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STEPOUT DRILLING REVEALS CONTINUATION OF ZONE 1 HARD-ROCK DEPOSIT AT SACRE-COEUR'S MILLION MOUNTAIN PROJECT IN GUYANA: 103.6 M @ 1.27 g/t Au

May 20, 2010

VANCOUVER, B.C. – SACRE-COEUR MINERALS, LTD.(the"Company") today announced results from its current drilling program aimed at expanding the resource at Zone 1 on its Million Mountain property located in Guyana. Drill hole MM17510 returned 103.6 meters grading 1.26 g/t Au, which includes 15.0 meters grading 4.81 g/t Au. The 600 meter hole encountered 7 significant zones of gold mineralization, which together with anomalous gold values between zones averaged 0.4 g/t Au continuously from surface to 589 meters.

In September 2008, the Company reported an NI 43-101 compliant interim resource estimate which revealed Measured Resources of 12,119,285 tonnes grading 1.0 g/t Au and Indicated Resources of 2,175,278 tons grading 0.9 g/t Au. Total contained gold is 451,397 tr oz Au (388,456 tr oz Au Measured and 62,941 tr oz Au Indicated). Following this initial resource development effort, drilling was temporarily diverted toward scout drilling multiple preliminary targets which had been developed along the 20km Million Mountain trend on the Company’s Lower Puruni Block in order to identify and prioritize additional key zones along the trend for further target refinement prior to commissioning resource drilling on these additional zones. The scout drilling work was completed at year end 2009. Commencing in early 2010, drilling was again focused on Million Mountain Zone 1 to continue expansion of the Zone 1 resource.

The current phase of resource expansion drilling has included slightly more than 4,000 meters drilled to date in 7 holes. The goal of this phase of drilling was to better understand the plumbing of the mineralizing system, to identify key structural controls both pre and post mineralization, and to develop drilling data for expansion of the NI 43-101 compliant resource. This phase of drilling is testing for continuation of the mineralized body to the North, East, South, and at greater depth than the original resource drilling. Significantly, bedrock exposed on the floor of the test mining pit in Alluvial Area 2 which is consistent in rock type and character to that of the existing Zone 1 resource host has provided further encouragement for extension of the Zone 1 resource for an additional 0.5km further to the Northeast. This newly exposed bedrock is being mapped and evaluated for further step out drilling on a probable extension of Million Mountain Zone 1 in addition to the already planned ongoing resource expansion drilling.

A table of selected drilling results from the current program is presented overleaf, followed by a table of drill hole survey data.

TABLE OF SELECTED DRILL RESULTS

Drill Hole	From (m)	To (m)	Interval (m)	Assay (g/t Au)
MM17510	0.0	103.6	103.6	1.27
including	0.0	15.0	15.0	4.51
	296.1	300.3	4.2	1.96
	572.15	589.18	17.03	1.00
MM17410	218.0	304.1	86.1	0.33
including	218.0	222.0	4.0	0.69
including	299.1	304.1	5.0	1.39
MM17310	422.05	434.78	12.73	0.69
MM17210	667.23	678.05	10.82	0.75

Notes: 1) Intercepts are not resolved to true width. 2) Assays are uncut, though no significant statistical outliers occur in the sample population.

Drill Hole Survey Data

HoleID	East	North	Elevation	Total Depth	Azimuth	Dip
MM16909	240854.00	697169.00	69.15	623.10	134.2	-82.8
MM17010	240901.00	697186.00	68.00	600.00	104	-80.0
MM17110	240971.00	697204.00	70.00	272.00	107	-60.0
MM17210	240971.00	697204.00	70.00	749.10	138	-80.0
MM17310	240989.28	697163.29	85.65	601.90	107.5	-80.0
MM17410	241315.96	697019.43	61.33	377.10	292.9	-70.0
MM17510	241013.14	697115.01	68.00	600.50	105	-57.0

Drill holes MM16910 through MM17110 encountered numerous narrow zones of Au mineralization grading as high as 12.08 g/t Au over 0.48 meters, but did not contain continuous zones of more than two meters grading at or above 0.5 g/t Au. These holes are believed to have encountered the fringe of the mineralized zone away from the main feeder plumbing. All drill holes in this program, though in some instances collared near holes included in the existing resource model, were drilled with azimuths and dips to target untested potential extensions of the current resource body to the North, East, South, and at greater depth than the original phase of resource drilling.

We are very pleased with the initial efforts to expand the Zone 1 resource, and are particularly excited about the prospects for an extension of the zone by more than 0.5km to the Northeast of the current resource body, as revealed in the floor of our alluvial mining test pit. Advances in the Zone 1 hard-rock resource as well as the impending start up of production scale alluvial mining at Area 2, nearby provide strong evidence of presence of a robust gold system at Million Mountain.

Technical Staff

The Company’s mining and exploration program is overseen by Mr. A. David Heyl, P. Geo., Director Mining and Exploration for the Company. Exploration is directed by Mr. Henry Salvado, Chief Geologist. The Mr. Henry is assisted on the hard-rock exploration program by Mr. Wilmar Ladia, and by Mr. Bjorn Jeune, both Senior Project Geologists with many years gold experience. Mr. Ardito Martohardjono is a Director of the Company, and a laboratory specialist who provides assistance establishing lab protocols, sample handling procedures, and assay quality control. The undersigned, Mr. Heyl, and Mr. Salvado 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 1000 sq. km 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.

“Gregory B. Sparks”
President and CEO

 

For further information, contact:

Gregory B. Sparks, President and CEO
Email: greg@scminerals.com
Phone: 604-899-0100
Fax: 604-899-0200

Scott Young, Corporate Communications – Canada
Email: scott@scminerals.com
Phone: : 705-888-2756
Fax: 604-899-0200

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