Birim Intersects High-Grade Gold Mineralization at Mansiso.

Business Editors/Environment Writers

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 4, 2003

Birim Goldfields Inc. ("Birim") (BGI: TSX) is pleased to announce the results of a recent reverse circulation drill program carried out on the Mansiso prospect, located within the Dunkwa Concession in southern Ghana. The drill program consisted of twelve holes, totaling 865 meters, drilled along four fences spaced 25 meters apart. Three holes were drilled along each fence in order to examine the geometry of, and relevant structural controls upon, the gold mineralization prior to expanding drill coverage along strike.

Birim has entered into an agreement to sell Dunkwa to Golden Star Resources (Golden Star) in return for a US$3.4 million cash payment and a net smelter return royalty (see Birim's May 29, 2003 press release). Upon completion of the proposed Dunkwa transaction, Golden Star will reimburse Birim for all costs incurred during the Mansiso drill campaign and any further exploration activities will fall under the supervision of Golden Star.

Results of the drill program are presented in the table below:

Hole No.                    From (m)  To (m)  Interval (m)  Au (g/t)
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RCMN001                       31        35        4           2.22
RCMN002                       38        44        6           6.93
            including         39        40        1          17.58
RCMN003                       53        59        6           5.16
            including         54        55        1          10.37
RCMN004                       24        26        2           4.37
RCMN005                       31        36        5          11.93
            including         31        32        1          38.98
               and            32        33        1          14.72
RCMN006                       42        49        7           6.30
            including         42        43        1          10.83
            including         43        44        1          20.01
RCMN007                        1         3        2           2.36
RCMN008                        Less than 0.5 g/t Au
RCMN009                       31        34        3           0.59
RCMN010                       10        12        2           0.84
RCMN011                       10        14        4           0.75
RCMN012                       22        27        5           1.02

The drill program outlined a steeply dipping zone of gold mineralization up to 4 meters wide (true width). The mineralization has been interpreted as occurring within a shoot plunging at a very shallow angle to the southwest as is typical of gold mineralization within the Ashanti Gold Belt. Mineralization within this shoot is open down-plunge and the potential exists for the possibility of discovering additional parallel shoots. The northernmost set of drill holes, RCMN008 through RCMN012, are thought to have undercut the mineralized shoot.

The high tenor mineralization is closely associated with quartz veining hosted within highly deformed and highly carbonate-altered Birimian meta-sediments and is surrounded by a halo of lower grade mineralization associated with weaker carbonate alteration and disseminated pyrite.

Richard Hyde (BSc, MAIG), Manager - West Africa for RSG Global, a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101, supervised and directed all work associated with the drill program. All assays were carried at Transworld Laboratories in Tarkwa, Ghana.

The remainder of the 5,000-meter drill program will focus on Birim's 100%-owned Bui District properties located in west-central Ghana. A 40-hole drilling has begun on the 1,000 metre long Namasa gold-in-soil anomaly; a prime target located within Tarkwaian conglomerates and located 2.5 kilometers south of Birim's 10-kilometer long Brohani gold-in-anomaly. Initially, five gold-in-soil anomalies in the Bui District will be drill tested as part of this programme.

Birim Goldfields Inc. is a royalty-based exploration company whose mission is to explore and develop gold deposits in Ghana, West Africa. The Company has 35.1 million common shares outstanding.