Excellent new results in Abajo and North Zones
New massive sulphide lens discovered

May 9, 2008, Vancouver, BC � Dick Whittington, President and CEO of Farallon Resources Ltd. (TSX: FAN; OTCBB: FRLLF) (�Farallon� or the �Company�), is pleased to provide an update on the ongoing core drilling program on the G-9 deposit at the Campo Morado polymetallic (zinc, copper, silver, gold, lead) project in Guerrero State, Mexico.

The 2008 drilling program has two main objectives: to discover another G-9 style deposit and to increase and to extend the resources around G-9. Three rigs are currently deployed. One drill is focusing on the Abajo zone and two drills are targeting areas northwest of the North zone and between the North and Southwest zones. Drilling so far is advancing both of these objectives.

� At the Abajo zone, results are confirming the presence of high grade mineralization. Holes 727 and 728 intersected significant intervals at high grades.

� Holes 725 and 729, drilled northwest of the North Zone resulted in the discovery of a new sulphide lens. This area, called the West Extension, is located closer to the current advance of the decline and provides an excellent opportunity for early development...

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