Manson Creek Resources Finds Widespread High Grade Gold and Silver at Up Town Gold Project

CALGARY, June 26, 2012 - Manson Creek Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MCK) ('Manson Creek') is pleased to announce it has received surface sampling assay results for the Up Town Gold project in the Northwest Territories. The May 2012 exploration program consisted of reconnaissance prospecting and sampling over the core of the 3,388-hectare property. Gold mineralization, often with significant silver mineralization, was found over three kilometers of strike in the Rod, Fox South, J7 and C areas of bedrock exposure.

Mr. Regan Chernish, Company President, reports: "With 22 of the 91 samples taken at Up Town returning gold grades between 1.30 g/t gold to 113.5 g/t gold and silver locally in excess of 100 g/t, there clearly appears to be vast potential at Up Town to begin building larger zones. Proposed focused and low-cost surface work will endeavor to connect the different areas of mineralization that were sampled in the extensive multi-kilometer footprint of related mineralized areas. The extreme ease of access to this project, abundant bedrock exposure, favorable logistics, and location within an area that has geologically been endowed to have already produced 12 million ounces of gold mark this project as an excellent opportunity for further discovery with low cost and low risk exploration profile. We are pleased with these early results, and look forward to advance the project as quickly as possible."

The Rod Area, located on the southwest end of Baker Lake, returned an average gold grade of 22.79 grams/tonne (g/t) in 15 surface samples. Four of the samples also returned silver assays of greater than 100 g/t with the remaining 11 samples averaging 10.21 g/t silver. The samples came from outcropping shears adjacent to the main zone as well as previously trenched material. Previously trenched material was sampled due to the main Rod shear zone being flooded at the time of the program. The Rod showing remains open in all directions and strikes into nearby Baker Lake to the north. (Map of showing locations and property can be found at www.manson.ca)

The Fox South Area, located on the east side of the claim group near the historical Giant mine, returned an average gold grade of 3.06 g/t and 1.52 g/t silver in nine samples of outcrop and historically trenched material. The shears observed ranged in size from one-half meter to three meters in width. This zone strikes for over 250 meters and remains open in all directions.

The J7 Area, part of the larger J Group of showings is found north of Baker Lake, and returned 7.99 g/t gold and 35.56 g/t silver in continuous chip samples over 2.1 meters. This zone remains open along strike. Significant grab samples collected 385 meters to the east in Trench 1 included 3.25, 3.34 and 15.55 g/t gold and 4.80, 3.50, 9.10 g/t silver respectively. The Number 1 vein was sampled with a grab sample and 0.50 meter chip and returned 1.79 g/t and 5.49 g/t gold and 4.10 g/t and 1.40 g/t silver respectively.

Within the C Group Area, situated between the Rod and the Fox South Areas, the C11 shear returned 5.88 g/t gold and 0.98 g/t silver over 0.67 meters. The sample was collected at the north end of the shear before it also strikes into Baker Lake. The only sample collected on a section of the C4 shear graded 1.30 g/t gold and 3.0 g/t silver over 0.4 meters within the larger meter scale shear.

The exploration program successfully demonstrated the extensive gold and silver mineralization on the Up Town Gold property, with the exploration program focused on collecting at least one sample from a number of the laterally extensive shear zones examined. Many of the sampled shear zones strike on surface for hundreds of meters before typically disappearing under cover. Approximately half of the known shear zones on the claim block remain to be examined and sampled in future work programs.

Alteration halos surrounding the mineralized shear zones varied from meter scale to over a hundred meters adjacent to the actual shears. While the glacially smoothed bedrock can prove difficult to sample effectively with hammer and chisel, it is anticipated that follow up work will see extensive testing of the alteration halos utilizing channel samples cut with a portable rock saw.

The Company is extremely pleased with the results of the first round of exploration on the Up Town Gold project in over 50 years. The program revealed significant gold and silver mineralization in areas that extend over 3 kilometers by 2 1/2 kilometers. The Company is excited about the strong mineralization found at the Fox South Area that is located only 700 meters from the contact with the Yellowknife greenstone belt, which hosts the nearby historical Giant and Con gold mines.


Up Town Gold Project Background

The 3,388-hectare Up Town Gold property has five known gold bearing areas hosted in an Archean granodiorite adjacent to the Yellowknife greenstone belt that boasts over 12 million ounces of gold production from the nearby Giant and Con mines. Historic work on the Up Town Gold property, done primarily in the 1960's, focused on narrow quartz filled shears and associated quartz veins while largely ignoring the larger zones of hydrothermally altered host granodiorite. The shear zones, associated fractures and quartz veins vary from millimeter widths to well over 3.0 meters and they commonly are surrounded by a broader alteration halo. The alteration consists of silicification and sericitization with hematite alteration present as well. Mineralization is present at surface with exposures varying between tens to hundreds of meters.

