Starfield completes first closing ($14,261,652) of private placement

SRU - TSX.V
SRFDF - OTC BB 

VANCOUVER, May 11 /CNW/ - Starfield Resources Inc. (TSX.V: SRU and
OTC BB: SRFDF) ("Starfield" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it
has completed the first portion ($14,261,652) of its previously announced
private placement offering of up to $16,566,653 (the "Offering"). The final
portion of $2,305,001 is scheduled to close on May 19, 2006. Starfield
completed the offering of 20,075,444 units of the Company at a price of $0.53
per unit and 5,571,796 flow-through common shares of the Company at a price of
$0.65 per flow-through common share for aggregate proceeds of $14,261,652.62.
Each unit consists of one common share and one-half of one transferable common
share purchase warrant of the Company. Each whole warrant entitles the holder
to acquire one common share of the Company at an exercise price of $0.75 per
common share during the period ending one year from May 10, 2006.
Max Capital Markets Ltd. received a finder's fee of $998,315.67 and
859,182 compensation options. The compensation options may be exercised at a
price of $0.65 per common share during the period ending one year from May 10,
2006.
The shares, warrants and any shares acquired on the exercise of warrants
will be subject to a four month hold period expiring September 11, 2006.

About Starfield

Starfield Resources Inc. is an advanced exploration and development
company focused on its Ferguson Lake Copper-Nickel-Cobalt-Palladium-Platinum
property located in Nunavut, Canada. The Ferguson Lake property covers more
than 1.3 million acres and is 100% owned by the Company. Since 1999, Starfield
has completed more than 100,000 metres of diamond drilling in 243 holes. In
addition to the NI 43-101 technical report which is expected to filed on
Starfield's SEDAR website within 45 days of April 6, 2006, the Company expects
to announce the results of geostatistical evaluations and a scoping study in
2006. A developing feature of this mineral district is the significant
discovery of high grade platinum and palladium mineralization found in the
footwall to the massive sulphide deposit. Starfield's Ferguson Lake Project is
unfolding as Nunavut's largest ongoing base and precious metal project.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

"Glen C. Macdonald"

Glen C. Macdonald, P.Geo., Director
(Glen Macdonald is the Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101
responsible for preparing the technical disclosure in this news release)

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