Colorado Goldfields Inc. Spotlights Gold Mining Consultant Jerry Sandell - A Man Who's Lived It.

LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- Colorado Goldfields Inc. (OTCBB:CGFI), puts the spotlight on Consultant Jerry Sandell direct from the Company's properties in Silverton, Colorado. In a candid unrehearsed video interview by Chief Financial Officer C. Stephen Guyer, Mr. Sandell talks about his life, and the future prospects for Colorado Goldfields.

A second generation miner, born in a mining camp, who has been underground numerous times in the Gold King Mine, Mr. Sandell sits for a thoughtful interview regarding the potential for the company, his personal experience with the Gold King Mine, and what the "old-timers" have to say about Colorado Goldfields' prospects. With its unmatched authenticity, Colorado Goldfields is pleased to share Mr. Sandell's observations directly from the mine sites in Silverton, Colorado.

To view the spotlight, visit:

http://www.cologold.com/stephen/Silverton_Project_Sandell.WMV 

In other recent events, on Friday, October 17, 2008, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a 30% (thirty percent) dividend of the Company's Common Stock for its Stockholders of Record as of Thursday, November 6, 2008. The Stock Dividend Pay Date to stockholders will be on Wednesday, November 26, 2008.

About Colorado Goldfields, Inc.

Colorado Goldfields Inc. (OTCBB:CGFI), http://www.cologold.com, is a Denver-based junior exploration and mining company primarily exploring for gold and silver. Our seasoned management team targets historic gold camps with strong potential for multiple deposit discovery. Currently, our business model in Colorado provides an outstanding combination of former producing properties with excellent exploration and production potential and a currently inactive, modern up to 700 ton per day capacity mill facility to allow for an attractive short-term production time frame. We expect that this strategic plan will allow Colorado Goldfields to reach its goal of profitability, potentially within the next 18 months.

The Company has made available a current CGFI Fact Sheet in PDF format at http://www.cologold.com/s/pdfs/CGFIFactSheet.pdf. An audio presentation of the CGFI 2009 business plan is available on the web at http://www.cologold.com/s/multimedia/audiopresentation.wmv. The most recent live investor conference (of September 4, 2008), is available at http://www.cologold.com/s/audio/CGFI_Live_Investor_CC.wma.

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Cautionary note to U.S. Investors -- The United States Securities and Exchange Commission permits U.S. mining companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only those mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. We use certain terms on this website (or press release), such as "measured," "indicated," and "inferred" "resources," which the SEC guidelines strictly prohibit U.S. registered companies from including in their filings with the SEC. U.S. Investors are urged to consider closely the disclosures in our 10-KSB which may be secured from us, or from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml. This press release may contain information about adjacent properties on which we have no right to explore or mine. We advise U.S. investors that the SEC's mining guidelines strictly prohibit information of this type in documents filed with the SEC. U.S. Investors are cautioned that mineral deposits on adjacent properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on our properties.