Processing of Bulk Sample From DO27 will Begin
June 15, 2006

June 8, 2006:  Kettle River Resources Ltd. (the “Kettle River”) (TSX-V: KRR) has been informed by the operator of the WO Joint Venture that the Ekati™ Diamond Mine Sample Plant facility will begin processing the 2006 Bulk Sample from the DO-27 kimberlite pipe, NWT, Canada, on June 15, 2006.

The 2006 large diameter drilling bulk sampling program recovered approximately 566 tonnes of kimberlite which was collected in 444 separate sample bags from 12 holes. The kimberlite collected will be processed as approximately 90 separate samples, each sample being comprised of a number of combined bags representing standard depth intervals in each hole.  This will allow the diamond recovery results to be correlated between holes and incorporated into 3D models for future resource evaluation.

The processing of all the kimberlite, including the picking and sorting of all the diamonds as well as grade calculations, should be completed by late August, 2006 at which time results will be released.

The diamond exploration for this program is conducted under the direction of Dr. Jennifer Pell, P. Geo., (BC), P. Geo. (NT/NU), a qualified person under NI 43-101.

Ellen Clements,

Director, President