His term will be
2006-2007, after serving one year as President-Elect. From 1984 to 1986, he worked for St. Joe Minerals as an
exploration geologist.

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Dr. Mr. ("Tonogold") which is intended to be covered by
the safe harbor for "forward-looking statements" provided by the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

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Strachan
has worked as an independent geologist primarily evaluating gold and silver
properties. Strachan is supervising Tonogold's geochemical exploration
program at the Nyac , Alaska gold project.

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For the past 19 years, Mr."

Mr.

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D. For more
information on the Company visit their website www. Such statements are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to
predict and generally beyond the control of Tonogold Resources, Inc.

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The AAPG is an international geological association with over
30,000 members, whose purpose is to advance the science of geology as
it relates to petroleum, natural gas and mineral resources.

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Safe Harbor Statement Under the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This press release contains certain forward-looking information about
Tonogold Resources, Inc. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements.

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Strachan will oversee the technical
aspects of the Company's exploration activities.A.S. Mr.

Because of the unique geologic and hydrologic features associated with highly
developed subterranean networks, the scope of problems related to the karst environment is large.

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Before joining Abraxas, Dr.

Mr .
Strachan is a Certified Professional Geologist and member of the Geological
Society of Nevada , the Geologic Association of Canada, and the Society of
Economic Geologists.tonogold.

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Business Editors/Energy Editors

SAN ANTONIO----Abraxas Petroleum
Corporation ("Abraxas") (AMEX:ABP ) today announced that Lee T.
degree in Geology from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology . These
statements include, but are not limited to, financial projections and
estimates and their underlying assumptions; statements regarding plans,
objectives and expectations with respect to future operations, products and
services; and statements regarding future performance.

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Dr.
"We are very proud of Lee's professional accomplishments and his
continual contribution to Abraxas and the AAPG," commented Bob Watson,
Abraxas' President and CEO. Mr. He is also a qualified person for purposes of Rule
43-101. Words such as "expect(s),"
"feel(s)," "believe(s)," "will," "may," "anticipate(s)," and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

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Tonogold Resources, Inc. Wilson on the Board of Directors, who
resigned from the Board effective this week. Wilson is no longer
affiliated with the Company in any capacity.

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(OTC: TNGL) has
appointed Donald Strachan to the Board of Directors and to the position of
Vice President, Exploration. is a minerals exploration company headquartered in
La Jolla, California with gold and silver properties in Alaska and Nevada.

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Currently, Mr.

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has been elected President of the American
Association of Petroleum Geologists ("AAPG"). Strachan has over 30 years of mineral exploration experience in the
western United States and Africa. Mr.
His performance on Nyac was a key element in making this decision.
These risks and uncertainties include: our lack of operating revenue and
earnings history , our need for additional capital to pursue our business
strategy, the grade and quantity of minerals in our projects may not be
economic, we do not have fee title to our properties, but derive our rights
through leases and the Mining Law, we are a non-reporting company and as
such do not make periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, we trade on the Pink Sheets and there can be no assurances that
a liquid market will develop in our securities, mining is subject to
extensive environmental regulations and can create substantial
environmental liabilities, gold and silver are commodities which have
substantial price fluctuations, a drop in gold and/or silver prices could
adversely affect future profitability and/or capital raising efforts, and
mining can be dangerous and present operational hazards for employees and
contractors.

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Strachan holds a B.

Tonogold 's President, Jeffrey Janda, commented: "Don Strachan is a highly
experienced geologist with a track record of finding and expanding
deposits.

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Karst refers to any terrain where the topography has been formed chiefly by the dissolving of rock, primarily carbonates (such as limestone) and evaporites (such as salt).

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Billingsley joined Abraxas in 1998 as Vice
President/Exploration and is responsible for all geologic and
geophysical aspects of Abraxas' exploration and exploitation programs. Billingsley worked for Tenneco Oil
Company, American Quasar Petroleum and Sandia Oil + Gas Corporation,
which he founded in 1983 and served as President until merging with
Abraxas.

PRESS RELEASE Tonogold Resources Inc. Appoints Donald Strachan Vice President Exploration and to the Board of Directors

Tonogold will continue to
benefit from Don's expertise.

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associated with karst include sinkholes, caves, sinking streams, springs, and solution valleys.

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Abraxas Petroleum Corporation is a San Antonio-based crude oil and
natural gas exploitation and production company with operations in
Texas and Wyoming. He has worked well with Calista Corporation,
the underlying property owner , and achieved all the goals we set for him.

Tonogold Resources, Inc.
Tonogold Resources is the parent company of Mesa Uranium, Inc.

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Billingsley holds three degrees in Geology -- Bachelor of
Science and Doctorate from Texas A+M University and Master of Science
from Colorado School of Mines.

Mr. Janda continued, "Don Strachan was instrumental in choosing the Nyac
property from dozens of prospects and has developed that property into the
central asset of our company.com.

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degree in Geology from California State University in Fresno and an M."

Mr. Forward-looking statements are
statements that are not historical facts.

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Strachan replaces William R. Tonogold does not undertake any obligation to
republish revised forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.

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Strachan has specialized in southern
Nevada and is based near Reno, Nevada., that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or
implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements.

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Billingsley, Ph. From 1976 to 1983, he worked for Houston Oil and
Minerals as an exploration geologist and worked in uranium, base metals,
gold, and silver in the western United States. As we've changed focus from small tailings properties to larger
exploration projects, it makes sense to add an experienced exploration
geologist to our full-time management team.

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Abraxas Announces Election of Dr. Billingsley as President of AAPG

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