2006 News Releases

December 20th, 2006:
Almaden Minerals Ltd. Announces Closing of Private Placement Financing

December 12th, 2005:
Trenching at Ponderosa, B.C. returns 6.6 meters of 2.83 grams per tonne gold

November 15th, 2006:
Almaden Minerals Ltd. Announces Closing of Private Placement Financing

October 5th, 2006:
Drill Program Expanded at the Elk Project

September 22nd, 2006:
Update of Mexican Exploration Activities

August 9th, 2006:
Surface Sampling Averages 2.4g/t over 10.5m at Ponderosa, B.C.

August 9th, 2006:
Caballo Blanco, Mexico: Drillhole CB06-03 intersects 144 m of 1.0 g/t gold, 76 m of 1.7 g/t gold, and 26m of 2.5 g/t gold

July 25th, 2006:
Tuligtic Copper-Gold Project, Mexico Optioned to Pinnacle Mines

July 21st, 2006:
Almaden Minerals Ltd. Announces Closing of Private Placement Financing

June 1st, 2006:
A Review of Almaden’s Portfolio of Silver, LEAD AND ZINC Projects

May 26th, 2006:
New Mexican Silver-Lead-Zinc Project Acquired

May 25th, 2006:
Three British Columbia Gold-Silver Properties Optioned

May 19th, 2006:
Expiration of Accelerated Warrant Exercise Date-Warrants Fully Exercised

May 6th, 2006:
ELK Gold Deposit Resource Increased with New Drilling and New 43-101 Resource Calculation

April 20th, 2006:
Drilling Underway at Caballo Blanco and an Update of Mexican Exploration Activities

April 5th, 2006:
Results of Drilling Program and of Soil Sampling and Mapping at the
Fuego Gold-Silver Project, Mexico

April 4th, 2006:
ATW Diamond Project Sonic Drill Program at MacKay Lake
Cancelled due to Road and Ice Conditions

March 30th, 2006:
New Programs announced on Spences Bridge Gold Properties

February 27th, 2006:
Surface Work Program Completed on the Tuligtic Cu-Au Project, Mexico,
Copper-Gold-Silver Mineralisation Identified

February 17th, 2006:
Drilling, Geochemical and Geophysical Program Completed at the Santa Isabela Project, Mexico

January 12th, 2006:
Drilling Confirms Fuego Vein System, Mexico and will Recommence in January 2006