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posted on Nov 24, 2009 03:12PM

Starfire Minerals Inc. - News Release

VANCOUVER, Nov. 24, 2009 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX News Network) --

TSXV: SFR

Management of Starfire Minerals Inc. (the "Company") is pleased to report that it has completed its review of the results from the Titan DCIP (Direct Current Induced Polarization) survey conducted by Quantec Geoscience Ltd. on the PP Zone of the Company's Porphyry Pearl Copper-Gold Property in the Toodoggone Mining District, British Columbia. Given the positive results, the Company is planning to implement a diamond drilling program (Phase II of the program recommended in the NI 43-101 compliant report prepared by James A. Turner, P.Geo., Phase I being the Titan 24 survey).

As reported in the Company's release of August 27th, 2009, the survey was conducted between August 5th and August 13th 2009 and consisted of four 2.5-km lines spaced 400 meters apart on sections 3400, 3800, 4200 and 4600 North and bracketing the 2007-2008 drilling on sections 3800 and 3900 North. The Quantec survey was conducted with an "a-spacing" of 50 meters vs. 100 meters in the previous survey done in 2006, resulting in an increased data density over the previous survey by a factor of four providing greater resolution, and greatly increasing the resolution to depths of 500 to 700 meters. The Company's interpretation is posted on the Company website at http://www.starfireminerals.ca/.

The on the basis of the 3-D inversion model provided by Quantec, the Company has interpreted a target. Using a threshold phase (proportional to chargeability) of 27.7 milliradians as the envelope that encloses the chargeable body and the mineralized intersections within the Porphyry Pearl intrusion, the Company has outlined a volume that has a strike in excess of 800 meters with the top of the anomaly at depths ranging from 20 to 285 meters and the thickness ranging from 140 to 380 meters. The width of the envelope ranges from 390 to 535 meters. The Company is extremely encouraged by these results as they support a target size approximating 250 million tonnes. Drilling by the Company of 9 holes within the envelope during 2007 and 2008 intersected up to 208 meters averaging 0.70 grams Au per tonne (see table below). The reader is cautioned that this is not a mineral resource or reserve estimate and it is conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and it is uncertain that further exploration will result in the discovery of a mineral resource.


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Significant Drill Intersections on the Porphyry Pearl Zone

Au eq
Hole From To Meters (g/t) Cu % Zn % Au(2) Remarks
No. (1) (g/t)
1 no
significant
results
2 194.00 209.00 15.00 0.352 0.033 0.104 0.504
2 328.00 356.00 28.00 0.423 0.027 0.271 0.718
includes 341.00 356.00 15.00 0.634 0.037 0.313 0.983
5 51.83 128.00 76.17 0.463 0.054 0.056 0.607
includes 51.83 111.76 59.93 0.431 0.050 0.061 0.574
and 118.00 128.00 10.00 0.768 0.088 0.047 0.962
6 103.02 311.20 208.18 0.701 0.046 0.095 0.867
includes 299.92 301.90 1.98 13.570 0.027 0.140 13.744 Au by
metallic
assay
7 89.31 99.97 10.66 0.617 0.058 0.053 0.765
7 124.36 264.72 140.36 0.668 0.066 0.233 0.995
7 294.44 304.34 9.90 0.863 0.069 0.102 1.074
7 328.12 340.00 11.88 0.508 0.051 0.650 1.189
7 381.61 395.48 13.87 1.078 0.012 0.130 1.216
8 90.98 154.84 63.86 0.604 0.047 0.165 0.835
8 295.50 324.92 29.42 1.125 0.080 0.167 1.415
8 367.59 395.94 28.35 0.362 0.046 0.255 0.674
9 110.03 183.18 73.15 0.396 0.049 0.116 0.586
9 250.24 321.56 71.32 0.496 0.054 0.194 0.764
9 347.32 361.49 14.17 0.277 0.022 0.657 0.915
10 175.26 311.96 136.70 0.915 0.051 0.157 1.147
includes 258.47 260.45 1.98 23.820 0.040 0.930 24.739 Au by
fire assay
11 89.92 99.06 9.14 0.721 0.042 0.047 0.836
11 117.35 260.60 143.25 0.508 0.054 0.141 0.729

(1) g/t = grams per tonne.
(2) eq Au = Equivalent gold calculations use metal prices of
US$1.50 for copper (Cu), $US 0.80 for zinc (Zn) and US$600/oz for
gold (Au). Metal urgical recoveries and net smelter returns for all
metals are assumed to be 100%. Equivalent gold = Au g/t +
(Cu% x 33.07/19.29) + (Zn% x 17.64/19.29).
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The drill program will consist of two sub-phases, Phase II-A consisting of a 10-hole program totaling approximately 4,650 meters at a cost of $2.56 million. Phase II-B is contingent on sufficiently encouraging results from Phase II-A, and consists of an 11-hole programme totaling approximately 4,750 meters at a cost of $2.61 million.

The Porphyry Pearl Property is logistically well-positioned. The PP Target lies 10 kilometers north of the Toodoggone River and a further 67 road kilometers to the Kemess Mine where existing power lines terminate.

The company is actively seeking financing for the next phase of the project, either in the form of a joint venture or through private placements.

The Qualified Person for purpose of this news release is Mr. Philip J. Rush, P. Geo.

Starfire Minerals Inc. includes uranium, nickel and precious & base metal divisions with properties in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia.


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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
STARFIRE MINERALS INC.

"Dan Mosher"
Dan Mosher
President/CEO

THIS PRESS RELEASE WAS PREPARED BY MANAGEMENT WHO TAKES FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS CONTENTS. THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE DOES NOT ACCEPT
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.

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