TORONTO, ONTARIO, Apr 15 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
 Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE: PTU) is pleased to announce
the completion of all early stage exploration on their 100% owned
properties located in the Athabasca Basin. With the completion of this
phase of work, Purepoint is now advancing 45 select high-potential
exploration targets on nine 100% owned and two joint-ventured properties
in the richest uranium producing region in the world.

    "Purepoint's long-term, systematic approach to exploration has involved
the completion of extensive geophysical analysis prior to first-pass
drill testing" said Roger Watson, Purepoint's Chief Geophysicist. "Since
2004 we have spent nearly $20 million expanding our understanding of
these properties, which had already benefited from tens of millions of
dollars worth of historical exploration work. We have now refined and
prioritized that extensive land package and our most prospective target
areas".

    "Each of our exploration targets typically encompass a large land area
that contains multiple graphitic conductors measuring several kilometers
in length," said Scott Frostad, Purepoint's Vice President Exploration.
"We've now selected forty-five exploration target areas or zones, each
representing a distinct geological setting with the potential for hosting
a uranium orebody, and which are now ready to drill. First pass drilling
has already commenced on a number of these target areas".

    Purepoint is optimizing several of its larger claim blocks by reducing
their size to specific areas of proven interest. Purepoint estimates it
should save approximately $1,600,000 per year in Provincial assessment
maintenance costs.

    Highlights:

    - Forty-five high-potential uranium target areas have been defined for
diamond drill testing. Each target has geophysical/geological indicators
of graphitic rocks, complex structure and/or hydrothermal alteration;

    - The Umfreville property is now separated into three new properties
(Umfreville North, Umfreville South and Orr Lake) that host four newly
defined target areas (the Porcupine, Perching, HR and Palawan Zones)
covering prospective geophysical and geological indicators;

    - Purepoint's very large William River property is transected by the
Clearwater Fault, a major, long-lived structure that is considered to
have created favourable settings for trapping uranium-rich fluids. Two
new properties (William River North and William River South) now
encompass six new target areas (the Etano, Heke, Cyne, Woodstar, Payne
and Palina Zones).

    - Three exploration targets have been similarly identified for drill
testing on the Fire Eye project, and two on the South Newnham project;

    These five new properties now join Purepoint's six existing properties,
four of which are undergoing more advanced drilling programs: Red Willow,
Turnor Lake, Hook Lake and Smart Lake.

    Extensive Exploration Portfolio

    Below is a summary list of Purepoint's eleven properties and drill ready
target areas. More detailed information on each property's exploration
targets is available on Purepoint's website.

    Red Willow (13 target areas, including 3 advanced drill targets)

    Turnor Lake (9 target areas, including 4 advanced drill targets)

    Hook Lake (3 target areas, including 1 advanced drill target)

    Smart Lake (5 target areas)

    Fire Eye (3 target areas)

    Newnham South (2 target areas)

    Umfreville North (2 target areas)

    Umfreville South (1 target area)

    Orr Lake (1 target area)

    William North (3 target areas)

    William South (3 target areas)

    About Purepoint

    Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. is focused on the precision exploration of
the 37 defined target areas on its nine 100% owned projects in the
Canadian Athabasca Basin, and the eight target areas hosted within two
Basin projects joint ventured with Cameco Corporation and AREVA Resources
Canada Inc. Established in the Basin well before the resurgence in
uranium, Purepoint is actively advancing this large portfolio of multiple
drill targets in the world's richest uranium region.

    Scott Frostad BSc, MASc, PGeo, Purepoint's Vice President, Exploration,
is the Qualified Person responsible for technical content of this
release.