Jourdan Commences Follow-Up Drill Program at the Dissimieux Lake Phosphate Project in Quebec, Canada

Jourdan Commences Follow-Up Drill Program at the Dissimieux Lake Phosphate Project in Quebec, Canada

* Drill program underway as of April 27th, 2012

* Planned program of 2,500 metres - 19 Diamond Drill Holes

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Mississauga, Ontario CANADA, May 01, 2012 /FSC/ - Jourdan Resources Inc. (JOR - TSX Venture),("JOURDAN" or the "Company") (www.jourdan.ca) has commenced a 19- drill hole, 2,500 metre drill program at the Dissimieux Lake Phosphate Project. This program is designed to verify and follow-up the work completed by Soquem (La Societe Quebecoise D'Exploration Miniere (SOQUEM) - a company created by a special law of the Government of Quebec - wholly owned by the Province of Quebec) and Afcan Mining Corp. that resulted in a historic non- NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate and scoping study completed by Met-Chem Canada Inc (a wholly owned subsidiary of UEC Technologies LLC which is part of United States Steel Corporation). In addition, historical metallurgical work was completed by Corem (a consortium of applied research for the processing and transformation of mineral substances) and Lakefield Laboratories - now SGS Lakefield - (home to some of the most powerful mineralogical instrumentation available to the global minerals industry).

On April 27th, 2012 drilling began on Jourdan's first Dissimieux Lake drill program which is anticipated to be completed within 30 days. The planned program will test mineralization on 4 lines to a vertical depth of 75m to 100m. Mineralization at the Dissimieux Lake Phosphate Project where drilling is planned is exposed at surface or covered with thin overburden.

"With global demand for fertilizers increasing every year, we feel that the work at the Dissimieux Lake Phosphate Project will not only benefit Jourdan shareholders, but also the consumers. With only one Canadian phosphate mine currently in production that is expected to shut down in the coming years, it is important for Jourdan and other Canadian phosphate explorers and developers to advance their projects rapidly to meet the domestic as well as international demand for phosphate, an essential ingredient in fertilizer." stated Michael Dehn, President and CEO of Jourdan.

In a recent report by the Vancouver based research team Raymond James Ltd. entitled Ferts: The Amazing (Nutrient) Race: Positioning to Feed the World, they stated "According to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), global food production will need to increase by 70% by 2050 just to keep the world adequately fed, with 80-90% of this growth expected to come via improved crop yields. We view higher rates of fertilizer application, most notably on the emerging markets, as one of the most tangible avenues to achieving these yield gains, a critical outcome if the world is expected to meet future food demands." This will lead to increased demand for fertilizers, and hence phosphate, in the near future.


Highlights of the Dissimieux Lake Phosphate Project:

* 100% interest in 140 km2

* No NSR

* *235 million tonnes @ 3.65% P2O5 and 4.72% TiO2

* *92% apatite (Ca5(PO4)3F) recovery - to produce a 41.2%P2O5 concentrate

* *62.5% ilmenite (FeTiO3) recovery - to produce a 48.1% TiO2 concentrate

* The resource estimate, scoping study and recovery estimates referred to above predate and are noncompliant with NI 43-101. Jourdan is not treating the historical estimates as current mineral resources or reserves. Jourdan has not undertaken any independent investigation of the resource estimate nor has it independently analyzed the results of the previous exploration work in order to verify the resources, and therefore the historical estimate should not be relied upon. However, Jourdan believes that these historical estimates provide a conceptual indication of the potential of the occurrences and are relevant to ongoing exploration.

The material in this news release has been reviewed by Stephen Wallace, P. Geo, a Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101.


About Jourdan Resources

Jourdan Resources Inc. is a Canadian junior mining exploration company trading under the symbol JOR on the TSX Venture Exchange. The Company is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of mining properties in phosphates. The Company's properties are currently at the exploration stage and are located along the North Shore, the Mauricie, the Abitibi and James Bay regions of Quebec.

Please visit the Company's website at www.jourdan.ca

For further information please contact:

Michael Dehn                                 Glen Wylie, CMA
President and CEO                            CFO
Tel: (647) 477-2382                          Tel: (647) 477-3758
Fax: (647) 477-2389                          Fax: (647) 477-2389
michael@jourdan.ca                           glen@jourdan.ca




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