Asia Gold Signs Agreement to Explore the Kaputusan Porphyry Copper-Gold Prospect Bacan Island, Maluku, Indonesia.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Asia Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ASG) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PT Harita Multi Karya Mineral (HMKM), a member of the Harita Group of Indonesia, to set up a joint venture to explore and develop the Kaputusan porphyry copper-gold prospect on Bacan Island, Maluku, Indonesia. The Kaputusan prospect is within a 25,775-hectare KP (Kuasa Pertambangan) exploration lease granted to HMKM in January, 2005. The entire lease is within 15 kilometres of the ocean and the prospect is accessed by new logging roads.

Under the terms of the MOU, an Indonesian subsidiary of Asia Gold can earn an 85% interest in the Kaputusan KP prospect from HMKM by spending US$300,000 on exploration during the first year of the joint venture. Thereafter, the 15% interest held by HMKM is free carried to commercial mine production.

Porphyry copper-gold mineralization was discovered at Kaputusan during a joint Indonesian-German regional exploration program carried out between 1977 and 1979. A follow-up program during 1983-1984 included 5,550 metres of trenching and 1,575 metres of NQ-BQ diamond drilling in 10 vertical holes. Five trenches were re-sampled by Newcrest Mining Limited (Newcrest) between 1993 and 1997. Surface mineralization has been mapped and trenched over an area measuring approximately 1,500 metres by 1,000 metres.

Nine of the ten Indonesian-German drill holes intersected weak to moderate copper-gold mineralization. The drilling did not define the limit of mineralization in any direction. The best three reported drill intercepts are as follows;

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Drill Hole No.    From      To    Length (m)    % Copper    g/t Gold
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BH003              6.0    54.0         48.0         0.37        0.65
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BH004             27.0    90.0         63.0         0.36        0.14
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BH007              6.0   204.0        198.0         0.28        0.31
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The grades reported in the drill holes may be unrepresentative since the average core recovery in the mineralized zones was only 41%. The best mineralization in surface trenches graded 0.5% copper and 0.39 g/t gold over 80 metres, including a 44 metre interval grading 0.6% copper and 0.77 g/t gold. This 44-metre interval graded 0.6% copper and 0.5 g/t gold when re-sampled by Newcrest.

"An exploration program over 20 years ago led to the discovery of widespread porphyry copper-gold mineralization at Kaputusan, however, the exploration was terminated before the size or grade of the porphyry system could be established," stated David Owens, President of Asia Gold. "We now have the opportunity to evaluate the true potential of this strategically well located copper-gold deposit using modern exploration technology and a better understanding of the geological setting and controls to the porphyry style mineralization."

Asia Gold plans to start exploration of Kaputusan in February. The first phase program will include surface geological mapping, stream sediment geochemistry and an Induced Polarization geophysical survey. A follow-up drilling program is planned conditional on the results of the first phase of exploration.

The Kaputusan prospect is a typical Western Pacific island arc porphyry copper-gold system. It is located in the active Halmahera volcanic arc and the mineralization is hosted by a potassic altered and magnetite bearing tonalite porphyry stock. Copper and gold mineralization is associated with a quartz vein stockwork. Copper leaching and secondary enrichment is evident.

David C. Owens, President, and Richard Gosse, Vice President Exploration, both qualified persons as defined by National Instrument 43-101, supervised the preparation of the technical information in this release.

Ivanhoe Mines and BHP Billiton own approximately 47% and 7% respectively of the issued and outstanding shares of Asia Gold.

Forward-Looking Statements: Statements in this release that are forward-looking statements, including the planned exploration of the company's mineral properties in Indonesia, are subject to various risks and uncertainties concerning the specific factors disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the company's periodic filings with Canadian securities regulators. Such information contained herein represents management's best judgment as of the date hereof based on information currently available.

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