2012-10-25 19:39:38 -

Cranbrook, British Columbia CANADA, October 25, 2012 /FSC/ - The Board of Directors of Eagle Plains Resources Ltd (TSX-V:EPL) (the "Company" or "Eagle Plains"), announces that it has closed, effective October 23,2012, the sale of the 2% net smelter return royalty on the Justin gold project and the 2% net smelter return royalty on the Hit gold project (the "Transaction"), as previously announced on September 26, 2012, with Gold Royalties Corporation. The total consideration for this purchase is $500,000, payable through the issuance of 625,000 common shares of Gold Royalties Corporation at a deemed price of $0.80 per share.

About Eagle Plains Resources

Eagle Plains continues to conduct research, acquire and explore mineral projects throughout western Canada. Since 1992, EPL

has been acquiring and developing early stage projects utilizing an in-house team of geologists, technicians and specialists. Considered a prolific project generator with over 35 properties, EPL invites joint venture participation to expedite development, reduce risk and enhance exposure to discovery.

Current third party agreements if maintained to completion expose EPL to over $50M in exploration expenditures, $6M cash and 14M shares in partner companies. Completed agreements have yielded over $5M in exploration spending, $900,000 cash to EPL and a total of 12M shares of partner companies including Alexco Resource Corp., NovaGold Resources Inc., Giyani Gold Corp. and numerous others.

Expenditures during 2011 and 2012 on Eagle Plains-related projects were approximately $13M, which was funded by Eagle Plains and third-party partners. This exploration work resulted in approximately 16,000m diamond drilling and extensive ground-based exploration work facilitating the advancement of more than 15 projects at various stages of development.

The contents of this news release have been reviewed and approved by C.C. (Chuck) Downie, P.Geo.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

Signed

"Chuck Downie"
Vice President Exploration and Director

For further information on EPL, please contact Mike Labach at:

1 866 HUNT ORE (486 8673)
Email: mgl@eagleplains.com

or visit our website at:
www.eagleplains.com


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