Alhambra Resources Ltd.: Zhanatobe Drilling Leads to the Discovery of Two Possible Carlin-Style Zones of Gold Mineralization

Alhambra Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ALH) ("Alhambra" or the "Corporation"), an
international gold producer and explorer, announces that a rotary air-blast
("RAB") drilling program completed in 2010 at its 100% owned Zhanatobe project
area ("Zhanatobe") has resulted in the discovery of two possible "Carlin-style",
zones of gold mineralization. Zhanatobe is one of Alhambra's 2011 early stage
exploration targets within the Corporation's 100% owned, 2.4 million acre, Uzboy
Project located in north central Kazakhstan (see Figure 1). Zhanatobe is located
approximately 90 kilometres ("kms") southeast of Alhambra's Uzboy gold deposit
and 40 kms northwest of the City of Stepnogorsk, Alhambra's Kazakhstan operating
base.


HIGHLIGHTS



--  The RAB drilling program discovered two possible Carlin-style zones of
    gold mineralization - one in the Central area and the second in the
    Northern area (see Figure 2), 
--  The mineralization exhibits many similarities to sediment hosted
    disseminated style gold mineralization in Nevada ("Carlin-style" gold
    mineralization) which is completely new for the region, 
--  The zone of gold mineralization discovered in the Central area is
    approximately 850 metres ("m") in length and 100 m in width, 
--  The zone of gold mineralization discovered in the Northern area is
    approximately 400 m in length and 150 m in width and open on both ends, 
--  Gold grades range from 0.10 to 1.72 grams per tonne gold ("g/t Au") in
    the Central zone and from 0.19 to 0.51 g/t Au in the Northern zone, 
--  As a result of the positive 2010 drilling results, the Corporation has
    updated and expanded its anticipated 2011 core, RC and RAB drilling
    program for Zhanatobe to approximately 12,000 m. 



John J. Komarnicki, Alhambra's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer stated,
"This is a very exciting development at Zhantobe. We have discovered two
possible Carlin-style zones of gold mineralization, which suggests that we may
have located a new very large, prolific area of gold mineralization. As a
result, we anticipate implementing a more aggressive 2011 drilling program
including deeper, more precise core drilling, with the objective of
reclassifying Zhanatobe from early exploration status to advanced exploration
status in 2012." 


DRILLING SUMMARY

The objective of the 2010 exploration program at Zhanatobe was to determine the
nature of the gold mineralization established in 2009 by rock chip sampling and
to check for gold mineralization at shallow depth. Fifteen lines of RAB drilling
amounting to 483 drill holes totaling 4,744 m were completed in both the
Northern and Central areas of Zhanatobe (see Figure 2). 


Central Area:

Drilling to date has resulted in the discovery of a zone of gold mineralization
of a new style, in the Central area (see Figure 3). This new ENE orientated zone
has confirmed the presence of gold mineralization along a strike length of
approximately 850 m and is up to 100 m in width with gold grades ranging from
0.10 to 1.72 g/t Au. Hole JT-0518 intersected four, 2 m long samples that
returned 1.69, 1.72, 0.89 and 0.22 g/t Au, respectively. This zone is
interpreted to be related to the contact of a silicified body with sandstone,
calcareous sandstone and epiclastic sandstone host rocks.


Northern Area:

Previously interpreted drilling results led to the discovery of the second zone
of gold mineralization in the Northern area with a strike length of 400 m and a
width of 150 m with gold grades ranging from 0.19 to 0.51 g/t Au (see Figure 4).
The zone trends ENE and corresponds with a silicification and brecciation zone
at the contact between calcareous and epiclastic sandstone and siltstone
horizons. 


The district scale geology is characterized by the presence of calcareous and
terrigenous sediments intruded by granitoid massifs, collapse breccias and
barren jasperoid caps on the top of the sequence. It appears that there is
sediment hosted, fine grained disseminated gold, accompanied by de-calcification
and brecciation, a spatial link to granitoid intrusions, strong silicification
expressed as jasperoid, the secondary mineral jarosite and, as indicated by the
rock chip sampling program, high Ag and strongly elevated As and Sb.


All this leads Alhambra to believe that the two discovered zones of gold
mineralization may be Carlin-style in nature, named after the Carlin Mine on the
Carlin Trend in Nevada (USA). Carlin-style gold mineralization has not been
previously recognized in Northern Kazakhstan but has generated a significant
percentage of the world's gold production. 


