Alpha Minerals Reports on Successful Winter Drill Program with Assay Data for the Discovery Zone, R00E, at Patterson Lake South JV, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan
 
Wednesday April 10^th, 2013, Alpha Minerals Inc. ("Alpha" or �the Company") (TSX.V: AMW), and its 50% Joint Venture partner Fission Energy Corp. are pleased to report further assay results from twelve holes in the Discovery Zone, R00E on its Patterson Lake South ("PLS") Property at the wind up of its successful winter  drill program. 
 
The Company reports on twelve holes in which results from assays and scintillometer drill core data now indicate an area of broad, relatively flat lying zone of uranium mineralization at shallow depths. In this news release, only the assays are reported and a compilation of unreported handheld scintillometer data will follow. The zone extends from Section Line 60E to Line 45W, approximately 105 meters NE-SW, with a width of approximately 25 to 30 meters NW-SE.
 
A summer � fall drilling program will be planned based on a full review of the winter drill program.
 
Highlights include:
 
Hole PLS13-037 (line 025W) intersected several multiple intervals of mineralization totaling 23m including:

• 7.5m grading 2.25% U3O8 (71.0m-78.5m)
• 2.0m grading 6.31% U3O8 (105.0m � 107.0m)
• 2.0m grading 12.4% U3O8 (120.0m � 122.0m)

Hole PLS13-027 (line 025W) intersected:

• 37.5m (61.0m-98.5m) grading 1.17% U3O8, including:
• 13.0m of 1.97% U3O8 (78.0m � 91.0m)

Hole PLS13-029 (Line 025W) intersected:

• 30.0m (63.0m-93.0m) grading 0.76% U3O8, including:
• 3.5m grading 3.57% U3O8 and a further 3.5m grading 2.08% U3O8

 
The Discovery Zone 00E has gone from discovery to deposit in 6 months.
Recent Alpha financing assures funds for further work.
 
The 2013 winter drill program is now complete, with radon surveying started in February ongoing for as long as ice conditions permit.  A total of 10,182.6m of diamond drilling was completed in 46 drill holes.  Radioactivity data from all drill holes not previously reported will be released as soon as data compilation and integration is complete. 
 
Seven of the holes reported are located on the central area of the R00E zone, from lines 025W (holes PLS13-026, 027, 029, 031, 033 and 037) and 010W (PLS13-035). All 7 holes intersected uranium assays greater than 0.05% U3O8 over widths greater than 0.5m. Assay results confirm the presence of a relatively flat lying lens of uranium mineralization at shallow depth, that appears to be continuous between drill holes.  Hole PLS13-037, the most southerly hole on line 025W, intersected multiple zones of uranium, including 3 discrete intervals between 60m and 87.5 depth that appear to be correlated with the flat lying mineralization of the other holes on the same section line.  In addition there are multiple zones of uranium between 105.0m - 180.5m depth which may be indicative of mineralization associated with a steeply dipping fault system 
 
Five of the holes reported are located to the east on line 090E (PLS13-028, 030 and 033) and line 105E (PLS13-034 and 036).  Two of these holes are moderately mineralized (PLS13-028 and 032), showing the potential in this area to host higher grade mineralization.  Although on trend along strike to the east, these holes located approximately 90 and 105m east of the discovery line (line 000), it is not yet known if these holes connect with the R00E zone, or are part of a separate occurrence.
 
The discovery area is open and additional drilling is required to delineate it..
 
Table 1:  Composited Mineralized Intervals (Down-hole measurements)

Zone	Hole ID	Grid Line	From (m)	To (m)	Interval (m)	U3O8 (wt%)
R00E	PLS13-026	025W	63.00	84.50	21.50	0.77
			73.50	81.50	8.00	1.41
			88.50	89.50	1.00	0.13
	PLS13-027	025W	61.00	98.50	37.50	1.06
			78.00	91.00	13.00	1.97
			106.00	106.50	0.50	0.06
			144.50	145.00	0.50	0.19
	PLS13-028	090E	48.50	52.50	4.00	0.16
	PLS13-029	025W	63.00	93.00	30.00	0.76
			81.50	85.00	3.50	3.57
			88.50	92.00	3.50	2.08
	PLS13-030	090E	No significant mineralization
	PLS13-031	025W	68.50	92.00	23.50	0.67
			82.50	90.00	7.50	1.58
	PLS13-032	090E	49.00	50.50	1.50	0.05
	PLS13-033	025W	70.00	72.00	2.00	0.17
			77.00	77.50	0.50	0.06
			86.00	87.50	1.50	0.15
			92.00	93.00	1.00	0.09
	PLS13-034	105E	No significant mineralization
	PLS13-035	010W	62.00	71.50	9.50	0.39
			78.00	86.50	8.50	0.96
			81.00	85.50	4.50	1.57
			121.50	122.00	0.50	0.07
	PLS13-036	105E	No significant mineralization
	PLS13-037	025W	60.00	62.00	2.00	0.12
			71.00	78.50	7.50	2.25
			74.00	76.00	2.00	7.43
			83.50	87.50	4.00	0.09
			105.00	107.00	2.00	6.31
			109.50	110.00	0.50	0.10
			113.50	116.00	2.50	0.13
			119.00	122.50	3.50	7.27
			120.00	122.00	2.00	12.40
			124.50	125.00	0.50	0.06
			180.00	180.50	0.50	0.07

 
Patterson Lake South Property
 
The 31,000 hectare (76,000 acres) PLS project is a 50%/50% Joint Venture held by Alpha Minerals Inc (AMW) and Fission Energy (FIS). The Joint Venture property is 100% owned with no underlying royalties or vendor payments. Fission is the Operator until April 1st 2014. The property is accessible by road with primary access from all-weather Highway 955, which runs north to the former Cluff Lake mine, (>60M lbs of U3O8 produced), and passes through the nearby UEX-Areva Shea Creek discoveries located 50km to the north, currently under active exploration and development. Staking activity in the area surrounding the JV has accelerated with almost twice the area occupied by the JV now covered with new tie on claims. Updated maps highlighting the current drilling programs for PLS can be found on the Company's website at www.alphaminerals.ca.
 
The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in National Instrument 43- 101 and reviewed on behalf of Alpha Minerals Inc, by Garrett Ainsworth, P.Geo., Vice President Exploration, a qualified person.
 
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Alpha Minerals Inc. 
 
�Ben Ainsworth�            
President, CEO and Director
 
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                    Robert (Bob) Meister
                        Alpha Minerals Inc.
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