Dalradian Appoints Micon International Limited as Lead Consultant for the Curraghinalt Project Preliminary Economic Assessment

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 12, 2012) - Dalradian Resources Inc. ("Dalradian" or the "Company") (TSX:DNA) is pleased to announce that Micon International Limited (Micon) has been retained as the lead consultant to complete a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for Dalradian's wholly owned Curraghinalt Project in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

"Having previously engaged Micon for the current and previous resource estimates, we are extremely pleased to have them on board as they bring both expertise and a familiarity with the deposit." said John McCombe, Chief Operating Officer.

Micon International Limited (Micon) is an independent firm of mining industry consultants headquartered in Toronto, Canada with offices in Vancouver and the United Kingdom. For more than 25 years, Micon has applied skills and experience in economic geology, mine and process plant design, mineral economics, environmental management, mine operation and project management to provide consulting services throughout the world to junior and senior mining companies, financial institutions, government agencies and law firms. Micon's recent work in narrow-vein underground mining includes due diligence, economic assessment and engineering studies of gold and silver deposits in Canada, Mexico, Bolivia, and Russia.

The Curraghinalt deposit remains open along strike and to the north and south as well as at depth. Dalradian continues to explore these limits and at the same time explore further along the Curraghinalt trend and on regional targets within our 84,000-hectare land holding.

Qualified Person

John McCombe, P.Eng., Chief Operating Officer, Dalradian Resources Inc., is the Qualified Person who supervised the preparation of the technical data in this news release.

About Dalradian Resources Inc.:

Dalradian is a Canadian-based exploration company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties. The Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Dalradian Gold Limited, holds a 100% interest, subject to certain royalties, in mineral prospecting licences and mining lease option agreements in counties Tyrone and Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment ("DETI") and the Crown Estate Commissioners ("CEC") have together granted to Dalradian base and precious metal mineral exploration rights to four contiguous areas collectively known as the Tyrone Project.

Dalradian's flagship deposit, Curraghinalt hosts an NI 43-101 compliant measured mineral resource of 0.02 MT grading 21.51 g/t gold for 10,000 contained ounces, indicated mineral resource of 1.11 MT grading 12.84 g/t gold for 460,000 contained ounces and inferred mineral resource of 5.45 MT grading 12.74 g/t for 2,230,000 contained ounces. Dalradian's NI 43-101 report, "An updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Curraghinalt Gold Deposit, Tyrone Project, County Tyrone and County Londonderry, Northern Ireland" is dated January 10, 2012 and effective November 30, 2011, prepared by Messrs. Hennessey and Mukhopadhyay of Micon International Limited, and is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

In addition to Dalradian's land position in Northern Ireland, the company also holds minerals rights to approximately 1.7 million hectares located in Norway.

Dalradian's Common Shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "DNA". For further information, please see www.dalradian.com.

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