DRILLING OVERVIEW

Mapping and surface rock chip sampling carried out in 2009 outlined two very
large zones measuring 12 kms by 3 kms and 10 kms by 2 kms with a high density of
anomalous gold concentrations (above 70 parts per billion gold ("ppb Au")) in
volcano-sedimentary rocks. There are several clusters of higher (+0.1 g/t Au)
grade rock chip samples inside both anomalous zones. Two of them, the Northern
and Central areas, look the most prospective, demonstrating not only high peak
grades (34.4 g/t and 11.5 g/t Au respectively, reported previously) (see News
Release dated May 17, 2010) but also consistent spatial distribution of the rock
samples grading more than 0.1 g/t Au. 


In the Central area, the exploration drilling program on 8 drill lines comprised
291 vertical RAB holes totaling 2,850 m. Six drill lines from 400 to 1,000 m
long, spaced 200 m apart, were located in the northern and southern parts of the
Central area. Each hole was about 10 m deep and one sample was taken from the
bottom of the hole. Two additional RAB lines, 370 and 500 m long with closer
hole spacing were drilled in the northern part of the Central area to test its
geologically most promising part where a silicified body was discovered. These
holes were also 10 m deep but in this case the entire hole was sampled in 2 m
intervals (as per hole JT-0518). 


In the Northern area, 192 vertical RAB holes were drilled totaling 1,900 m on 7
drilling lines ranging in length from 600 to 700 m, spaced 200 m apart and
located in the northern, central and southern parts of the Northern area. Each
hole was about 10 m deep. One sample was taken from the bottom of the hole.


Based on these positive 2010 Zhanatobe RAB drilling results, the Corporation has
updated and expanded its anticipated 2011 exploration drilling program for
Zhanatobe to approximately 12,000 m. This will be a sequenced drilling program
with 856 RAB holes, 17 RC holes and 5 core holes. The objective of the drilling
program will be to test other prospective areas of the project, determine the
shape and size of the discovered zones of mineralization, prove the
mineralization style, and most importantly, define gold grade at depth. 


DRILLING AND SAMPLING PROCEDURES 

Rotary Air Blast or RAB drilling is a type of compressed-air driven percussion
drilling used in the early phases of mineral exploration for a quick assessment
of a relatively large area which normally precedes deeper, more precise Reverse
Circulation or RC percussion drilling and core drilling. 


The drilled RAB holes had a 7.6 centimeter diameter. The cuttings from the
interval sampled in each hole were mechanically split into two samples. The
samples selected for analysis were placed in a cloth bag and weighed at the
drill site. The weight of the samples ranged between 5 and 7 kilograms. Based on
sample weight, the recovery from the holes is estimated to be almost 100%.


Sample preparation was completed by Stewart Assay and Environmental Laboratories
located in Kyrgyzstan using the following procedure: samples were crushed to
minus 2 mm, mixed and split into two 200 gram sub-samples. One sub-sample was
pulverized to - 200 mesh and the other sub-sample was retained for reference
purposes. A 30 gram sample of the -200 mesh material was used for fire assay
with atomic absorption finish. Stewart Assay and Environmental Laboratories is
independent of Alhambra and has International Standard Organization ("ISO")
17025 accreditation.


QUALITY ASSSURANCE QUALITY CONTROL

The Kyrgyzstan Stewart Assay and Environmental Laboratories, as a part of
Stewart Group, have stringent quality assurance and quality control ("QA/QC")
procedures. Alhambra also follows a rigorous QA/QC program consisting of
inserting standards, blanks and duplicates into the sample stream submitted to
the laboratory for analysis to ensure that the sampling and analysis of all
samples is conducted in accordance with the best possible practices.


Elmer B. Stewart, MSc. P. Geol., a technical consultant, is the Corporation's
nominated Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, and has
reviewed the technical information contained in this news release. 


ABOUT ZHANATOBE

Zhanatobe is one of Alhambra's 2011 early stage exploration targets within the
Corporation's 100% owned Uzboy Project located in north central Kazakhstan.
Zhanatobe is located within the Mamay block approximately 90 kms southeast of
Alhambra's Uzboy gold deposit and 40 kms northwest of the city of Stepnogorsk,
Alhambra's Kazakhstan operating base.


ABOUT ALHAMBRA

Alhambra is a Canadian based international exploration and gold production
corporation celebrating its eighth year of operations in the Republic of
Kazakhstan. Alhambra holds exploration and exploitation rights to a 2.4 million
acre (9,800 km(2)), 100% owned, license called the Uzboy Project, located in the
Northern Kazakhstan Metallogenic Province which hosts numerous world-class gold
deposits. Over 100 mineral targets, including 3 advanced exploration plays, are
contained within the Uzboy Project.


Alhambra common shares trade in Canada on The TSX Venture Exchange under the
symbol ALH, in the United States on the Over-The-Counter Pink Sheets Market
under the symbol AHBRF and in Germany on the Frankfurt Open Market under the
symbol A4Y. The Corporation's website can be accessed at
www.alhambraresources.com. 


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