7, 2004) - X-Cal
Resources Ltd. has received all necessary approvals to begin a
drill program on its 100% owned Mill Creek Gold Property, located
in Lander County, Nevada. The Mill Creek Gold Property is within
the area known as the Cortez Joint Venture Area, where Placer
Dome operates the Cortez and Pipeline Gold Mines. Placer has
announced a new discovery, named "Cortez Hills", in this
district. X-Cal's 640 acre Mill Creek Gold Property is situated
on a lower plate window, known locally as the "Goat Window",
located northwest of the Pipeline Gold Mine. Previous work on the
X-Cal property encountered encouraging gold values in drill holes
and outlined additional attractive drill targets.

The initial X-Cal Mill Creek drill program will consist of 10,000
feet of reverse circulation drilling and 3,000 feet of core
drilling. Thirteen drill sites have been approved. Several drill
holes can occur from each site. If the Phase 1 drill results are
encouraging, the drill budget will be increased to allow the work
program to continue beyond the presently allocated footage, as
required. The current field work is being carried out under the
supervision of Gregory L. Griffin, geologist. Drilling is
expected to begin this month. Assays will be by ALS Chemex.
Overall project data will be reviewed on behalf of X-Cal by Ken
Snyder, Ph.D.

X-Cal has entered into a mutually beneficial data sharing and
confidentiality agreement with a major company that holds claims
in the Mill Creek area. The agreement brings useful local
knowledge to the project in exchange for new data that will be
generated by X-Cal's work.

The contents of this news release have been reviewed by Richard
R. Redfern, M.Sc., C.P.G., who is a Qualified Person as defined
by National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Redfern is preparing a
technical report, in accordance with NI 43-101, on the Mill Creek
Gold Property which will be filed this month.

Elsewhere in Nevada, the Sleeper Joint Venture is actively
drilling the Sleeper Gold Project (50% X-Cal/50% New Sleeper Gold
Corp.), as previously announced.

X-Cal Resources Ltd. is debt free with sufficient cash to meet
all foreseeable requirements for 2004.

Note: X-Cal Resources Ltd. can be referenced through the Standard
& Poors Directory.

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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.