Gossan Drilling Angelina Gold Property

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                    FOR:  GOSSAN RESOURCES LIMITED
                    
                    TSX VENTURE SYMBOL:  GSS
                    FRANKFURT SYMBOL:  GSR
                    
                    APRIL 19, 2004 - 00:30 ET
                    
                    Gossan Drilling Angelina Gold Property
                    
                    WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(CCNMatthews - Apr 19, 2004) - Gossan 
                    Resources Limited (GSS-TSX.V & GSR-Frankfurt/ Freiverkehr) has 
                    initiated a 10-hole, 1000m drill program at its Angelina Gold 
                    Property, located 27-km southeast of Bissett, Manitoba. This 
                    initial drill program will focus on testing targets around the 
                    Discovery Zone where Gossan has found surface gold mineralization 
                    of up to 18gpt over 3.7m (0.53opt over 12.1ft) associated with 
                    quartz and carbonate veining within regional-scale shear zones. 
                    The Angelina Property hosts two of these major shear systems, 
                    which extend up to 1 km in width and along strike in excess of 2 
                    km. 
                    
                    The program includes four reconnaissance holes to be drilled at 
                    three locations. Two holes are planned to investigate the gold 
                    mineralization found in Hole E-88-03 undertaken by Rhino 
                    Resources Inc., which returned over 0.3opt gold over the 6-feet 
                    of core assayed. The other holes will test additional geophysical 
                    anomalies coincident with shear zones and lithological 
                    boundaries. Rodren Drilling Ltd. has been contracted to undertake 
                    this drill program. 
                    
                    The 2313-hectare Angelina Property is located within the Rice 
                    Lake greenstone belt, the most significant gold district in 
                    Manitoba with more than 1.7 million ounces of past gold 
                    production. The Angelina Property is situated between Mid North 
                    Resources Corp.'s Cryderman and Central Manitoba Mine properties, 
                    which are both being actively explored under option to Placer 
                    Dome Inc. Between 1927 and 1937, the Central Manitoba Mine 
                    produced 137,817 ounces of gold at an average grade of 0.36opt 
                    gold. Elsewhere within the active Bissett gold camp, the San 
                    Antonio mine had historic gold production of 1.4 million ounces. 
                    Gossan also holds three additional gold properties in the Bissett 
                    area totalling 1749 hectares. 
                    
                    Gossan Resources Limited is engaged in mineral exploration in 
                    Manitoba and northwestern Ontario. It has a well-diversified 
                    portfolio of properties hosting gold and platinum group metals, 
                    as well as the specialty metals, tantalum, chromium, titanium and 
                    vanadium. The Company also has large deposits of magnesium-rich 
                    dolomite and silica sands. Gossan trades on the TSX Venture and 
                    the Frankfurt/Freiverkehr & Xetra Exchanges and has 14,516,124 
                    shares outstanding (19,116,124 shares fully diluted).