Alberta Star Development Corp.: Deeper Drilling at Dixie Lake Returns 8.2 Metres of 11.0 g/t Gold-Including 5.1 Metres of 15.1 g/t Gold.

News Editors/Business Editors

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2004

Tim Coupland, President and CEO of Alberta Star Development Corp. (ASX), listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and on the OTCBB (ASXSF), is pleased to report that hole DL-04-06 has intersected a wider, higher grade down plunge extension of the 88-4 zone that returned 8.2 metres of 11.0 g/t gold including 5.1 metres of 15.1 g/t gold at a vertical depth of 321 metres. The drill holes completed to date continue to confirm the continuity of a newly defined high grade gold shoot that is open down plunge and continues to improve with higher grades and greater widths at depth.

DRILLING RESULTS

Results from holes DL-04-05 and DL-04-06 are as follows:

- Hole DL-04-06- returned 8.2 metres of 10.9 g/t gold including 5.1 metres of 15.1 g/t gold and 2.3 metres of 27.7 g/t gold. This zone was intersected at a vertical depth of 321 metres.

- Hole DL-04-05- returned 2.1 metres of 7.4 g/t gold including 1.1 metres of 11.2 g/t gold. This zone was intersected at a vertical depth of 236 metres.

Currently, a gold shoot characterized by a greater than 20 grams x metres cutoff is defined by 15 drill holes with an average distance between holes of 50.8 metres. The shoot has an average strike length of approximately 110 metres, an average width of 4.9 metres and is defined from near surface down to 350 vertical metres. It remains open at depth. Within this shoot, eight holes have intersected high grade gold mineralization, seven of which have been drilled by Alberta Star over the past 7 months, and one which was drilled by Teck Corporation in 1989. Drilling highlights within this shoot are shown in the table below.

Drill Hole       Width           Gold          Gold
               (metres)         (g/t)        (oz/ton)
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DL-04-01          2.0            11.1          0.32
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DL-04-02          1.0            10.3          0.30
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DL-04-04          4.0            11.0          0.32
 including        2.1            18.5          0.54
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DL-04-05          2.0             7.4          0.22
 including        1.1            11.2          0.33
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DL-04-06          8.2            10.9          0.32
 including        5.1            15.1          0.44
 including        2.3            27.7          0.81
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DL-03-06          4.3             5.8          0.17
 including        0.9            12.0          0.35
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DL-03-08          4.0            12.5          0.37
 including        1.5            24.7          0.72
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DL-89-09          2.8            15.6          0.46
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The work to date by Alberta Star and Fronteer is increasing the overall gold grade of the 88-4 zone. "Experience has demonstrated that gold shoots rarely occur in isolation in this type of system. The exploration team has every expectation that multiple gold shoots will begin to take shape with ongoing drilling," says Mark O'Dea, Fronteer President and CEO.

DIXIE LAKE GRADE GOLD PROJECT

Alberta Star has been granted an option to earn up to 50% interest on Fronteer's Dixie Lake Gold Property, situated 25 kilometres south of Placer Dome's Campbell mine and Goldcorp's Red Lake mine in the Red Lake Belt, Ontario.

ALBERTA STAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Alberta Star is a leading Canadian mineral exploration company that identifies, acquires, finances and develops advanced staged gold properties throughout the North America. Alberta Star is primarily focused on the discovery of gold. It specializes on gold properties with strong data bases, that are fully permitted and drill ready for purchase or option. Alberta Star's focus is to acquire properties where proper due diligence has indicated that there is a reasonable expectation of identifying and yielding a world-class deposit for its shareholders.

ALLAN FELDMAN-INVESTOR RELATIONS

Investors are welcomed to contact Mr. Allan Feldman, Alberta Star's In-house Investor Relations and Corporate Communications Specialist, for all corporate updates at [phone].

For further information on Alberta Star visit www.alberta-star.com

On behalf of the Board of Directors of

ALBERTA STAR DEVELOPMENT CORP.

Tim Coupland, President & CEO

These results have been prepared under the guidance of Dr Mark O'Dea P.Geo, who is designated as a Qualified Person with the ability and authority to verify the authenticity of and validity of this data. All core samples were analyzed by ALS Chemex, North Vancouver, BC, and Thunder Bay, Ontario using ICP-AES and fire assay.

This News Release includes certain "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and resources, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the Company are forward looking statements that involve that involve various degrees of risk.. The following are important factors that could cause Alberta Star's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements: changes in the world wide price of mineral commodities, general market conditions, risks inherent in mineral exploration, risks associated with development, construction and mining operations, the uncertainty of future profitability and the uncertainty of access to additional capital.

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