Duncastle Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:DUN) reported today high-grade gold and
bonanza silver results from its 1,763m Phase II 2008 drilling program and
surface sampling on its Yankee-Dundee project located three kilometres northeast
of Ymir, in southeastern British Columbia.


The company has received assay results from 10 drill holes which targeted
mineralization along the main Yankee Girl structure and related splays. Five of
the drill holes targeted down dip and lateral extensions of the Yukon Shoot, a
thick accumulation of precious and base metal mineralization located 275 metres
west along the Yankee Girl structure from the main historical mine workings.


Highlights from the Yukon Shoot drilling include:

- a 1.8 metre interval (est. true thickness) averaging 14.4g/t Au, 73.3g/t Ag,
2.2% Pb and 1.9% Zn within a broader 11.5 metre interval averaging 3.74g/t Au,
20.3g/t Ag, 0.52% Pb and 0.94% Zn from drill hole YD08-37 and


- a 2.0 metre interval averaging 6.2g/t Au, 28.6g/t Ag, 1.1% Pb and 0.4% Zn from
drill hole YD08-33


Drill hole YD08-37 represents a 35 metre lateral offset from a previously
reported high-grade intercept in YD08-25 (3.2m of 14.1g/t Au, 281g/t Ag, 11.1%
Pb and 12.6% Zn). To date, thicker portions of the Yukon Shoot (greater than 5
metres) have been drilled with significant mineralization intersected to a depth
of some 256 metres with a minimum strike length of 50 metres. The Yukon Shoot is
open along strike to the east and west, and sits within a largely untested 150
metre section of the Yankee Girl vein system. The definition and extension of
the Yukon Shoot and similar higher-grade lenses along the Yankee Girl structure
remain a priority for the 2009 exploration season.


Drilling also encountered a bonanza-grade silver intercept of 1,508g/t Ag and
1.1g/t Au over 1.0 metre (est. true thickness) in drill-hole YD08-29 in what may
be a splay of the main Yankee Girl structure. The drill hole is located just
west of the main Yankee Girl mine workings and due to drilling difficulties
ended only 10 metres below this intercept and therefore the down dip potential
of this target remains open.


The 2008 drill hole location map is available on the company's website at
www.duncastlegoldcorp.com.


Surface Exploration

Surface work on the property, during the 2008 field season, included stream
sediment sampling of the secondary and tertiary tributaries within the Wildhorse
drainage basin, and reconnaissance rock sampling of the major mineral
occurrences. High-grade rock samples ranging from 9.5g/t to 154g/t Au were
returned from waste dumps from the old Goodenough, Blackcock and Arizona
workings and highlight the regional potential of this 5,376ha property.


In preparation for its 2009 drilling campaign, Duncastle has developed four
shallow drill targets on the Goodenough prospect that will test down-dip and on
strike extensions of the historically mined stopes. Unverified historical
records indicate that small scale mining on the Goodenough mine of 16,745 tons
contained an average grade of 0.64opt Au and 5.0opt Ag prior to the shutdown of
the local processing mill.




Table 1: Selected Assays from 2008 Phase II drilling on Yankee-Dundee
Property

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              Collar Data                          Est.
         --------------------             Inter-  True
Hole         AZ    DIP  Depth  From    To   val  Thick-  Au   Ag   Pb    Zn
No.         Deg    Deg     (m)    m     m     m   ness  g/t  g/t    %     %
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YD08-29  160.00 -45.00  155.8 144.2 145.4   1.2    1.1  1.1 1508 0.08  0.66
 and                          154.7 154.9   0.2    0.1  1.2   13 0.08 12.47
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YD08-30  161.00 -50.00  208.5 161.6 161.8   0.2    0.2  6.9    4 0.01  0.06
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YD08-31  140.00 -60.00  206.4 172.0 172.5   0.5    0.4  1.0   37 0.73  0.66
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YD08-32  132.00 -45.00  102.4  57.0  58.0   1.0    0.9  1.4    9 1.11  0.53
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YD08-33  193.00 -50.00  191.1  65.0  66.5   1.5    1.3  0.1   19 0.89  1.23
 and                          124.0 128.5   4.5    4.0  3.5   15 0.61  0.42
 inc.                         124.7 127.0   2.3    2.0  6.2   29 1.12  0.44
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YD08-34  183.00 -60.00  206.4  81.5  81.8   0.3    0.3  7.1   47 1.74 10.61
 and                           95.5  95.8   0.3    0.2  5.5   18 0.64  0.81
 and                          138.0 139.9   1.8    1.6  2.4   41 0.85  1.92
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YD08-35  175.00 -65.00  101.5  46.7  48.0   1.3    1.1  1.3    8 0.32  0.15
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YD08-36  150.00 -60.00  160.6  41.2  42.0   0.8    0.7  2.4    8 0.50  0.19
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YD08-37  150.00 -62.00  203.0 170.0 194.7  24.8   21.8  2.2   12 0.32  0.60
 inc.                         170.0 183.0  13.0   11.5  3.7   20 0.52  0.94
 inc.                         170.0 172.0   2.0    1.8 14.4   73 2.18  1.92
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Company Overview

Duncastle Gold Corp. is a mineral exploration company based in British Columbia,
Canada with projects in both central and southeastern BC. The Yankee-Dundee
project comprises 26 crown grants under a 100% option agreement and 89 tenured
mineral claims totaling approximately 5,376 hectares in the Nelson Mining
District, located three kilometres northeast of the town of Ymir in southeastern
British Columbia. Gold mineralization was first reported near Ymir in the late
1800s, with much of the mining taking place at the Yankee Girl, Dundee and Ymir
mines during the period 1907 to 1951. Historical records indicate that a total
of 375,000 tonnes grading 9.9g/t Au and 57g/t Ag were mined from the Yankee Girl
vein during this time. Exploration by the company is targeting high-grade
Au-quartz veins throughout the Ymir district which historically, together with
the adjacent Sheep Creek district is reported to have produced more than one
million ounces of gold(1). In central B.C. the company has the 7,216 hectare
Porphyry Creek property in the Rocher Deboule Mountains near Smithers, with a
porphyry or IOCG copper-gold target.


Rob Macdonald, (P.Geo.), is the Qualified Person responsible for reviewing the
technical results in this release.


On behalf of the Board of Directors,

Lawrence Page, Q.C., President, Director, Duncastle Gold Corp.

(1) Production data was obtained from historical government records and has not
been independently verified by the current operators of the project.


This News Release may contain forward-looking statements including but not
limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs,
geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral
recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and
conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual
results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such
statements. Duncastle Gold Corp. relies upon litigation protection for forward
looking statements.