Botwood Basin

[Ed Monton]

Candente drill results:

Candente Resource Corp. - Drill Results Linear Property, Newfoundland
Tuesday April 29, 10:48 am ET
TSX-V: DNT


VANCOUVER, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Candente Resource Corp. (the Company) is pleased to report that drilling
on the Linear Gold Property in Newfoundland has intersected a series of previously unidentified gold zones.
Three out of five holes drilled intersected numerous mineralized zones. The new zones occur south of all previous
drilling and have different mineralogy from the majority of the gold zones previously encountered on the property.
It is believed that the zones targeted in the first two holes were displaced by faulting.

Results are as follows:

 
  
     DDH LG-2003-03 - Cokes Showing 
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         From                 To                Interval             Gold 
      Metres (m)              (m)                  (m)               (g/t) 
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         10.4                14.3                  3.9                3.36 
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         35.7                38.4                  2.7                0.68 
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         51.8                53.7                  1.9                1.98 
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         85.9                87.5                  1.6                1.15 
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         91.2                91.5                  0.3                0.35 
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         91.7                92.7                  1.0                0.79 
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         94.1                94.4                  0.3                0.49 
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         95.3                95.9                  0.6                0.38 
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         98.9                99.7                  0.8                1.36 
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         112.5               113.9                 1.4                4.45 
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         114.6               115.2                 0.6                1.15 
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         117.7               119.6                 2.0                0.63 
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         122.0               124.7                 2.7                0.18 
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         125.5               128.1                 2.6                0.24 
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         147.8               148.9                 1.1                0.70 
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     Note: Poor core recovery (51%)  
 from the interval 4.57 to 17.07m 
  
  
     DDH LG-2003-04 - Cokes Showing 
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         From                 To                Interval             Gold 
      Metres (m)              (m)                  (m)               (g/t) 
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         8.1                 11.9                  3.8                0.77 
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         14.2                16.0                  2.2                2.85 
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         21.5                22.3                  0.8                1.92 
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         25.4                27.7                  2.3                1.30 
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         31.0                38.4                  7.4                2.89 
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         45.4                50.6                  5.2                0.17 
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 Hole LG2003-04 was drilled at steeper dip from the same collar location as Hole LG2003-03 to obtain better core recoveries  
 in the upper 50 metres of the favourable mineralization intersected which were not recovered in DDH LG2003-03.  
  
     DDH LG-2003-05 - Keats Showing 
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         From                 To                Interval             Gold 
      Metres (m)              (m)                  (m)               (g/t) 
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         36.2                38.2                  2.0                2.60 
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         52.1                55.1                  3.0                0.53 
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         73.2                75.8                  2.6                0.77 
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         92.4                96.5                  4.1                0.69 
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         98.9                101.7                 2.8                0.41 
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         105.3               106.0                 0.7                0.72 
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         110.0               111.6                 1.6                0.93 
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         111.6               116.8                 5.2                0.48 
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         117.8               125.3                 7.5                0.65 
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         126.0               131.0                 5.0                0.48 
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         132.8               134.9                 2.1                0.39 
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         136.2               136.6                 0.4                7.20 
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         138.0               139.3                 1.3                0.35 
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         141.0               142.4                 2.4                0.54 
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         150.6               150.9                 0.3                0.41 
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Historical drilling in 1999 and 2000 focused on individual gold showings, single veins and shallow projections of gold and
was successful in intersecting several narrow high grade gold zones. Candente's current drilling intersected numerous
zones with lower grades but greater widths and will assist greatly in advancing the understanding of the controls to
gold mineralization on the property. Management is very pleased with the vertical extent over which gold mineralization is occurring.

The drilling program was completed in early March 2003. Of the 1600 metres initially planned in eight holes, only five
drill holes totalling 665 metres were completed due to severe weather problems and poor ground conditions.
The results presented here are the first gold fire assay results from Eastern Analytical Labs in Springdale, Newfoundland.
A second gold fire assay result from ACME Labs in Vancouver, in addition to the results for a complete ICP-35 element suite,
are expected by the end of April 2003 and will be reported when they become available.

Candente is a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of world-class
gold projects and has a strategic partnership with a premier gold producer. Management has a track record of
discovering world-class mines. For more information on our current exploration progress visit www.candente.com
and/or contact us at [phone], toll free 1-877-689-1964 or [e-mail]

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS


(Signed)
"Joanne C. Freeze" Joanne C. Freeze, P.Geo.
President & CEO
CANDENTE RESOURCE CORP.


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Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in
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