Several of the gold bearing zones on the Up Town Gold property had historical estimates completed in the 1960's with over 2,500 meters of diamond drilling completed. In many of the historic assessment reports there is mention of hydrothermally altered host rock but no systematic sampling was ever conducted on these altered zones.


Analytical Method

Samples were submitted to Acme Labs in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories for analysis with all of the rock samples analyzed using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) together with mass spectrometry (MS) finish. Gold was analyzed by a fire assay preparation with an ICP-ES finish.

The President of Manson Creek Resources Ltd., Regan Chernish P.Geol., is the Qualified Person responsible for the preparation of this news release.


Regan Chernish, P. Geol.
President and Director



Except for the historical and present factual information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release, including words such as "expects", "projects", "plans", "anticipates" and similar expressions, are forward-looking information that represents management of Manson Creek's internal projections, expectations or beliefs concerning, among other things, future operating results and various components thereof or the economic performance of Manson Creek. The projections, estimates and beliefs contained in such forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause Manson Creek's actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, those described in Manson Creek's filings with the Canadian securities authorities. Accordingly, holders of Manson Creek shares and potential investors are cautioned that events or circumstances could cause results to differ materially from those predicted. Manson Creek disclaims any responsibility to update these forward-looking statements.



May 2012 Prospecting Program Significant Assays.

SAMPLE 		UTME 		UTMN 		Location 		Sample Type 	Length (m) 		Description 		Gold g/t 		Silver g/t
589703 		632063 		6932403 		Rod Area 		Trenched Material Grab 			Shear Zone 		113.50 		>100
589704 		632047 		6932354 		Rod Area 		Trenched Material Grab 			Shear Zone 		51.16 		>100
53002 		631985 		6932422 		Rod Area 		Trenched Material Grab 			Shear Zone 		45.01 		5.40
52705 		632042 		6932354 		Rod Area 		Trenched Material Grab 			Shear Zone 		36.17 		>100
G0589751 		632024 		6932396 		Rod Area 		Trenched Material Grab 			Shear Zone 		35.80 		>100
G0589753 		632014 		6932389 		Rod Area 		Trenched Material Grab 			Shear Zone 		26.11 		9.20
G0589752 		632019 		6932394 		Rod Area 		Trenched Material Grab 			Shear Zone 		20.05 		89.70
589701 		631971 		6932362 		Rod Area 		Trenched Material Grab 			Shear Zone 		5.62 		3.70
53001 		632049 		6932492 		Rod Area 		Trenched Material Grab 			Shear Zone 		4.95 		2.00
589706 		631983 		6932424 		Rod Area 		Trenched Material Grab 			Shear Zone 		2.67 		1.20
52714 		632812 		6935190 		J 7 Zone 		Outcrop Chip 	2.10 		Shear Zone 		7.99 		35.56
52707 		633179 		6934963 		J Area Trench 1 		Outcrop Grab 			Shear Zone 		15.55 		9.10
52708 		633177 		6934964 		J Area Trench 1 		Outcrop Grab 			Shear Zone 		3.25 		4.80
52706 		633180 		6934953 		J Area Trench 1 		Trenched Material Grab 			Shear Zone 		3.34 		3.50
52710 		633184 		6934796 		J Area Number 1 Vein 		Outcrop Chip 	0.50 		Shear Zone 		5.49 		1.40
53041 		633179 		6934782 		J Area Number 1 Vein 		Outcrop Grab 			Shear Zone 		1.79 		4.10
53052 		634412 		6932755 		Fox South Area 		Trenched Material Grab 			Shear Zone 		17.77 		2.60
52702 		634367 		6932527 		Fox South Area 		Trenched Material Grab 			Shear Zone 		4.84 		4.80
52703 		634351 		6932544 		Fox South Area 		Trenched Material Grab 			Shear Zone 		1.72 		0.90
52726 		633311 		6932956 		C 4 Shear 		Outcrop Chip 	0.40 		Shear Zone 		1.30 		3.00
52729 		632495 		6932702 		C 11 Shear 		Outcrop Chip 	0.67 		Shear Zone 		5.88 		0.98

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Contact Information

Manson Creek
Regan Chernish, President and Director
1.403.233.0464
www.manson.ca