Claude Resources Intercepts 84.66 g/tonne Gold Over 3.20 Metres at Neptune

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SASKATOON, May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - (TSX-CRJ); (NYSE Amex-CGR) ("Claude") today announced that follow-up drilling at the Neptune target within the Seabee Project has intersected high-grade gold within multiple structures with assay results of up to 84.66 grams of gold per tonne across 3.20 metres or 2.47 ounces per ton across 10.5 feet.  The 2011 winter drill program confirmed the gold-bearing structure over a strike length of 1,200 metres to depths in excess of 250 metres and, when combined with drilling completed in 2010, indicates strong potential to grow the resource base at the Seabee Project.

The Neptune target was a grassroots discovery in 2010 and is located 6 kilometres north of the Seabee Minesite within the 14,400 hectare Seabee Project. Located 110 kilometres northeast of La Ronge, Saskatchewan, the Seabee Project hosts the currently producing Seabee and Santoy 8 Gold Deposits.

A total of 13 holes and 4,051 metres were completed and assayed from the 2011 winter drill program (Figures 1, 2 and Table 1). Widely spaced drilling targeted the Neptune trend whose gold-in-soil anomaly extends for 1.8 kilometres. The gold-in soil anomaly exists along three sub-parallel trends spanning a width of at least 200 metres. The system remains open along strike to the northeast and southwest and at depth.

Multiple gold-bearing vein sets are situated proximal to the arenite-basalt contact, a regional structure that hosts gold mineralization at the Porky West and Porky Main deposits.  Sheeted quartz veins and associated alteration are hosted within both arenite and basalt-derived, biotite-chlorite schist.

"Initial drill testing of the Neptune target has returned high grade results with 10 of 15 holes hosting visible gold. To date, we have only tested the Neptune target on widely spaced centres and are yet to determine the limits. These results demonstrate the potential for significant new discoveries and resource definition in the Seabee Camp," stated Brian Skanderbeg, Vice-President Exploration.

Based on these encouraging results from Neptune and in the Santoy region, Claude has expanded the 2011 Seabee exploration program to include 26,500 metres of surface drilling. The program will focus on testing the 1.8 kilometre strike length of the Neptune target as well as the Santoy Gap and depth continuity of the Santoy 8 and 8E systems. The two rig program is anticipated to continue from early June through to late October.

In addition to aggressive exploration efforts at the Seabee Project, Claude has initiated Phase II underground drilling at the Madsen Property in Red Lake and continues to advance the Amisk Gold Project.  The Phase II Madsen program is designed to test depth and strike extensions to high grade mineralization within the 8 Zone Trend.

Please visit www.clauderesources.com for plan maps of the Seabee Project and the Neptune target.

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 (NYSE Amex-CGR). Claude is a gold exploration and mining company with an asset base located entirely in Canada. Since 1991, Claude has produced over 930,000 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 2.0 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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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".

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