Balmoral to Commence Initial Drill Testing of Detour East Property

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 30, 2011) - Balmoral Resources Ltd. ("Balmoral" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:BAR) announced today that crews are currently mobilizing to begin initial drill testing of gold exploration targets on the Detour East Property, located along the Detour Gold Trend in west-central Quebec. The Detour East Property covers a 20 kilometre long stretch of the Sunday Lake Deformation Zone which hosts the Abitibi's largest undeveloped gold resource – the Detour Gold deposit - on an adjacent property in Ontario.

The planned 1,200 to 1,500 metre diamond drill program will target geophysical and geological targets located along the Sunday Lake Deformation Zone in settings similar to that which hosts the Detour Gold deposit, as well as additional targets sharing similarities to the Company's Martiniere West, Fenelon and Grasset Gold discoveries located to the east along the trend. Balmoral is in the first year of an option agreement whereby the Company can earn up to a 60% interest in the Detour East Property from Radisson Mining Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RDS) (see NR10-05, Sept. 7, 2010).

"Targeting at Detour East will be focused on areas where we consider the potential for new, large tonnage gold discoveries to be the highest, drawing on our increasing knowledge of the belt and the work done by our neighbours to the west," said Darin Wagner, President of Balmoral Resources. "The Sunday Lake Deformation Zone is sparsely tested across the Detour East property, despite the presence of the Detour Gold deposit just to the west of the property, and thus represents a prime discovery target."

Drilling Update – Martiniere West, East and Grasset

The Company has now completed, and is awaiting final assay results, from 23 holes targeting the high-grade Martiniere West Gold Zone and 8 holes drilled on four targets in the Martiniere East area including the ME VMS discovery. To date 3 holes have been completed on the Grasset property as follow-up to the Grasset gold discovery and a fourth is in progress.

The Detour East, Martiniere and Grasset Properties form part of Balmorals district scale Detour Gold Trend Project. The Project extends for over 80 kilometres along the regional gold-bearing Detour/Sunday Lake Deformation Zone, which hosts the multi-million ounce Detour Gold deposit in Ontario. Balmorals Detour Gold Trend Project includes the Martiniere West, Central and East Gold Zones, the high-grade Fenelon Zone, the Lynx and Rambo prospects on the Detour East Property and the new Grasset discovery. By systematically employing modern exploration technologies and models to the least explored of the major gold trends in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Balmoral is looking to build on its initial successes and create shareholder value through resource expansion and discovery.

Mr. Darin Wagner (P.Geo.), President and CEO of the Company, is the non-independent qualified person for the technical disclosure contained in this news release. Mr. Wagner is supervising the work programs on the Detour East Property and has conducted site examinations of the property.

About Balmoral Resources – www.balmoralresources.com

Balmoral Resources is a Vancouver-based precious metal exploration company focused on district scale gold opportunities in politically favourable jurisdictions in North America. With a philosophy of creating value through the drill bit and with a focus on proven productive precious metal belts, Balmoral is following an established formula with a goal of maximizing shareholder value through discovery.

On behalf of the board of directors of BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.

Darin Wagner, President and CEO

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