VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–( EMWNews – April 2, 2008) – East Asia Minerals Corporation (TSX VENTURE:EAS) is pleased to report that its quick-paced drill campaign at the shallow dipping, near-surface Abong Jasperoid Prospect, Aceh Province, Indonesia, continues to produce gold-bearing intercepts in advance of a planned year-end resource estimate. Assays have been received for diamond drill holes ABD-11 to ABD-25. This sequence of holes is highlighted by ABD-16 with 1.67 g/t gold over 9.0 metres, ABD-19 with 1.44 g/t gold over 14.0 metres, ABD-23 with 4.14 g/t gold over 11.0 metres, and ABD-25 with 3.08 g/t gold over 12.0 metres. The drill rig continues to make good progress with the campaign.

Resource stage exploration drilling remains focused along the 3 x 1.5 kilometre Abong Corridor, where epithermal gold mineralization is controlled by late-stage open space infilling within an extensive outcropping / sub-cropping jasperoid “blanket”. The mineralized jasperoid has been outlined for greater than 1,500 metres strike and up to 750 metres width, and is typically 10 to 15 metres thick. It remains open along the northwest-southeast strike direction, and across strike in the southwest-northeast direction (view map at www.EAminerals.com). The Bintang and Fikri Prospects also remain priority targets where high-grade gold occurs laterally along basal surge tuff horizons within the gold-bearing jasperiod “blanket” and in breccia feeder zones that extend to depth (December 11, 2007 and January 14, 2008 news releases). These feeder zones will be drill tested for high-grade bonanza gold zones that are typical of epithermal gold environments.

Abong drill assays to date;
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Drill Hole   From (m)   To (m)   Interval (m)   Gold (g/t)
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ABD-1           21.0     31.0           10.0         2.81
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ABD-2           63.0     73.0           10.0         1.78
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ABD-3           14.0     23.0            9.0         4.84
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ABD-4            1.0      8.0            7.0         0.23
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ABD-5            1.0      9.0            8.0         2.32
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ABD-6           21.0     38.0           17.0         1.02
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Including       22.0     32.0           10.0         1.42
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ABD-7            0.0     12.0           12.0         2.24
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ABD-8            3.0     14.0           11.0         1.77
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Including        3.0     12.0            9.0         2.10
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ABD-9            0.0     24.0           24.0         1.00
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Including        0.0     12.0           12.0         1.56
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ABD-10           0.0     12.0           12.0         1.72
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And             19.0     32.0           13.0         1.17
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ABD-11           2.0     12.0           10.0         0.29
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ABD-12(i)          -        -        partial         none
                                     results  significant
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ABD-13           6.0     16.0           10.0         1.07
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ABD-14(i)          -        -        partial         none
                                     results  significant
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ABD-15          11.0     22.0           11.0         0.85
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Including       12.0     17.0            5.0         1.32
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ABD-16          27.0     36.0            9.0         1.67
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Including       27.0     34.0            7.0         2.10
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ABD-17           1.0     34.0           33.0         0.32
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ABD-18           1.0     17.0           16.0         1.03
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Including        2.0     12.0           10.0         1.54
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ABD-19           1.0     15.0           14.0         1.44
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Including        1.0      7.0            6.0         2.94
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ABD-20          50.0     57.0            7.0         0.44
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ABD-21(i)          -        -        partial         none
                                     results  significant
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ABD-22          22.0     33.6           11.6         0.71
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Including       25.0     32.0            7.0         1.03
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ABD-23          20.0     37.0           17.0         2.80
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Including       21.0     32.0           11.0         4.14
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ABD-24          35.0     44.0            9.0         1.08
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And             48.0     50.0            2.0         1.19
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ABD-25          54.0     66.0           12.0         3.08
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Including       56.0     60.0            4.0         7.97
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(i) Partial results received - sampling/analysis in progress.

Samples reported were assayed at Intertek Laboratories in Jakarta. Lionel Martin, P.Geo, the designated QP within the meaning of 43-101 has reviewed and approves the content of this release.

About East Asia Minerals Corporation

East Asia Minerals is an Asian-based, Canadian mineral exploration company with uranium, gold and copper exploration properties in Mongolia and Indonesia. The Company owns the Ingiin-Nars, Ulaan Nuur and Enger uranium properties and a 75% interest in the Khok Adar copper oxide discovery in Mongolia. In Indonesia, it has a 70 to 85% interest in five advanced gold and gold-copper properties located in Aceh Province in Sumatra and North Sulawesi. East Asia currently has 55,645,372 shares outstanding. Its shares are listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “EAS”.

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