Change of Auditors
The Company is also pleased to announce that it has dismissed its auditors
and engaged a CPA firm in the United States to enable the Company to file its
regulatory reports in a more timely fashion.

Exploration

- New Order Prospecting Permit for Grasvally property, which
forms the southern extension of the Rooipoort Platinum project ,
granted by the South African Department of Minerals and Energy.

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This Right was notarised on May
11, 2005 and drilling has already commenced at Grasvally in order to
identify the platinum resource .

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For more information visit info@bmegold.

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com/ir/presentation/index.
On June 8th, 2004 , Battle Mountain Gold Exploration Corp.

- Mineral structures in Crescent and Victory zones intersected by
development on 10 level.

- Airborne geophysical survey completed over Eersteling gold
project . We anticipate this trend continuing
during the current quarter.

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, Battle Mountain Gold
Exploration Corp.bmegold.com.

- Planned enhancements to the metallurgical plant have been
substantially completed.caledoniamining.

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RENO, Nev. The financial results are reported in thousands
of Canadian dollars except where otherwise stated.

Concentration testwork at Nama continues, along with testing of
concentrate by end users.caledoniamining.

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FOR INVESTOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 1-800-436-0167

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entered into a
joint venture with Nevada Gold Exploration Solutions ("NGXS") to form Pediment
Gold LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability company ("Pediment"), to explore the
Nevada Great Basin physiographic area using a proprietary water chemistry
database and sampling methodology developed by NGXS.

For the quarter ended March 31, 2005 Caledonia recorded a net
loss, after write downs, of $1.

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("Battle Mountain Gold") (OTC Bulletin Board: BMGX) is
pleased to announce that results from the proprietary ground-water chemistry
program conducted in 2004 exceed targeted expectations and the Company is
exploring strategies to accelerate and expand the program .htm .
The Company's new auditor is the firm of Chisholm, Bierwolf + Nilson LLC,
a CPA firm with extensive experience working with small natural resource
companies. The Company is focused on the exploration for and the
acquisition of mineral properties; principally gravel-covered pediment gold
occurrences in the State of Nevada.

Battle Mountain Gold Exploration Corporation
Sixth Floor, Suite 9
One East Liberty Street
Reno, Nevada 89504
Tel: (775) 686-6081 Fax: (775) 686-6066

Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements: This release contains certain
"forward-looking statements" as defined by the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, expectations, beliefs,
plans and objectives regarding the potential transactions and ventures
discussed in this release.

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007 per share) in the same period
of 2004. The AIM twenty day announcement can be
found on the Caledonia website, www.

This will also include organizations who control land holdings containing these reserves.

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News Editors

TORONTO----Caledonia Mining
Corporation ("Caledonia") (TSX:CAL)(NASDAQ-OTCBB:CALVF) is pleased to
announce its key financial and operating results for the first quarter
ended March 31 2005 . Caledonia remains
debt-free.

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Pursuant to the joint
venture, Battle Mountain Gold will fund an aggregate of $3,250,000 for the
execution of the ground-water geochemical exploration program and earn a
70% interest in Pediment Gold plus an option to earn an additional 10%.8 million ($0.com

Further information regarding Caledonia's exploration activities
and operations along with its latest financials may be found at
www.

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Operational Highlights

Barbrook Gold Mine

- Production improvements were evident during first quarter and
have
continued through April .

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We will update shareholders once
negotiations with end users have been finalised.com

Caledonia Mining Corporation (TSX:CAL) (OTC Bulletin Board:CALVF)

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Battle Mountain Gold Announces Completion of 2004 Field Sampling Program Acceleration of Land Acquisition Program and Change of Auditors

- Geochemical soil sampling program of 3,389 samples completed at
Eersteling gold project .

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(OTC Bulletin Board: BMGX) takes no obligation to update or correct
forward-looking statements.

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Battle Mountain Gold's outstanding
management team collectively has more than 110 years of experience discovering
significant gold ore-bodies, building world-class mines and creating
shareholder value . Battle Mountain Gold Exploration,
Inc. The loss in 2005 results from operations at Barbrook during
the quarter, ongoing exploration and assay costs, Nama test work
costs and the normal administration expenses.

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Acceleration of Land Acquisition Program
Based on the positive results of the 2004 field sampling program, Pediment
Gold has agreed to accelerate its land acquisition program to secure areas
identified as highly prospective by the ground-water geochemical sampling
program .

About Battle Mountain Gold
Battle Mountain Gold is a minerals exploration company headquartered in
Reno, Nevada.

Business sites relating to the exploration and development of mineral reserves and do not undertake extraction and processing.

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- Phase three drilling programme completed with 3,653 meters
drilled on Rooipoort property.

Reviewing the quarter, Stefan Hayden, President and CEO, said "I
am pleased to report good progress in the further development of our
core assets .

With regards to the Rooipoort Exploration Project in South
Africa, the granting of the New Order Prospecting Right for Grasvally
completes one of our 2005 objectives.

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Among the important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward -
looking statements are the risks inherent in minerals exploration, the need to
obtain additional financing, the availability of needed personnel and
equipment for future exploration and development , fluctuations in the price of
minerals, and general economic conditions.caledoniamining.

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Over 1 ,200 samples were collected and analyzed and
the results of the program have identified highly anomalous gold in water at
22 new exploration target areas, some in the same orders of magnitude
associated with known gold deposits.

Caledonia Mining 1st Quarter Interim Results 2005

007 per share) compared
to a net loss of $1.

Turning to corporate activity, we recently announced our
intention to seek a tertiary listing for Caledonia on London's
Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in June in order to broaden the
institutional investor base.com

Caledonia Management's Discussion and Analysis was published on
May 13, 2005 and is available on the company's website:
www.

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A description of
the proprietary ground-water chemistry exploration program is available on the
Company 's website at http://www.

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com and specifically in the latest corporate
presentation -- http://www.

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Completion of Field Sampling Program
The 2004 ground-water field sampling program was completed in November and
an analysis of its results was completed and presented to the Company 's Board
of Directors this month.

- Metallurgical testing of trench sample from Nama cobalt project
continues to assist pilot plant design.7 million ($0. Production at Barbrook Mines in South Africa improved,
following the substantial metallurgical modifications undertaken last
year and during this quarter.