Crowflight Minerals Inc. -- Regulatory Approval of the AER Acquisition; Deep Drilling, Geophysical Programs Underway on Sudbury Basin Ni/Cu/PGM Targets.

Business Editors

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000

Crowflight Minerals Inc. (CDNX:CML.) is pleased to announce the commencement of exploration at its recently optioned AER (Kidd) Ni/Cu/PGM deep prospect.

The AER Option, which received regulatory approval on July 13, 2000, is located immediately northeast and tying on to the property boundary of Inco's recently discovered deep high-grade Totten deposit on the Worthington Offset dyke. On April 12, 2000, Inco announced a resource at the Totten deposit of 8.4 million tonnes grading 1.42% nickel, 1.90% copper and 4.7 grams per ton platinum group metals. Inco stated that the deposit is still open to depth and drilling continues. Inco plans to test additional geophysical targets along the Worthington Offset dyke.

Crowflight's exploration program on the Worthington Offset dyke will consist of:

   1:an Audio-Magneto-Telluric (AMT) geophysical survey to
     identify deep targets within and proximal to the Worthington
     Offset dyke;
   2:a VLF EM-electromagnetic and magnetic survey over the entire
     property commencing July 17, 2000;
   3:A 1700-metre -75 degree diamond drill hole which will be probed
     when completed using a down-hole Pulse EM system. The hole should
     reach projected depth in about a month.

The preliminary deep hole will generate a geological section, assist in the interpretation of the AMT survey, and permit down-hole Pulse EM geophysical surveys to locate any anomalies that may be present within a radius of several hundred meters of the drill hole.

Shares Outstanding: 14,188,283 Fully diluted: 18,871,049 Close July 14, 2000: $0.57

For further information, please contact Dr. James M. Patterson, Vice President, Exploration at [phone] or fax [phone].