VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 6, 2011) - Bellhaven Copper & Gold Inc. (News - Market indicators) ("Bellhaven" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that DDH-19, the most recent drill hole targeting the La Cantera prospect, delivered a second consecutive intercept in excess of 200 m: 230 m containing 0.99 g/t Au and 0.30% Cu (1.50 g/t AuEq). This long intercept starts at surface and consists of two subzones: (1) 124 m @ 1.23 g/t Au and 0.29% Cu starting at surface and (2) 89 m @ 0.83 g/t Au and 0.36% Cu starting at 141 m. These intercepts continue to demonstrate the relatively high-grade nature of La Cantera compared to other porphyry gold-(copper) deposits found in the Middle Cauca belt of Colombia and elsewhere in the Americas.

Please see Tables 1 and 2 below for more data related to DDH-19 and the prior drill holes collared at La Cantera. For maps showing the location of DDH-19, as well as a geologic cross section highlighting the gold-copper intercepts, please use the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/bhv0406-maps.pdf

La Cantera is the principal porphyry gold-copper prospect at La Mina, Colombia. Five other prospects occur within one km of La Cantera and include the Middle Zone, El Limon, El Cafetal, La Virgen, Filo de Oro, and El Tanque. Most of the concession still remains unexplored. Bellhaven holds an option to earn 100% of the La Mina project (see press release dated May 17^th, 2010).

Paul Zweng, Bellhaven's Interim CEO and Director, commented as follows:

"The La Cantera prospect at La Mina continues to deliver impressive intercepts of gold and copper over substantial widths. We are pleased that DDH-19 delivered our second consecutive 200-plus-meter intercept at La Cantera. The program is on track for completing the definition drilling before September and producing the first NI 43-101 resource estimate for La Cantera by year end." 

Discussion of the Drill-Hole Results

Bellhaven initiated its maiden drilling program at its La Mina project last summer (see press release dated July 27^th, 2010). The first six holes collared at the La Cantera prospect by Bellhaven were reported in the September 9^th, December 13^th, 2010, January 24^th, and February 28^th, 2011, press releases. This press release discusses the seventh drill hole, DDH-19, collared at La Cantera. 

Drill-hole DDH-19 was designed to delimit the northeastern margin of the La Cantera prospect. Starting at surface, the hole cut 124 m of mineralized porphyry and breccia averaging 1.23 g/t Au and 0.29% Cu (1.72 g/t AuEq) based on a 0.40 AuEq cut-off grade. The hole subsequently drilled through 17.2 m of a late barren stock. Once through the barren stock, the hole cut 89 m averaging 0.83 g/t Au and 0.36% Cu (1.45 g/t AuEq) contained in hydrothermal breccias, an intermineral porphyry dike, and intermediate-to-mafic volcanic rocks. Both mineralized zones are characterized by chalcopyrite and magnetite associated with K-silicate (potassic) alteration. The true width of the intercepts is believed to be approximately 57% of the reported intercept length. Both zones remain open at depth. 

Table 1. Drill-Hole Data, La Cantera Porphyry Au-(Cu) Prospect, La Mina, Colombia.

Table 2. Drill-Hole Results for La Cantera Porphyry Au-(Cu) Prospect, La Mina, Colombia.

ALS Colombia Ltda. prepared the drill-core samples, producing the sample pulps in Bogota. The South American Central Lab of ALS Chemex in Lima, Peru, performed all assays pertaining to the drill-core samples highlighted in the text and table above. Gold was analyzed by fire assay on a 50-gram sample with an atomic-absorption finish. Copper was analyzed using four-acid digestion, ICP-AES. The Company maintains a QA-QC program regarding the preparation, shipping, and checking of all samples, including the use of certified standard reference materials, blanks, as well as field- and pulp duplicates. 

About the La Mina porphyry Au-(Cu) prospect

La Mina (also known as Venecia) lies within the Middle Cauca belt of Miocene-age volcano-plutonic rocks in central Colombia known to host large porphyry gold deposits such as La Colosa (12.3 Moz Au; AngloGold Ashanti), Titiribi (3.7 Moz Au; Sunward Resources), Quebradona (AngloGold Ashanti – B2Gold), and Quinchia (Batero Gold), as well as large epithermal gold districts such as Marmato (9.8 Moz Au; Medoro Resources).

In mid 2006, AngloGold Ashanti and Bema Gold drilled six holes at the La Cantera prospect, with DDH-02 (152 m @ 0.82 g/t Au, 0.26% Cu starting at 24 m) and DDH-05 (106 m @ 1.11 g/t Au, 0.40% Cu starting at 12 m) yielding 100+ m intercepts of greater than 1 g/t AuEq at shallow depths. Bellhaven added to these encouraging results with DDH-08 (87.3 m @ 1.07 g/t Au, 0.30% Cu starting at 0.70 m and 72.7 m @ 0.88 g/t Au, 0.39% Cu starting at 197.1 m), DDH-09 (142.4 m @ 0.70 g/t Au, 0.29% Cu starting at 194.8 m), DDH-14 (126 m @ 1.02 g/t Au, 0.36% Cu starting at 100 m), and DDH-16 (205.3 m @ 0.91 g/t Au, 0.31% Cu starting at 12 m). 

The most important host rocks observed in drill core include the Combia Formation intermediate volcanic rocks as well as hydrothermal breccias and diorite porphyry. Alteration is typical of gold porphyry deposits as exemplified by a potassic-calcic core encircled by sericitic, intermediate argillic, and propyllitic alteration zones. Specifically, most of the gold and copper discovered so far at La Cantera are spatially associated with quartz-magnetite-chalcopyrite ± bornite veinlets in potassic altered porphyry and breccias containing elevated quantities of hydrothermal magnetite. As a result, the gold-bearing rocks are highly magnetic (ca. 200x10^-3 SI) which creates a sharp contrast with the barren and weakly magnetic intermediate argillic-altered rocks as well as the non-magnetic sericite-altered rocks that surround the potassic core.

Six other potentially important targets occur proximal to the La Cantera target: Middle Zone, El Limon, El Cafetal, La Virgen, Filo de Oro and El Tanque. 

This news release has been prepared under the supervision of Mr. Thomas J. Drown, P.Geo., who serves as the qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 responsible for ensuring that the geological information in this release is accurate.

About Bellhaven

Bellhaven Copper & Gold Inc. is a Canadian-listed (News - Market indicators) exploration company exploring for gold and copper in Panama and Colombia. The Company's objective is to become one of the best gold-copper companies operating in Panama and Colombia by discovering, acquiring, and developing high-quality resources in a safe and responsible manner to the benefit of all of its stakeholders.

The Company's principal assets include the La Mina porphyry gold-(copper) project in the Middle Cauca belt of Colombia, the Pitaloza and three other high-sulphidation epithermal gold-(copper) and porphyry copper prospects located on the Azuero Peninsula in Panama. 

For more information regarding Bellhaven, please visit our website at www.bellhavencg.com.

On behalf of the board of directors,

Paul L. Zweng, CEO & Director

BELLHAVEN COPPER & GOLD INC.

other than purely historical information, including statements relating to the Company's future plans and objectives or expected results, may include forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions and are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties inherent in resource exploration and development. As a result, actual results may vary materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.