SSE Silver Spruce Resources Inc

Silver Spruce Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SSE)(FRANKFURT:S6Q) - 

Highlights

- 3,000 to 4,000 meter diamond drill program testing strong gold, silver,
arsenic, antimony and mercury soils underway


- Anomalous gold, silver and toxic metals soil area extended to more than two
kilometers in length


Silver Spruce Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that the 2008 drill program
has begun on the Centauro Property in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Chihuahua
State, Mexico. The program is testing strong soil anomalies in gold, silver, and
the "toxic" metals (mercury arsenic, antimony) associated with a silicified
mesa, a highly altered limestone conglomerate. The Centauro Property is under
option to Silver Spruce, who can earn a 100% interest, as previously announced.


The drill program began in the northwestern portion of the property where
realgar and orpiment (arsenic bearing minerals) and antimony mineralization in
the form of stibnite has been noted. Drill sites were prepared by bulldozer over
the silicified/altered area, including the top of the mesa which was otherwise
unapproachable and thereby untested by drilling. The emphasis of the drill
program is on the western portion of the altered zone, which is untested. The
area was previously explored in the early to mid 1990s by Jaba Inc., Excellon
Resources Inc., Blue Ribbon Resources Ltd. and Cascabel Resources. Rock chip
sampling, structural studies and a six-hole, reverse circulation (RC) drilling
program partially tested the silicified zone on the eastern side. Weakly
anomalous gold and silver values in the 100 ppb gold and 3 ppm silver range,
were located in a couple of the holes. No follow up was carried out.


Silver Spruce also received results for soil lines 5 and 6, comprising a total
of 122 samples, located to the north of lines 1 to 4. Results from lines 1 to 4
were reported on February 27, 2008. The new results extend the anomalous soil
values to over 2.2 kilometers of strike along the zone. Line 6, located
approximately 300 meters to the north of Line 3, gave the best values. These
included: Hg to 5,510 ppb, Au to 164 ppb, Ag to 5.7 ppm, As to 1,700 ppm, Ba to
3,100 ppm and Sb to 175 ppm. Line 5 gave lower anomalous values, with Hg up to
1,700 ppb, Au to 70 ppb (coincident), Ag to 1.3 ppm, As to 828 ppm, Ba to 2,510
ppm and Sb to 61.3 ppm. Seven rock samples from the area gave anomalous values
in the Line 6 area as follows: Au - 4 to 130 ppb, As - 10 to 852 ppm, and Sb/Hg
- coincident values from 3,470 to greater than 10,000 ppm Sb and 2,960 to 26,600
ppb Hg. Silver values were not reported.


Dr. Greg Arehart, a professor at the University of Nevada in Reno, and a
recognized expert in epithermal and Carlin-type gold deposits, has visited the
Centauro Property as a consultant to Silver Spruce. He comments, "The Centauro
prospect is one of very few, essentially untested, precious metal prospects in
the epithermal province of the Sierra Madre Occidental. This system has clearly
seen voluminous and extensive fluid flow, as evidenced by the intense and
widespread silicification. Metals in rock chip and soil samples are anomalous
over a significant area, indicating potential for a large (multi-million ounce)
metal endowment. Two target types are present: a near surface, low-grade, large
tonnage potentially Carlin-Type resource, as well as a deeper, focused,
bonanza-type system."


The soil lines, mainly one to two kilometers long and at approximate 500 meter
intervals, except at the north end where they are approximately 300 meters
apart, were cut through the underbrush over the mesa and the area to the
northwest to cover an approximate 2.2 kilometer strike of the silicified zone.
The soil samples were taken from the surface at 10 meter intervals along each of
the lines generally extending into the colluvium both to the east and west of
the silicified zone. Samples were taken at 50 meter intervals over the colluvium
to give a regional background. All samples were transported to the Activation
Laboratories Ltd. (Actlabs) preparation laboratory in Hermosillo, Mexico, and
then sent to the Actlabs laboratory facility in Ancaster Ontario, for analysis
for gold by fire assay (1A2), 37 elements by Aqua Regia ICP (1E3) and Mercury by
cold vapour FIMS (1G).


The soil geochemical plans, with values for the various elements, plus the rock
sample values, are shown on the Silver Spruce website. Maps and photos showing
the drill sites, and an aerial photo of the Centauro mesa, can also be viewed on
the website.


ABOUT THE CENTAURO PROPERTY

The Centauro Property is a contiguous block of six claims (1,420 hectares),
located in the southern part of Chihuahua State, just to the north of Durango
State, approximately 25 kilometers to the west of Highway 45, the main
north-south highway in Mexico. The property is subject to an option agreement
with a Mexican geologist (previously disclosed), whereby Silver Spruce can earn
a 100% interest in the property subject to a 3% NSR with a 2% buyback for US $2
million. The property agreement has been registered with the General Bureau of
Mining of the Exploration Agreement in Mexico. A finder's fee totaling C$9,600
plus 165,470 shares or cash equivalent over four years is also payable by Silver
Spruce to maintain the property in good standing.


ABOUT SILVER SPRUCE

Silver Spruce is a junior exploration company focused on uranium in the Central
Mineral Belt (CMB) of Labrador, Canada and gold/silver in Mexico. With interests
in more than 11,000 claims totaling more than 2,500 square kilometers in
Labrador, Silver Spruce is the second largest landholder in one of the world's
premier emerging uranium districts. The exposure to gold/silver opportunities in
Mexico and base metals in central Newfoundland and Labrador, gives the
corporation diversification without losing its uranium focus. Strong financial
backing makes Silver Spruce a leading explorer in Canada and Mexico.


This release has been approved by Peter Dimmell, P.Geo., Vice President of
Exploration, Silver Spruce Resources Inc., who is a Qualified Person (QP) as
defined in National Instrument 43-101.


The company seeks Safe Harbour.

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