Blue River Resources Ltd.: Diamond Drilling Program Underway at Castle Copper Project, Princeton, B.C.

Blue River Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:BXR) announces it has commenced drilling
on its Castle Copper Project, located 12 km north of the town of Princeton, BC
and 25 km north of Copper Mountain Mining Corp.'s operating Copper Mountain open
pit copper mine.


The Castle Property 2011 diamond drilling program targets 3,000 meters of NQ
sized drilling from 10 holes and is designed to test the depth extension of a
zone of anomalous copper mineralization previously identified from Company and
historical surface exploration work. This 500 m by 150 m zone of anomalous
copper mineralization consists primarily of malachite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and
magnetite with minor bornite and possibly chalcocite and has been defined by a
series of geochemical soil sampling surveys, trenches, and ground based
geophysical surveys. Results from all these surveys are being utilized to guide
the current drilling campaign. The drilling program is anticipated to last for 8
weeks and all core samples will be shipped to AGAT Laboratories of Burnaby, B.C.
for multi-element ICP analyses. 


President Griffin Jones states: "After assembling one of the largest mineral
claim land packages in the Princeton area, this drill program is the first phase
toward determining the true potential of the Castle Project to host a
large-tonnage porphyry copper mineral deposit."


The Castle project totals approximately 6,500 hectares (16,000 acres) and Blue
River holds a 100% interest therein. A 43-101 Technical report on the Castle
Property is available for viewing on the Company's website or on SEDAR.COM.


Paul D. Gray, P.Geo., Company Director and a qualified person for the purpose of
National Instrument 43-101 has reviewed and approved the contents of this news
release.


For further information please visit our website at www.blueriv.com.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Griffin Jones, President

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