Claude Resources Inc. Provides Drilling Update on the Amisk Gold Project, SK

'Intercepts 1.88 grams of Gold per Tonne over 24.61 Metres'

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SASKATOON, Oct. 11, 2011 /CNW/ - Claude Resources Inc. ('Claude') is pleased to provide an update from its 2011 exploration program at the 15,400 hectare Amisk Gold Project in northeastern Saskatchewan, Canada. The Amisk Gold Project is located 20 kilometres southwest of Flin Flon, Manitoba and is a 65:35 Joint Venture between Claude and St. Eugene Mining Corporation. Claude is the operator of the Joint Venture.

A total of 18 holes and 5,500 metres have been drilled to date in 2011 with assays returned for 14 of the holes. The program tested from surface to in excess of 250 metres depth and was designed to expand the limits of the Amisk Gold Deposit as well as infill within the northern and eastern portion of the deposit.

Highlights of the drilling include 1.88 grams of Au per tonne and 12.4 grams of Ag per tonne over 24.61 metres in hole AL-11-301 and 0.51 grams of Au per tonne and 2.5 grams of Ag per tonne over 89.75 metres in AL-11-306.  Mineralization intercepted in the drilling is consistent with the current resource model and is associated with a sequence of quartz porphyritic, rhyolitic lapilli tuffs and basaltic tuffs hosting disseminations and stringers of pyrite, sphalerite, galena, tetrahedrite and chalcopyrite. Fourteen drill holes successfully confirmed continuity of gold mineralization within the northern and eastern portion of the deposit as well as demonstrated the potential for expansion to the east and southeast. Four holes have also been completed evaluating the continuity of the system to depths in excess of 600 metres.  Results are anticipated later in the fourth quarter.

'The 2011 Amisk drill program successfully confirmed mineralization within the current resource model and demonstrates the potential for growth,' stated Brian Skanderbeg, Vice President Exploration.

    Table 1: 2011 summer andfall drill results from the Amisk Gold
    Project.

         Hole Easting Northing  Az/Dip   From To (m) Length    Au    Ag
                                          (m)           (m) (g/t) (g/t)

    AL-11-300  676827  6066224  80/-45  50.00  59.00   9.00  1.50   9.2

          and                          188.00 244.50  56.50  0.58   3.5

    AL-11-301  676875  6066233  80/-45 150.00 171.00  21.00  1.15   6.7

          and                          205.00 229.61  24.61  1.88  12.4

    AL-11-302  676910  6066380  80/-45  96.00 104.51   8.51  1.14   4.5

    AL-11-303  676910  6066380 283/-45  18.00  44.00  26.00  1.02   4.3

    AL-11-304  676910  6066380   0/-90  93.41 131.00  37.59  0.55   2.8

    AL-11-305  676900  6066330  80/-45 175.47 183.50   8.03  1.16   6.2

    AL-11-306  676885  6066283  80/-45  40.25 130.00  89.75  0.51   2.5

    AL-11-307  676921  6066430  80/-45    NSI                          

    AL-11-308  676921  6066430 285/-45    NSI                          

    AL-11-309  676900  6066480 283/-45  18.92  19.92   1.00  5.31  13.1

    AL-11-310  676900  6066480   0/-90    NSI                          

    AL-11-311  676900  6066480 283/-60    NSI                          

    AL-11-312  676877  6066141  70/-45  69.50  96.00  26.50  0.44   1.5

          and                          108.00 132.00  24.00  0.51   0.9

          and                          191.15 220.00  28.85  0.67   2.8

    AL-11-313  676838  6066035 105/-45  37.85  54.00  16.15  1.02   7.4

          and                          125.00 147.00  22.00  0.54   7.6

          and                          185.00 204.00  19.50  0.65   2.3

          and                          239.47 276.00  36.53  0.61   2.9

    AL-11-314  676835  6066052  90/-45 141.00 164.00  23.00  0.76   2.8

    Note: Intervals noted are intercepted width not true width, have
    been calculated using a 0.3 g/tonne cut-off and are uncut.  True
    width is variable between 80 and 100 percent of drilled width. 
    They may include internal dilution intervals of up to 6 metres. NSI
    (No significant Intercept).

In addition to exploration efforts at the Amisk Project, Claude is aggressively drilling the Santoy Gap and L62 targets at its wholly-owned Seabee Project as well as Phase II underground drilling at the Madsen Property in Red Lake.  The Phase II Madsen program is designed to test depth and strike extensions to high grade mineralization within the 8 Zone Trend.

A location map of the Amisk Gold Project and a detailed plan map showing current drill results can be viewed at Claude's website www.clauderesources.com.

Claude Resources holds approximately 9.7 percent interest in St. Eugene's issued and outstanding common shares as of September 9(th), 2011.

Claude Resources Inc. is a public company based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, whose shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX-CRJ) and the NYSE Amex . Claude is a gold exploration and mining company with an asset base located entirely in Canada. Since 1991, Claude has produced over 950,000 ounces of gold from its Seabee mining operation in northeastern Saskatchewan. The Company also owns 100 percent of the 10,000 acre Madsen Property in the prolific Red Lake gold camp of northwestern Ontario and has a 65 percent working interest in the Amisk Gold Project in northeastern Saskatchewan.

Brian Skanderbeg, P.Geo. and M.Sc., Claude's Vice-President Exploration, is the Qualified Person who has reviewed and approved the contents of this news release. Drill core was halved with samples averaging 1.5 metres submitted to ALS Chemex in Vancouver, an ISO approved facility. Rigorous quality assurance and quality control procedures have been implemented including the use of blanks, standards and duplicates. Core samples were analyzed by a 30 gram gold fire assay with an atomic absorption, conventional gravimetric and/or screen fire techniques.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE TO US INVESTORS CONCERNING RESOURCES ESTIMATES

The resource estimates in this document were prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101, adopted by the Canadian Securities Administrators. The requirements of National Instrument 43-101 differ significantly from the requirements of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC'). In this document, we use the terms 'measured,' 'indicated' and 'inferred' resources. Although these terms are recognized and required in Canada, the SEC does not recognize them. The SEC permits U.S. mining companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only those mineral deposits that constitute 'reserves'. Under United States standards, mineralization may not be classified as a reserve unless the determination has been made that the mineralization could be economically and legally extracted at the time the determination is made. United States investors should not assume that all or any portion of a measured or indicated resource will ever be converted into 'reserves.' Further, 'inferred resources' have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and whether they can be mined economically or legally, and United States investors should not assume that 'inferred resources'.

CLAUDE RESOURCES INC.

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