Alpha Minerals Hits 12.5m at 2.49% U3O8 Near Surface At PLS

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VANCOUVER, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – ALPHA MINERALS INC. (TSX-V: AMW), (the “Company” or “Alpha”), and its 50% Joint Venture (JV) partner Fission Energy Corp (TSX-V:FIS) are pleased to report assay results from the recently completed drill
program (see news release Nov. 15, 2012 ) on its Patterson Lake South
(“PLS”) uranium property in Saskatchewan.

The mineralized drill hole intersections as composited include:

        --  Hole PLS12-024:
            o 18.0m @ 1.78% U3O8 from 65.0m to 83.0m

            o including 12.5m @ 2.49% U3O8 from 65.5m to 78.0m
              # including 3.5m @ 4.33% U3O8 from 66.5m to 70.0m
                # including 0.50m @ 11.1% U3O8 from 69.5m to 70.0m
        --  Hole PLS12-022:
            o 8.5m @ 1.07% U3O8 from 70.5m to 79m

            o including 2.5m @ 2.63% U3O8 from 74.0m to 76.5m

        --  Hole PLS12-025:
            o 22.5m @ 0.4% U3O8 from 60.5m to 83.0m

            o including 4.03m @ 0.85% U3O8 from 77.5m to 81.53m

        --  Hole PLS12-023:
            o 9.5m @ 0.27% U3O8 from 66.5m to 76.0m

The 9 hole 1631.86m core drilling program focused on the partially
tested PL-3B EM Conductor, in addition to other untested parallel
east-northeast trending EM conductors, which lie approximately 3.0 km
to the east of the high grade uranium boulder field reported in July of
last year (see news release July 27, 2011).

Composited mineralized intervals are summarized in the PLS Drill Summary
that follows. Assays show that the uranium mineralization is
intersected at approximately the same shallow depths in the 4 newly
reported drill holes. This mineralization hosted by steeper dipping in
basement rocks that have a graphitic metasediment lithology and strong
sudoite alteration.  Uranium concentration is well developed throughout
the mineralized sections with assays being relatively consistent
throughout.

    PLS Hole Summary

                  Grid      From         To      Interval     U3O8        GRADE
     Hole ID      Line      (m)         (m)        (m)        (wt%)     THICKNESS
                                                                         (% x m)

    PLS12-017                      No significant mineralization                  

    PLS12-018                      No significant mineralization                  

    PLS12-019                      No significant mineralization                  

    PLS12-020                      No significant mineralization                  

    PLS12-021                      No significant mineralization                  

    PLS12-022     000W     57.50      58.50         1.00      0.06          

                           66.00      68.50         2.50      0.14          

                           70.50      79.00         8.50      1.07         9.1

                            74.00      76.50         2.50      2.63         

                           168.50     169.00        0.50      0.06          

    PLS12-023     000W     63.09      64.50         1.41      0.31          

                           66.50      76.00         9.50      0.27         2.6

                           91.00      91.50         0.50      0.08          

    PLS12-024     010W     60.00      61.50         1.50      0.33          

                           65.00      83.00        18.00      1.78         32.04

                            65.50      78.00        12.50      2.49             31

                            66.50      70.00         3.50      4.33         

                            69.50      70.00         0.50     11.10         

                           91.50      92.50         1.00      0.11          

    PLS12-025     010W     60.50      83.00        22.50      0.40         9.0

                            77.50      81.53         4.03      0.85             

                           85.50      86.00         0.50      0.07          

The Joint Venture partners are planning for a further winter 2013
drilling program in order to carry out additional core drilling to
define the mineralized area established by these results and to test a
number of similar targets.  More details of the program will be
released upon JV program approval.

Updated maps with drill hole locations showing zones of uranium
mineralization have been posted to Alpha Mineral’s corporate website
and can be referenced at www.alphaminerals.ca.

Patterson Lake South Property

The 31,039 hectare PLS project is a 50%/50% Joint Venture held by
Fission Energy Corp. and Alpha Minerals Inc (AMW). Fission is the
Operator. PLS is accessible by road with primary access from
all-weather Highway 955, which runs north to the former Cluff Lake
mine, (>60M lbs of U3O8 produced), and passes through the nearby
UEX-Areva Shea Creek discoveries (with resources of about 88 million
lbs of U3O8) located 50km to the north, currently under active
exploration and development.

Reference Point

The method to calculate pounds of uranium per short ton (a ton of 2000
pounds, which is commonly used in US mining information) requires
multiplying the percentage grades of U3O8 reported by 20. Uranium is
generally priced in dollars per pound and this is information that
should be used with caution before applying numbers in an economic
evaluation because there will be some losses involved in the milling
and concentration of uranium in order to make a product that can be
sold. The current spot price of uranium has risen three times in the
last three quotations.

The technical information in this news release has been prepared in
accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in
National Instrument 43- 101 and reviewed on behalf of the company by
Ben Ainsworth P.Eng., BC/SK, President Alpha Minerals Inc, a Qualified
Person.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Alpha Minerals Inc.

“Ben Ainsworth”  

President, CEO and Director

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SOURCE Alpha Minerals Inc.