Vancouver, March 17, 2008, ValGold Resources Ltd. ("ValGold") is pleased to announce that it has discovered a new Copper/Nickel/Platinum Group Elements target in western Guyana. The area of interest is referred to as the Masawaki area and was discovered during a soil sampling program originally conducted to follow-up anomalous gold values in stream silts and pan concentrates. The Masawaki area is covered by a Prospecting License with a surface area of approximately 50 km² under application to the Guyana Geological and Mining Corporation.

Soil samples were collected along lines spaced 400 meters ("m") apart over a grid that was cut over an area measuring 3,000m x 6,000m. All of the samples were analyzed for 53 elements including most base and precious metals. Maximum values for some of the elements include 51 parts per billion ("ppb") platinum, 521 ppb palladium, 953 ppb gold, 957 parts per million ("ppm") nickel and 2,070 ppm chromium. About 10% of the sample results are still pending.

The platinum anomalies occur in at least five, parallel, northwest/southeast striking belts and range in width from about 100m to 300m. These belts are almost equally spaced across the entire 6,000m width of the grid. Anomalous palladium values are less well defined but show weak to strong correlation with those for platinum. Nickel and chromium anomalies are concentrated mostly in single belt with a maximum width of roughly 850m and may correlate with palladium and gold. Several other elements are anomalous in the Masawaki soils including those in Sample 551, for example, which contained 310 ppm Cu, 363 ppm Ni, 63 ppm Co, 22.2 % Fe, 2,063 ppm Cr, 0.23 % Ti, 311 ppb Pd and 10 ppb Pt.

The geology of the Masawaki area is poorly understood but it does fall within the Guiana Shield and is mostly likely underlain by rocks of Lower Proterozoic age. Little or no ground mapping has taken place in the area and ValGold is the first ever to cover the area by geochemical surveys. The soil geochemistry and digital topography suggest that the area is potentially underlain by a large, layered, mafic/ultramafic sequence striking northwest/southeast. Also evident on the digital topography is a dyke or sill which stands out as a prominent ridge. This feature parallels the layering in some areas and cross-cuts it in others, and is probably mafic in composition. Layering in the rocks is difficult to see in the aeromagnetic data but several regional scale faults are evident striking parallel to the layering of the intrusion(s). Layered mafic/ultramafic intrusions are known to exist elsewhere in the Guiana Shield particularly in Venezuela.

The Masawaki soil anomalies represent an exciting new target for copper, nickel, platinum and palladium, and potentially other metals in Guyana. The area has seen no ground exploration and the target area is significant, covering many square kilometers. In the coming months ValGold intends to follow-up the soil anomalies with infill soil sampling, reconnaissance scale mapping and rock chip sampling. The grid will also have to be expanded to close off a number of the anomalous belts which extend off the grid. This work will be carried out as quickly as possible in order to define drill targets.

Mr. Tom Pollock, P.Geo., ValGold's Vice-President, Exploration, is the Qualified Person for the project, and is responsible for all of the technical reporting in compliance with NI 43-101. Mr. Pollock has instituted and is responsible for ValGold's program of Quality Control and Assurance ("QC/QA"), using assay control samples and duplicates.

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