Pebble Creek reviewing bids for drilling

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	    VANCOUVER, BC and NEW DELHI, INDIA, Feb. 17 /CNW/ - Pebble Creek Mining
Ltd. ("Pebble Creek" or the "Company") is presently reviewing bids from
qualified drilling contractors to conduct step-out drilling on its Askot
massive sulphide property in Uttarakhand state, India.
	    As previously indicated in the Company's August 12, 2008 news release,
the Askot deposit has an indicated mineral resource of 1.86 million tonnes
containing an average of 2.62% copper, 5.80% zinc, 3.83% lead, 38 gpt silver
and 0.48 gpt gold. The mineralized beds dip steeply and the known mineral zone
is 600 metres along strike and extends 180 metres down from the surface. The
average width of the mineralized beds is 5 metres. Due to the steepness of the
terrain and the older drilling technology used by three previous government
agencies, the property has not been tested below 180 metres.
	    The new drilling program is aimed at confirming the existence of
mineralization at depth and along strike to the northwest. The northwestern
target is an EM anomaly and coinciding soil geochemical anomaly that covers
400 meters of strike length. Drilling is expected to start in early March.
	    The Indian economy is little affected by the slowdown in the West and it
continues to grow at 7.5% per year. Average mine production of copper in India
is 40,000 tonnes per year and consumption is approximately one million tonnes.
Gold production averages approximately 100,000 ounces per year and annual gold
purchases exceed 20 million ounces.

	    Pebble Creek has 15 years experience in India and is one of the leading
non-ferrous explorers and developers there.

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	    /For further information: Andrew Nevin, President & CEO, Telephone: +91
98 1091 0678; Mike Romanik, Vice President, Telephone: (204) 726-0151/