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To: LoneClone who wrote (17613)	4/11/2008 9:18:10 PM
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Linear Gold Commences Drilling at El Filao Project and Identifies Gold Targets at the Apiacas and Trairao Projects, Brazil Fri Apr 11, 9:28 AM ca.news.finance.yahoo.com HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - April 11, 2008) - Linear Gold Corp. (TSX: LRR.TO) is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced on the El Filao project located in the Alta Floresta gold province of northern Mato Grosso state, Brazil. A 1600 metre drill program, to be completed over approximately 60 days, is planned to complement previous results obtained from drilling of the main vein structure and to test a newly identified parallel vein structure. The strike continuity of the main vein will be tested over 900m with 8 holes at 100m step outs and is designed to intersect the main vein at about 60m vertical depth. The newly identified parallel vein structure will be tested with 3 drill holes and, finally, approximately 500m of drilling will be used to test 2 or 3 areas further down dip. Maps of the project are available at Linear's website at www.lineargoldcorp.com. Linear has also completed surface sampling programs at the Apiacas and Trairao projects. At the Apiacas project, an initial soil grid of 400 metres by 460 metres was completed over the main exposed vein area, with 12 of 51 soil samples containing in excess of 100 ppb gold and a maximum value of 6372 ppb gold. The gold anomaly in soils spreads across the complete grid and is open to the north and west, where additional soil sampling will now be undertaken. Rock sampling of exposed vein and rock outcrops in the area also shows strong gold anomalies with 13 of 49 rock chip and chip channel samples containing values of greater than 1 gram per tonne gold, and a maximum value of 21.2 grams per tonne gold. At the Trairao project, rock chip sampling from newly identified areas of historical Garimpeiro workings has obtained values of 4.1, 1.4 and 1.3 grams per tonne gold from three separate areas. In addition, detailed rock chip, channel, and soil sampling from the main Trairao garimpeiro area has produced significant anomalous gold values. Soil sampling indicates anomalous gold values over a strike length of a minimum of 800 metres which is open both east and west. Rock chip channel sampling has identified anomalous values ranging to 2.5 grams per tonne gold over 2 metres with a total of 12 out of 80 samples containing greater than 100 ppb gold. Of particular interest is the recognition of a strong focus of gold mineralization over a 27 metre long trend with values ranging from 0.7 to 1.7 grams per tonne gold. Additional fieldwork and sampling is ongoing at both Apiacas and Trairao, and is expected to lead to drilling later in the year. This press release has been prepared under the supervision of Mr. Philip Pyle, Certified Professional Geologist and Linear's Vice-President of Business and Corporate Development, who serves as the qualified person for these projects under National Instrument 43-101. All samples of Linear Gold were submitted to SGS-Lakefield Labs in Belo Horizonte, Brazil with gold analysed by 50 gram charge digestion Fire Assay - AA finish. Other metals were analysed by aqua regia digestion with ICP finish. A detailed quality control program using blanks, standards and duplicates is being utilized with all sample analyses. Linear Gold Corp. is actively exploring for gold and base metal deposits in Mexico and Brazil, and through joint ventures with Kinross Gold in Mexico and Everton Resources in the Dominican Republic. Wade K. Dawe, President This news release contains "forward-looking statements". Such forward-looking statements, especially those that address resource quantities, grades, and contained metals, are generally made on the basis of estimation and extrapolation from a limited number of drill holes and metallurgical studies. Where the company expresses or implies an expectation as to future events or results, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and is believed to have a reasonable basis for the statement. However, forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ significantly from future results expressed or implied. These risks include, but are not limited to, metal price volatility, political and operational risks in the countries where we operate, and a degree of uncertainty in connection with evaluating a deposit until the deposit has been extensively drilled on closely spaced centres. The TSX Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Contacts Wade K. Dawe Linear Gold Corp. President & Chief Executive Officer (902) 422-1421 (902) 491-4281 (FAX) Website: www.lineargoldcorp.com