Crowflight Drilling at Halfway Lake Intersects 13 Metres Grading 1.6% Nickel

TORONTO, ONTARIO (TSX VENTURE: CML) is pleased to announce assay results for two of the four holes completed on its Halfway Lake project, located in close proximity to the Bucko Project south of Thompson, Manitoba. The most notable result is Hole HW08-02 that intersected 13.03 metres (42.8 feet) grading 1.58% nickel.

Nine holes totalling 4,800 metres have been completed since the commencement of the 2008 winter exploration activities on Crowflight's Xstrata Nickel joint venture (JV) properties in the Thompson Nickel Belt in January. Assay results are currently available for two of the nine completed holes. Please refer to Table 1 for a presentation of the assay results and Figure 1 for a location map.

Greg Collins, Crowflight's Vice President of Exploration, commented on the results stating: "We are pleased by the initial results from our program at Halfway Lake. The intersection represents some of the highest grade material encountered to date at Halfway Lake and expands the limits of known mineralization up-dip from the known resource."


Table 1.

                      Summary Assay Results 2008

             Halfway Lake Deposit, Thompson Nickel Belt

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                               Core     Core
Drill Hole   From       To   Length   Length    Nickel   Copper   PGE's(1)
----------   ----       --   ------   ------    ------   ------   --------
          (metres) (metres) (metres)   (feet)       (%)      (%)     (gpt)

HW08-01    348.20   351.60     3.40     11.2      0.90     0.08      0.11

 And       366.00   370.00     4.00     13.1      0.69     0.05      0.13

HW08-02    334.22   347.25    13.03     42.7      1.58     0.09      0.26

 Incl.     334.22   339.45     5.23     17.2      1.76     0.07      0.24

 Incl.     338.45   339.45      1.0      3.3      2.44     0.05      0.23
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(1) Combined platinum and palladium values

    Intersection intervals reported are core lengths, actual true widths
    are unknown at this time but are generally 70 to 80% of core length.
    Once known, true widths are calculated for each intersection. These
    could vary somewhat from time to time as the zones are re-interpreted,
    thereby altering the geometry.

Presently three surface drill rigs supplied by More Core Diamond Drilling Services Ltd. of Stewart, BC are engaged in drilling at Halfway and Bucko Lake. Results from this program will be released over the coming weeks as assay results become available. The Company plans to complete 25 holes for a total of 10,000 metres during the entire winter 2008 drilling season on the Xstrata JV.

Crowflight expects to finalize planning for the Pure Nickel/Crowflight Manibridge JV exploration program in the coming weeks, with activities expected to commence late in the spring of 2008.

Crowflight plans to spend $2.5 million on exploration on the Xstrata JV (funded 100% by Crowflight), $2 million on delineation and definition drilling underground at Bucko and $2 million on the Manibridge JV (funded 50% by Crowflight and 50% by Pure Nickel) during 2008.

Qualified Person/Quality Control Procedures

This press release has been prepared and reviewed by Mr. Greg Collins, P.Geo (APGO/APEGM), a Qualified Person under the NI 43-101 guidelines. Fire assays were performed at the ALS-Chemex laboratory in Vancouver on all the samples for Gold and PGE's which undergo an ICP-AES finish and Sodium Peroxide Fusion. All other metals undergo an ICP-AES finish. Standards and blanks are submitted with each sample batch.

Crowflight Minerals - Canada's Next Nickel Producer

Crowflight Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: CML) is a Canadian junior mining exploration and development company focused on nickel, copper and Platinum Group Mineral ("PGM") projects in the Thompson Nickel Belt and Sudbury Basin. The Company currently owns and/or has under option approximately 800 square kilometres of exploration and development properties in Manitoba and Ontario.

Crowflight's priority is to bring the Bucko Nickel deposit located near Wabowden, Manitoba into production by mid-2008.

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Contacts: Crowflight Minerals Mike Hoffman President and CEO (416) 861-2964 Crowflight Minerals Heather Colpitts Manager, Investor and Public Relations (416) 861-5803 Email: info@crowflight.com Website: www.crowflight.com

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