2004

Southwestern Results Analyzed

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA – March 25, 2004 – SKN RESOURCES LTD. ("SKN") congratulates Southwestern Resources Corp. on its positive results reported on March 23rd 2004 from their six new drill holes on the Boka Project. SKN's 24.62 sq. km., 100%-owned Tuobuka Project is located on Boka's southern perimeter. SKN's management believes that the Tuobuka Project holds strong upside potential for the company, which has been furthered by Southwestern's results.

Southwestern's drill hole, B0-23, was sited in the southernmost reaches of the Boka 7 zone, close to the Tuobuka Gold Project. This hole reported 50.25 meters of 2.8 g/t gold and below this interval reported another 9.6 meters of 31.6 g/t gold in massive sulphides. Among earlier holes drilled at Boka 7, results included 89.2 meters of 3.1 g/t gold, 107.3 meters of 2.4 g/t gold and 72.75 meters of 2.7 g/t gold.

SKN's stock price experienced some turbulence when its first drill hole on a central portion of Tuobuka (projected upper mineralized zone) encountered only lower grade mineralization. However, studying the geology and location of that first hole, SKN's geologists now believe that they likely sited the first hole off the main Boka-Tuobuka mineralized trend. It is possible that the trend looks to be fully in place at Tuobuka, but may be located along the projected lower mineralized zone, where there is also evidence of artisanal mining and tunneling along the exposed lower mineralized zone.

SKN assayed tunnel samples from 24 different tunnels along the 2.5-kilometer exposed length of the Tuobuka lower mineralized zone, with sample lengths per tunnel ranging from 1.5 and 5.8 meters to 19.5 meters. This procedure yielded assay results ranging from 0.82 g/t gold over 12 meters to 20.6 g/t gold over 1.5 meters, but generally in the range of 2 g/t to 4 g/t gold (see news release on March 12, 2004). The hand-dug mining tunnels, which are shallow and irregular, extend over a 2-kilometer distance along the lower mineralized horizon and show a thickness of mineralization of at least 75 meters.

These extensive Tuobuka tunnel sampling results exhibit grades that are generally on the same order as those being attained at Southwestern's Boka project area directly to the north. These results also may mimic Southwestern's first phase of sampling which exposed mineralization in mining tunnels at Boka followed by highly successful drill results. SKN's geologists have shifted their focus to the lower mineralized zone with two drill rigs currently testing the down dip of the exposed lower zone that contains the numerous hand-dug mine and tunnel workings produced by artisanal miners exploiting the gold resource found there. SKN's management believes that Tuobuka's projected lower mineralized zone may be located directly on the mineralized extension of the Boka Trend and has every indication of delivering successful results.

SKN Resources Ltd. is actively exploring for precious metals in China.

Statements in this press release other than purely historical information, including statements relating to the Company's future plans and objectives or expected results, constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions and are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties inherent in the Company's business, including risks inherent in mineral exploration and development. As a result, actual results may vary materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.


SKN RESOURCES LTD.
For further information: Rui Feng, Chairman & CEO, Phone: (604) 669-9397, Fax: (604) 669-9387, Email: info@sknresources.com, Websites: www.sknresources.com, www.newpacificmetals.com.
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