Barker Minerals Ltd. reported assay results from drill hole BB11-02 which was previously announced in BM-11-194 and BM-11-198. Significant results include 240 g/t silver or 6.98 oz/t silver over 4.22 metres from 1.98 metres to 6.70 metres including 638 g/t silver or 18.6 oz/t silver over 1.72 metres from 1.98 metres to 3.70 metres. The initial drill holes were part of a 43-101 recommended 900 metre drill program focussing on the high grade mineralization exposed in bedrock. The 100% owned project on China Mountain is located 74 km northeast of Williams Lake, in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. The project has excellent access and infrastructure nearby. The footwall rocks, immediate to the mineralized vein, intersected in BB11-02 returned highly anomalous values of silver suggesting that the Providence target be evaluated for lower grade bulk tonnage mineralization between and around the veins, as well as for narrow high grade mineralization in the veins themselves. Three parallel veins are known to exist through previous exploration at the Providence target and a .60 metre wide vein was recently exposed by Barker while preparing new drill pads in late 2011. A grab sample of the 2011 exposed vein mineralization returned values of 1,364 g/t or 39.77 oz/t silver and 21.0% lead. A historic exploration program had a total of 410 soil samples collected on the Black Bear project with strongly anomalous values of up to 7,500 ppm lead and 66 g/t silver occurring over an extension of the main zone where the most prominent vein was traceable for 200 metres. 2012 Drilling to Begin at Black Bear Project: Due to the new gold discovery at Frank Creek recently announced on April 13, 2012, BM-12-204 and the initial results reported from the Black Bear 2011 drilling, the company has re-prioritized its 2012 drill plans. The company will now focus on the Black Bear and Frank Creek projects in 2012 and will re-schedule the initial planned drilling at the Mag gold project for a later date. The company is now in the process of continuing the recommended drill program on the Providence target on the Black Bear silver/gold project which was suspended late last winter due to higher than normal snowfall.