Gold Exploration in West Africa

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Birim (BGI.TO) finds new goldfield on Bui property

BIRIM GOLDFIELDS INC.
TSX SYMBOL: BGI

OCTOBER 20, 2004 - 09:27 ET

Birim Goldfields Inc.: Extensive Gold-In-Soil Anomaly
Outlined at Kuri on the Bui District, Ghana

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(CCNMatthews - Oct. 20, 2004) - Birim Goldfields Inc.
(BGI:TSX) ("Birim" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the results
of an extensive reconnaissance soil sampling program on its Kuri
prospect, located in the northern region of its Bui District property in
Ghana. Kuri is the target of the largest concentration of galamsey
(artisanal) mining on the Company's reconnaissance license.

The extensive preliminary soil-sampling program undertaken on the Kuri
target area in July 2004 is now completed. In total 2,747 samples were
collected and analyzed, of which 9.2% were quality control samples. A
regional 2,535-sample soil grid was established on an 800 meter by
50-meter pattern using GPS control. Soil lines were oriented
northwest-southeast, perpendicular to the regional lithological strike
and previously mapped structural lineaments. The grid covers an
approximately 9.6 x 10.0 km area of the Bui Reconnaissance License (see
attached map).

Assay results show that 95 of the soil geochemical samples are higher
than 100ppb gold and an additional 218 of the soil samples assayed are
higher than 50ppb gold. The highest recorded soil assay value was
8,760ppb gold. Preliminary interpretation of these results indicates
that three broad zones of anomalous soil gold have been defined; two of
which have strike lengths of over five kilometers each (see attached
map). It is likely that these large soil anomalies are caused by a
number of underlying mineralised vein sources and infill soil
geochemistry will be needed to define each source. The Company plans to
continue testing all three anomalous zones with follow-up infill (200
meter by 50-meter) soil sampling.

Tombe-North

The 880-meter Phase III reconnaissance RC drill program, undertaken to
test the Tombe-North high-grade gold zone to a depth of 100 meters, is
now completed. Research to date indicates that the 350-meter long
Tombe-North gold zone comprises the most prospective part of the overall
45-kilometer long Tombe-Parabu stream sediment gold trend.

The RC drill program involved a total of 7 re-entries and deepenings of
existing drill holes on lines 27,050 N, 27,100 N, and 27,150 N, and a
new hole on each of latter two lines. Two to three kilogram samples
collected for each meter drilled were submitted to Transworld
Laboratories in Tarkwa, Ghana for assaying. Drill results at depth did
not match the significant values found near surface along this gold
trend. A review of the cumulative RC drilling results to date on the
Tombe-Parabu gold trend is underway to determine the future course on
this target area.

Birim's 7,000 square kilometer Bui District covers the entire Bui
Structural Belt in northeastern Ghana. This Belt is underlain by
Tarkwaian Group and Birimian Supergroup metasediments. These geological
units are host to the +20 million ounce Tarkwa gold deposit and the +60
million ounce Ashanti gold deposit on the Ashanti Belt in Ghana. Birim
continues to identify large-scale gold target areas on the Bui District
and has numerous exploration initiatives underway, reinforcing its
commitment to gold exploration in Ghana. Birim Goldfields Inc. is a
royalty-based exploration company and trades on the Toronto Stock
Exchange under the symbol BGI.

A map is available on CCNMatthews' Website at the following address:
http://www2.ccnmatthews.com/database/fax/2000/gold.doc

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Birim Goldfields Inc.
Denis Simoneau
President
[phone] or 1-800-721-8611
[phone] (FAX)
Email: [e-mail]
Web site: www.birim.com