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Hits More Gold 'Off-Trend'

posted on Nov 05, 2008 02:57AM

November 5, 2008

Fronteer Hits More Gold 'Off-Trend' in Nevada's Eastern Great Basin

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 5, 2008) - Fronteer Development Group Inc. ("Fronteer" or the "Company") (TSX:FRG)(AMEX:FRG) is pleased to announce that initial drilling at its Kilgore Basin ("KB") project in Nevada has intersected encouraging oxide gold mineralization, expanding the prospectivity of the Company's emerging 400,000-acre Eastern Great Basin ("EGB") portfolio.

Fronteer's EGB portfolio covers a vast and near contiguous region in northeastern Nevada and northwestern Utah. Previous to Fronteer's acquisition, the EGB land package received little exploration attention owing to its distance from Nevada's established gold trends and its largely privately-held ownership status. In addition to KB, Fronteer's EGB portfolio includes Long Canyon (see Oct. 27, 2008 press release, "Fronteer hits more wide intervals of high-grade gold at Long Canyon"), Tug, Gollaher Mountain and Loomis Mountain gold projects.

For a regional map of EGB projects, please click: http://www.fronteergroup.com/sites/f...
Map0826.pdf (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your internet browser's URL address field).

KB has not been explored for more than 20 years. Historical work includes approximately 40 holes outlining a zone of gold mineralization, the limits of which are still unknown. New results from three reverse circulation holes both confirm historical mineralization and indicate gold within the EGB occurs in a variety of geological settings beyond areas previously tested by drilling.

Highlights from Fronteer's Phase I program include:

- 0.70 grams per tonne gold (0.020 ounce per ton) over 16.7 metres (55 feet) in confirmation hole FKB004.

- 0.70 g/t (0.021 oz/t) over 3.1 metres (10 feet) in FKB005, drilled 4.5 kilometres (2.8 miles) south of the historical KB target, intersecting a strong zone of silicification and brecciation.

- 0.5 g/t (0.015 oz/t) over 13.7 metres (45 feet) in confirmation hole FKB003.

Assays are pending from two diamond-drill core holes further testing historical drilling. Silver and base metal values are pending for FKB005.

Fronteer has completed RC drilling, core drilling, geological mapping, surface rock-chip sampling, grid soil samples and acquired additional property within the project area in 2008.

Cyanide assays from identical pulps from hole FKB003, corresponding to fire assays which reported greater than 0.30 g/t, resulted in an indicated average cyanidation recovery of 92%. This is calculated by dividing the CN assay by the fire assay for the identical sample x 100.

DRILL HIGHLIGHTS
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                      Inter-                                   Inter-
                       cept            Au                       cept
Hole    From     To  Length    Au     (oz/    From       To   Length    Au
ID     (feet) (feet)  (feet) (ppb)    ton) (metres) (metres) (metres) (gpt)
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FKB003    95    110      15   406   0.012     29.0     33.5      4.5  0.41
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         135    145      10   325   0.009     41.2     44.2      3.0  0.32
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         245    250       5   480   0.014     74.7     76.2      1.5  0.48
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         305    350      45   497   0.015     93.0    106.7     13.7  0.50
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FKB004   235    260      25   655   0.019     71.6     79.3      7.7  0.66
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         280    335      55   697   0.020     85.4    102.1     16.7  0.70
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FKB005   315    325      10   705   0.021     96.0     99.1      3.1  0.70
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         375    380       5   590   0.017    114.3    115.8      1.5  0.59
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- Note: The true width of the mineralized zones is estimated to be
approximately 60% of those stated for FKB003 and 75% for FKB004. These
two drill holes were drilled on adjacent sections 50 metres apart along
strike. Drill composites were calculated using a cut-off of 0.30 g/t.
Drill intersections reported in FKB005 are as drilled; since this is the
first hole in this target, geometries are still being interpreted.
FKB001 and FKB002 had no reportable assays.

Robert Felder, M.Sc. and Certified Professional Geologist, as recognized by the American Institute of Professional Geologists, is designated as a Qualified Person for these KB drill results, with the ability and authority to verify the authenticity of, and validity of, this data. Drill composites were calculated using a cut-off of 0.30 g/t. Drill intersections are reported as drilled thicknesses. Reverse circulation cuttings were sampled on 5.0 ft. (1.52m) intervals. All drill samples were assayed by American Assay Laboratories (ISO9002:2002) in Sparks, Nevada, for gold by Fire Assay of a 30 gram (1 assay ton) charge with an AA finish, or if over 10.0 g/t were re-assayed and completed with a gravimetric finish. For these samples, the gravimetric data were utilized in calculating gold intersections. QA/QC included the insertion of numerous standards and blanks into the sample stream, and the collection of duplicate samples at random intervals within each batch. Selected holes are also analyzed for a 72-element geochemical suite by ICP-MS.

LIQUIDITY

Fronteer has no debt and is not invested in any short-term commercial paper or asset-backed securities. Fronteer has approximately C$84 million in cash that is fully liquid and held with a large Canadian commercial bank.

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