Bravado Resources Inc. and Consolidated Silver Tusk Mines Ltd.: CKS Announces a Strategic Alliance with Bravado Resources Inc.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Consolidated Silver Tusk Mines Ltd. and Bravado Resources Inc.

This J.V. agreement with Bravado will enable the company to exploit previously identified gold, diamond and platinum, properties in the Pompano River district of Sierra Leone West Africa.

CKS is pleased to present the following update on its Sierra Leone, West Africa project. Following CKS receipt of tax loss funds, a decision was made to invest in and develop a 40 square kilometer alluvial concession along the Pompano River in Sierra Leone with the concession owner Rosint LTD.

In the early 1990's, the Pompano property had geological reports written on alluvial grade, based on bulk sampling techniques. The reports indicated a significant gold resource with an average grade of one and one half grams per ton. Early bulk testing by Bravado is averaging slightly over 3 grams of gold per ton. The concession also hosts hard rock potential to the north of the property and additional work in this area may define drill targets.

After significant investment in the property CKS has negotiated a joint venture agreement with Bravado to move the project into exploration and further bulk testing for which Bravado will provide funding and on site management CKS will convert its position into shares of Bravado.

Bravado will in conjunction with a financing pursue a public listing of its shares in North America and/or Europe in 2005, Bravado is currently in talks with several investment groups to raise additional funding to acquire equipment, as well as new properties that will include both on-shore gold, diamond and offshore diamond concessions.

Following the financing, Bravado plans to aggressively seek the acquisition of additional gold and diamond concessions with the objective of taking one or more of these projects into production on a solo or joint venture basis.

Sierra Leone has an open door policy with regards to foreign investment in all aspects of commerce, and provides favorable tax incentives to mining companies. As a result, the Sierra Leone mining sector has been booming over the last several years, with major financial investment from several large multinational mining groups. These multinational groups have recognized that Sierra Leone offers significant opportunity to invest in known gold and diamond properties.

Sierra Leone is now very stable since the end of civil conflict with a large U.N. presence, and in addition the government has signed a long-term security agreement with the British Government.