Crown Jewel Project's Plan of Operations Approved.

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1999--

Crown Resources Corporation today announced that Departments of Interior and Agriculture have approved the Crown Jewel project's Plan of Operations.

The approval followed the reinstatement of the project's Record of Decision last week. These actions were in accordance with recent Congressional legislation that affirmed long-held Mining Law interpretation concerning land-use regulations. This project has received approvals from county, state and federal regulatory agencies, favorable rulings by state and federal courts and Congress.

Christopher E. Herald, President of Crown, stated: "With the approval of the Plan of Operations, as mandated by Congress, the project continues to obtain the final approvals needed to begin construction. To date, the project has received over 50 permit approvals and has prevailed in every adverse action and challenge. The Company looks forward to beginning construction of the mine and production."

The project will generate $5 million in new annual payroll, over $1 million in annual state and local taxes and tens of millions of dollars in new capital investment to the local economy. The Crown Jewel gold deposit contains approximately 1.6 million ounces of gold at an average grade of 0.188 ounces of gold per ton. Battle Mountain Gold Company is earning a 54% interest in the project by providing 100% of the funding, without any repayment from Crown, to place the property into production at a minimum rate of 3,000 tons per day. Average life of mine cash costs are estimated at $160 per ounce. Average annual production rates are forecast at approximately 185,000 ounces of gold, with Crown retaining a 46% interest in this production.

Crown is a U.S. domiciled gold exploration company with properties in the U.S. and Mexico and a 57%-equity interest in Solitario Resources Corporation (SLR -- Toronto Stock Exchange). Crown is traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the trading symbol CRRS and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CRO.

The information set forth above includes "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. Factors that could cause results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the timing of receipt of necessary governmental permits, the results of judicial proceedings, the market price of gold, results of current exploration activities and other risk.