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Sacre-Coeur Minerals Commences Core Drilling at Million Mountain

Friday December 16, 9:00 am ET

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2005--SACRE-COEUR MINERALS, LTD. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SCM - News) is pleased to announce that core drilling has now commenced on its Million Mountain Project located in the Lower Puruni Region in central Guyana. The first holes will be used to confirm at depth results from prior trench sampling and auger drill programs indicating high grade gold mineralization on a Northwest trending shear zone. This zone, which was channel-sampled by the Company and by its third party QP in March of this year, yielded high gold values over a robust zone (65.9 meters along strike at 14.69 g/t Au, including 46.4 meters grading 20.69 g/t Au. Cross trenching revealed similar grades over more than 25 meters of true width).

Phase I drilling will consist of 3000 meters of HQ and NQ core and is designed to confirm the historic results and extend the data further along strike and to much greater depth. Holes will be drilled from the Northeast side of the structure in vertical fans to intersect the down dip projection of the structure at three or more pierce points for each fan, with pierce points spaced 25 meters apart vertically. Holes will be drilled at angles from 45 to 60 degrees. This will provide data to approximately 100 meters below surface. Fans will initially be spaced at 50 meter intervals along the structure and will later be infilled during development drilling.

Kanuku Explorations Inc. ("Kanuku") has completed mobilization and has now begun drilling, under contract to the Company. Kanuku is the Guyana affiliate of Fry International, an international drilling company with more than 20 years experience in Guyana. The Kanuku drill will be joined by the Company's new Atlas Copco CS 14 core drill in January to expedite delineation of the high grade shear zone and the adjacent zone of auriferous stock-work veins. The first two holes are expected to be completed by year-end. Results from the initial fans of drill holes will be released as soon as practicable following receipt of laboratory results.

Core will be sent to ALS Chemex in Vancouver, B.C. for assay. A split of the core will also be sent for check gold assay and ICP analyses to Loring Laboratories (Guyana), Ltd., a branch of Loring Laboratories of Calgary, Alberta. The Phase I drilling program is being overseen by Gregory Sparks, P.Eng., Senior V.P. - Mining & Exploration, with the assistance of Dr. Hendrikus Aarden, P.Geol., Chief Geologist - Million Mountain Project. Both are Qualified Persons under NI 43-101.

About Sacre-Coeur

The Company is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of properties for the potential mining of gold, metals and diamonds in South America, initially focussing on exploration for gold on its properties in Guyana. The Company presently has an interest in approximately 850 square miles of mineral properties in Guyana, including the Million Mountain Property. The Company has offices in Vancouver, Canada and Georgetown, Guyana. More information about the Company is available at (www.scminerals.com).

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
SACRE-COEUR MINERALS, LTD.

Irwin Olian
Chief Executive Officer and President

For further information, contact:

Irwin Olian, President and CEO
Email: tigertail@scminerals.com
Phone: 604-899-0100
Fax: 604-899-0200

Mark Hatton
Email: mark@scminerals.com
Phone: 250-748-2144
Fax: 604-899-0200

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the content of the information contained herein. The statements made in this press release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ from the Company’s expectations.