New Porphyry Discovery at El Pulpo

VANCOUVER, April 25 /CNW/ - Ross River Minerals Inc. (TSX-V: RRM) (the
"Company") is pleased to report that while investigating a high-grade copper
vein occurrence two kilometres southeast of its Cerro Colorado copper-gold
porphyry target on Ross River's El Pulpo property, geologists have discovered
new porphyry-style copper mineralization occurring in deep arroyos cutting
through a potassicaly altered phase of intrusive rock of the Sinaloa
batholith. The mineralization exposed in arroyos consists of chalcopyrite or
leached equivalents occurring in stockwork veinlets and disseminations
extending at least 30 metres vertically below the shallow-dipping quartz
veins. Mineralization has been encountered over an area of approximately    
750 metres in a north-south direction by 850 metres in an east-west direction
and is open in all directions. This new area, named the Minitas prospect, is
over 1,000 metres east of the 2004 surveyed grid and is included in the
easterly extension of the soil geochemical and geophysical survey currently
being conducted. Soil geochemistry on 200 metre spaced grid lines over the
Minitas prospect has recently been completed and shipped for analyses. In
addition 213 rock samples have also been shipped for analyses. Induced
Polarization (I.P.) geophysics over the area is scheduled shortly.
In the western part of the El Pulpo Property, I.P. geophysics has closed
off the anomaly near the village of Vado Hondo to the west and east. This
chargeability anomaly which ranges from over 7 milliseconds at the western
extremity increases in size and strength to over 10 milliseconds 800 metres to
the east where it merges into the anomalous zone encountered in 2004 east of
Vado Hondo, ranging from 10 to over 28 milliseconds at N(equal sign)6
(approximately 150 metres depth). This zone is 600 metres wide in a       
north-south direction. Within the newly surveyed area chargeability values at
N(equal sign)4 (corresponding to about 100 metres depth) greater than        
15 milliseconds outline an area 600 metres in a north-south direction and up
to 350 metres wide in an east-west direction.
Some of the higher I.P. anomalies extend to depth and are open and beyond
the capacity of the current I.P. equipment in use. Ross River is viewing
alternatives to extend the depth range of the I.P. geophysics as several
anomalies including Cerro Colorado are open at depth. The 2005 exploration
program is being carried out under the direction of James R. Reeves M.Sc,
P.Geo.
To find out more about Ross River Minerals Inc. (TSX-V: RRM) visit our
website at www.rossriverminerals.com.

                                 ROSS RIVER MINERALS INC.

                                 Per: "Marcus Foster"

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                                 Marcus N. Foster, President

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