Strike Minerals Expands Hemlo West Project With Acquisition of South Worthington Claims

Strike Minerals Inc. ("Strike") (TSX VENTURE:STK) announces that it has
purchased 100% ownership of significant gold exploration claims south of Hays
Lake at Worthington Bay near Schreiber, Ontario (the "Worthington South
Claims").


These clams lie south of the Harkness-Hays deposit and are immediately east of
the claims held by Balmoral Resources Ltd. and GTA Resources and Mining Inc..
"Previous historic geophysical and ground sampling work indicates that gold
mineralization is present on these claims. The addition of the Worthington
Claims to the Hemlo West project provides Strike with high potential drill
targets on both sides of the Northshore deposit. The southern claims contain an
extension of the Afric gold zone that Noranda Inc., in the 1990's calculated a
non NI 43-101 compliant, near surface "geological resource" of 2.0 million
tonnes grading 2.20 g/t gold (140,000 ounces) on the basis of 20 drill holes.


Strike has acquired a 100% interest in the Worthington South Claims for: $20,000
payable to the vendors, and 800,000 common shares of Strike Minerals Inc. The
vendors retain a 2% Net Smelter Royalty. The transaction is subject to the
approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.


Historical sampling conducted on the Worthington claims in 2001, had grab
samples from blasted outcrop that had reported values of: 109.06 g/tonne Au,
94.2 g/tonne Ag and 51.09 g/tonne Au that also contained 25.4 g/tonne Ag. In
addition, the sampling team processed a number of mini-bulk samples that
totalled 100kg of mineralized material with assays ranging from 6.2 g/tonne to
11.3 g/tonne Au.


In 1997, Cyprus Minerals Canada carried out an Induced Polarization ("IP")
survey on areas surrounding the Northshore deposit. The easterly most line
(1200E) crossed the South Worthington Claims and identified 3 IP targets of
between 3 and 4 in terms of polarizability. These results are similar to the IP
results that occur over known mineralization in the area and may indicate the
potential for additional anomalies to the east. This same survey extended to the
west and northwest of the Northshore deposit onto Strike claims and delineated a
number of targets that require further investigation. 


Mike Newbury President & CEO, comments, "Strike now holds claims adjacent on
both sides of the Northshore deposit and based on the historic geologic and
geophysical information these have high potential for mineralization. We are now
planning a surface exploration and drilling program to follow-up the historical
information. This work will commence as soon as access to the area is available.
In addition we will begin an exploration program on the Harkness-Hays and Morely
deposits."


ABOUT STRIKE MINERALS

Strike Minerals is a TSX-V listed company that is engaged in the exploration and
development of precious metal properties in Canada. Its primary property is the
former producing Edwards Gold Mine property that is being redeveloped in the
Goudreau - Lochalsh Gold Camp near Wawa Ont. Historic production in the camp
between 1930 and 2001 is estimated at 500,000 ounces. Between 1996 and 2001
underground development at Edwards was completed through a decline to a depth of
approximately 290 m and mining over the period resulted in 145,000 oz being
produced at an average grade of 0.39 oz/t. 


Subsequent drilling on the property by Strike delineated an additional five
zones that have significant gold mineralization. Strike has commenced dewatering
of the underground workings now down to 120m in order to provide access to
enable underground drilling and bulk sampling of these new zones. The dewatering
will also enable Strike to evaluate old stopes and high grade mineralization
that was not mined when the mine was closed in 2001 due to low gold prices. At
present Strike is commencing underground development on the 60m and 90m levels
with the plan to be in production by the end of 2012.


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