Alberta Star Development Corp.: Connors Drilling Ltd. Appointed Drill Contractor for the Contact Lake Copper Gold & Uranium-IOCG Project

Tim Coupland, President of Alberta Star Development Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ASX)(OTCBB:ASXSF), listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (ASX) and on the OTCBB (ASXSF), is pleased to report that the Company has appointed Connors Drilling Ltd. as the drill contractor for the Contact Lake Copper, Gold and Uranium IOCG Project. Connors Drilling Ltd. is a Canadian drilling company that has provided drilling services to the mining industry since 1926. Three drills will be mobilized to the Contact Lake Camp shortly as weather permits for a full season of diamond drilling. All core from the drill holes will be 50.80 millimeters in diameter known as NQ-2 in the trade. Alberta Star recently completed several geophysical programs at Contact Lake and the results were successful in detecting several large and strongly anomalous zones that are coincident with known showings of iron oxide gold type (IOCG) and related poly-metallic mineralization that includes uranium. The Company has targeted 5 large strongly anomalous zones with several secondary anomalies within the intensely altered target areas at Contact Lake for detailed follow-up exploration and diamond drilling. A 15,000 meter drilling program is expected to begin in late April/May at Contact Lake and continue into the fall of 2006. Alberta Star will be using Boyles BBS-25A Drills, a self -propelled, Twin Otter transportable diamond drill that has proven preferable in environmentally sensitive areas of Canada's Arctic.

DRILLING 15,000 METER DRILL PROGRAM

A recently completed interpretation report by Dr. Hamid Mumin covering the various geophysical data sets and available geological information relating to the Contact Lake property recommends the execution of additional ground based geophysics such as localized Induced Polarization/Resistivity (IP/Res) over selected portions of the high-amplitude magnetic anomalies, mapping and line-cutting followed by a comprehensive 15,000 meter drill program, targeting high-priority areas. The scheduled 30 holes will be drilled to an average depth of 200-500 meters per hole using a Boyles 25A. Drilling is expected to commence in late April 2006.

The accompanying table gives a summary of selected high-grade poly-metallic results from reconnaissance and detailed work completed this summer at the Contact Lake project. The complete listing of assay results and detailed mapping is now available on Alberta Star's corporate website at www.alberta-star.com.

GOLD MINERALIZATION DISCOVERED AND CONFIRMED AT CONTACT LAKE

Alberta Star's summary of selected gold assay results from detailed reconnaissance along the Contact Lake Mineral Belt, NWT. Included are the following Gold sample results:

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Cop- Sil- Cob- Uran- Bism-
Sample Sample per Gold ver alt ium uth Zinc
Location No. (%) (g/t) (g/t) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm)
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Thompson 0458894W/ 158055 5.45 6.20 104.6 1065 1301 3016 508
Showing 7318716N
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0458886W/ 203845 31.32 0.20 437.0 150 2 10 541
7318709N
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Crushed 203914 1.75 3.4 81.4 6330 3651 2013 482
rock
pile
giving
15,000
cps
(TC1) on
scintill-
ometer
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J-1 0460732W/ 203936 3.09 1.80 15.5 308 4 89 58
Zone 7323150N
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K-2 K-2 203817 2.26 0.70 5.0 2042 6 36 106
Gossan gossan
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K-2 203822 0.82 1.00 4.6 4160 4 36 30
gossan
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HIGH GRADE SILVER MINERALIZATION DISCOVERED AND CONFIRMED AT CONTACT LAKE

Alberta Star's summary of selected high grade silver assay results from detailed reconnaissance along the Contact Lake Mineral Belt, NWT. Included are the following Silver sample results:

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Cop- Sil- Cob- Uran- Bism-
Sample Sample per Gold ver alt ium uth Zinc
Location No. (%) (g/t) (g/t) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm)
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Thompson 0458894W/ 158055 5.45 6.20 104.6 1065 1301 3016 508
Showing 7318716N
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0458886W/ 203845 31.32 0.20 437.0 150 2 10 541
7318709N
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Crushed 203914 1.75 3.4 81.4 6330 3651 2013 482
rock
pile
giving
15,000
cps
(TC1) on
scintill-
ometer
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Bornite 0464525W/ 158059 2.18 less 57.7 54 5 6 331
Lake 7319932N than
(South .1
Trench) -----------------------------------------------------------
0464525W/ 158060 2.27 less 48.9 63 7 3 768
7319932N than
.1
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South 0466247W/ 203777 2.61 less 22.4 1872 0.92% 2534 111
Contact 7317385N than
Showing .1
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0466271W/ 203835 32.34 0.20 273.0 1202 6 1338 153
7317378N
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Contact Old 203901 great- 0.4 950 2869 0.82% 3.42% 167
Lake shaft er
Mine than
Site 1.00
(Crushed
Rock)
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HIGH GRADE COPPER MINERALIZATION DISCOVERED AND CONFIRMED AT CONTACT LAKE

Alberta Star's summary of selected high grade copper assay results from detailed reconnaissance along the Contact Lake Mineral Belt, NWT. Included are the following Copper sample results:

