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(CCNMatthews - June 6, 2007) - Astral Mining Corporation ("Astral" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AST)(PINK SHEETS:ASMGF)(FRANKFURT:A7D)(WKN:A0JDX3) is pleased to provide an update on the ongoing Phase I diamond drilling program on its Jumping Josephine (JJ) Gold Project in southeast British Columbia. Astral is earning a 60% interest in the JJ Project from Kootenay Gold Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KTN). At the JJ Main discovery zone 1,461m in 20 holes have been completed along 5 fences, testing the gold-bearing quartz stockwork zone over a strike length of 180m and to a vertical depth in excess of 100m. Surface trenching on the stockwork zone during 2006 by Astral Mining returned channel sample intersections of up to 31.19 g/t gold over 7m, including 133.91 g/t gold over 1m (see Astral's December 14th 2006 news release). Core logging, cutting and sampling is proceeding and samples from half of the holes have now been submitted for analysis. Results will be released in batches as they are received.