TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 6, 2008) - Excellon Resources Inc. (TSX:EXN) is pleased to announce that it has successfully sealed the water inflow encountered during normal mine development on October 4th. The dewatering of the mine to active working area is expected to take several days, following which, mine production and development will resume. The Company has ore stockpiled within the mine, which when accessible will be available to deliver to the Penoles Naica mill almost immediately and regular shipping will resume shortly thereafter.

The Company plans to mine for the next four to six months from areas previously developed prior to the water inflow encountered with the recent new mine development. During this period, Excellon will continue to implement an expanded review of the mine hydrology and development of alternative mine dewatering plans to minimize any future impact on mine production.