Mar. 25, 2011 (Filing Services Canada) -- Barker Minerals Ltd. (BML - TSX Venture), (the "Company") reports that it has recently staked an early stage gold project in the Horsefly Lake area of the historic Cariboo Placer Gold district in British Columbia. The Doreen Gold Project, with excellent access and infrastructure, is approximately 1,600 hectares (3,955 acres) in size and is situated 85 km east of Williams Lake, British Columbia. (Figure 1 - Property location: http://www.barkerminerals.com/doreen/doreen-figure1.jpg) Three general types of gold deposits are possible on the project: gold-bearing veins, strata bound occurrences and copper-gold porphyry type deposits.

Regional Geology
The area referred to as the Quesnel Gold Belt lies within the Quesnel Trough, a linear belt of early Mesozoic volcanic and sedimentary rocks lying between the Omineca Crystalline Belt (early Paleozoic and Precambrian metasedimentary rocks) on the east and the Pinchi Geanticline (Paleozioc Cache Creek Group) on the west. (Figure 2 - Regional Geology Map: http://www.barkerminerals.com/doreen/doreen-figure2.jpg)

Past Exploration
Limited exploration programs of trenching and drilling by former operators has provided a good geological understanding of the project and has resulted in recommended follow-up programs to determine the extent of bedrock gold mineralization and the source of the large gold in soil anomaly. (Figure 3 - Drillhole and Gold in Soil Anomaly Locations: http://www.barkerminerals.com/doreen/doreen-figure3.jpg)

Types of mineralization which occur on the property are:
1. small isolated pods of semi-massive pyrrhotite-pyrite-chalcopyrite in chloritic altered volcanics,
2. semi-massive to massive pyrrhotite, +/- pyrite, +/- chalcopyrite in east-west shear zones within andesitic volcanics
3. small chalcopyrite-rich zones in chloritic siliceous volcanics, and
4. isolated massive sulphide float in ferricrete.
5. fine pyrite-filled fractures in andesite, and
6. disseminated pyrite in andesite

Gold mineralization occurs in the following areas:
1. Massive pyrrhotite and pyrite to 68,000 ppb Au.

2. Ferricrete; assays to 0.155 oz Au/ton and 12.55 ppm Au. The ferricrete consists of fragments of sulphides, bleached argillite and altered volcanics cemented with iron oxides. It occurs near and downslope of the massive sulphides exposed in the trenches and is considered to be a surficial deposit related to groundwater flow. Gold is a common constituent of such iron oxides, and in this case is most likely derived from any gold-bearing sulphides in the massive sulphide occurrences. The ferricrete is not considered to be a gold exploration target but it is a useful prospecting phenomenon.

3. Rocks mapped as andesite 20 m west of previous drillhole NDL-84-1 had assays of 0.132 and 0.186 oz Au/ton. The rocks in this area are silicified, chloritic andesites. These rocks are a worthy exploration target. They lie upslope of the gold geochemical anomaly in soil.

It remains to be determined if gold mineralization detected in the andesites near the geochemical anomaly is the source of that anomaly. It may very well be that there is an underlying east-west structure that extends westward as far as the quartz diorite plug. If that is so, then the Doreen gold project mineralization model would include a source of gold (the diorite), a conduit (the east-west structure), and host rock (permeable, brecciated, slightly altered andesitic volcanics and shattered argillites).

March 18, 2011 News Release
Further to the news release of the private placement closing on March 18, 2011 the Company reports that the 3,300,000 units subscribed for are subject to regulatory hold periods that expire on July 19, 2011.

For more information on Barker Minerals' properties please visit: www.barkerminerals.com

The scientific and technical information contained in this news release was prepared under the supervision of Rein Turna, B.Sc., P.Geo. the Company's "qualified person" under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

About Barker Minerals

Barker Minerals is advancing exploration on its mineral properties in the Cariboo Gold District, one of the most mineralized belts in British Columbia. The Company has more than 20 projects on its exploration properties, all of which are 100% owned by Barker Minerals. Eight projects have drill-ready gold and/or massive sulphide targets.

Certain statements in this press release may be considered forward-looking information, including those relating to "plans" of the Company. Such information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors -- including the availability of funds, the results of financing and exploration activities, the interpretation of drilling results and other geological data, project cost overruns or unanticipated costs and expenses and other risks identified by the Company in its public securities filings -- that may cause actual events to differ materially from current expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Louis E. Doyle Robert H. Kuhl
Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer
Barker Minerals Ltd. Barker Minerals Ltd.
Tel: (250) 563-8752 Tel: (604) 321-0709
Fax: (250) 563-8751 Fax: (604) 321-0719
[email protected] [email protected]
www.barkerminerals.com


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