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Cop- Sil- Cob- Uran- Bism-
Sample Sample per Gold ver alt ium uth Zinc
Location No. (%) (g/t) (g/t) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm)
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South 0466247W/ 203777 2.61 less 22.4 1872 0.92% 2534 111
Contact 7317385N than
Showing .1
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0466271W/ 203835 32.34 0.20 273.0 1202 6 1338 153
7317378N
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Coastal 0463543W/ 203929 18.85 1.00 88.7 27 2 330 165
Copper 7322144N
Showing
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Thompson 0458894W/ 158055 5.45 6.20 104.6 1065 1301 3016 508
Showing 7318716N
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0458886W/ 203845 31.32 0.20 437.0 150 2 10 541
7318709N
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Crushed 203914 1.75 3.4 81.4 6330 3651 2013 482
rock
pile
giving
15,000
cps
(TC1) on
scintill-
ometer
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HIGH GRADE COBALT MINERALIZATION DISCOVERED AND CONFIRMED AT CONTACT LAKE

Alberta Star's summary of selected high grade cobalt assay results from detailed reconnaissance along the Contact Lake Mineral Belt, NWT. Included are the following Cobalt sample results:

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Cop- Sil- Cob- Uran- Bism-
Sample Sample per Gold ver alt ium uth Zinc
Location No. (%) (g/t) (g/t) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm)
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K-2 Zone 0460380W/ 203755 5.85 2.7 12.0 0.71 2 121 44
West 7323611N
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8m 215
degrees
from
203755 203912 0.67 0.3 1.7 0.41 7 19 73
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HIGH GRADE URANIUM MINERALIZATION DISCOVERED AND CONFIRMED AT CONTACT LAKE

Alberta Star's summary of selected high grade uranium assay results from detailed reconnaissance along the Contact Lake Mineral Belt, NWT. Included are the following Uranium sample results:

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Cop- Sil- Cob- Uran- Bism-
Sample Sample per Gold ver alt ium uth Zinc
Location No. (%) (g/t) (g/t) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm)
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South 0466247W/ 203777 2.61 less 22.4 1872 0.92% 2534 111
Contact 7317385N than
Showing .1
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0466271W/ 203835 32.34 0.20 273.0 1202 Tr 1338 153
7317378N
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Old 203901 great- 0.4 great- 2869 0.82% great- 167
shaft er er er
than than than
1.00 200 4000
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CONTACT LAKE-5 YEAR CLASS "A" DRILLING PERMIT ISSUED-FULLY PERMITTED

Alberta Star has been granted a Sahtu Land & Water Board Class "A" Land Use Permit for diamond drilling at Contact Lake. The diamond drilling permit is valid until August 24, 2010. Alberta Star is the very first mineral exploration company in over 10 years to receive a Class "A"-5 Year drill permit in the Great Bear Lake Sahtu Dene Land settlement area for mineral exploration and drilling. Alberta Star is fully permitted for diamond drilling in the Sahtu Dene & Metis land settlement are and is the very first Canadian mineral exploration company in over 75 years to successfully stake and control one entirely contiguous land package from the northwestern extension of Eldorado Uranium Mine to the southeastern extension of Contact Lake Belt. Alberta Star has just formally signed a historic five-year Co-operation and Benefits Agreement with the Deline Land Corporation representing the Sahtu & Metis people of Deline District, NWT supporting their drilling activity at Contact Lake.

CONTACT LAKE IRON-OXIDE HOSTED COPPER GOLD AND URANIUM PROJECT (IOCG)

The Contact Lake property is Alberta Star's prospective Olympic Dam style (IOCG) Iron-Oxide, Copper, Gold, +Cobalt, Silver, Nickel, Bismuth & Uranium exploration project at Contact Lake in Canada's world famous Great Bear Magmatic Zone (GBMZ), Northwest Territories. Alberta Star's focus is to identify, acquire and develop late stage mineral exploration projects where there is a reasonable expectation of identifying and yielding a world-class bulk tonnage deposit.

WWW.ALBERTA-STAR.COM

Investors are encouraged to visit the company's fully interactive website at www.alberta-star.com and view the ongoing work being conducted at the Contact Lake Copper, Gold and Uranium (IOCG) project. The website will allow shareholders to view details of the work programs, and drilling that will be conducted at the Company's Contact Lake Iron-Oxide Copper Gold Project in Canada's Northwest Territories. All shareholders and the general public will be able to access the company's web-site and view photographs of field crews and the camp, as well as drilling as it is completed. All exploration data is fully available on the web-site with color images of the detailed helicopter airborne magnetic VTEM and TFI (Total Field Magnetics) survey over a total fifty square kilometers and a ground based geophysics consisting of ground based total field magnetic survey and radiometric total count scintillometer survey along 100 meter spaced cut lines with 12.5 meter spaced stations covering a 3 kilometer by 1 kilometer block along the Contact Lake Belt.

ALBERTA STAR DEVELOPMENT CORP.

Tim Coupland, President & CEO

Dr. Hamid Mumim Ph.D., P.Eng. is the Qualified Person for the Contact Lake Project.

These results have been prepared under the guidance of Dr. H Mumin, Ph.D., P.Eng, who is designated as a Qualified Person with the ability and authority to verify the authenticity of and validity of this data. All rock samples were analyzed by Acme Analytical Laboratories Ltd. and Actlabs Laboratories Ltd.

This News Release includes certain "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and resources, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the Company are forward looking statements that involve that involve various degrees of risk. The following are important factors that could cause Alberta Star's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements: changes in the world wide price of mineral commodities, general market conditions, risks inherent in mineral exploration, risks associated with development, construction and mining operations, the uncertainty of future profitability and the uncertainty of access to additional capital.

The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this News Release.

Alberta Star Development Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ASX) (OTC Bulletin Board:ASXSF)