2007

J-Pacific Gold Inc.
NEWS RELEASE No. 13, 2007

J-Pacific Commences Drilling Program
at the Elizabeth Southwest Gold Vein

Drill program to follow up on discovery of high-grade intercepts

VANCOUVER, JUNE 19, 2007 – J-Pacific Gold Inc. (TSXV – JPN, OTCBB – JPNJF) is pleased to announce that it has commenced a 2,000-metre drill program at the Elizabeth Gold Property. The property is located in the Lillooet Mining District of British Columbia, approximately 220 kilometres north of Vancouver and 70 kilometres north-northwest of the town of Lillooet.

The mineralized zones of the Southwest Vein area, discovered by J-Pacific in 2003 and drilled in 2004 and 2005, will be targeted along with other zones on the No. 9 Vein. Highlights of the 2004 and 2005 Southwest Vein drill programs included 88.47g Au/t over two metres, 5.33g Au/t over 7.85 metres, 4.53g Au/t over 4.5 metres, and 20.0g Au/t over one metre (reported as drill hole intervals and not true widths). The latest program targets potential zones of gold mineralization in the No. 9 area while seeking to extend the zones of known mineralization in the Southwest Zone, with the goal of developing a mineral resource base.

In making the announcement today, Nick Ferris, J-Pacific’s President and CEO, said the planned drilling build on the successes of the 2004 and 2005 results. “Our goal is to develop a resource base at Elizabeth. If we’re successful, then we’ll add considerable value to the entire Blackdome-Elizabeth camp,” Mr. Ferris said.

J-Pacific currently holds permits for the work, which it plans to complete by the end of July 2007.

Coast Mountain Geological Ltd., a Vancouver-based geological services consulting company, is undertaking the exploration program under the supervision of John Harrop, J-Pacific’s qualified person for this project as defined by NI 43-101 regulations, who has reviewed and approved this news release.

OTHER BACKGROUND

The Elizabeth Gold Property, 11,590 hectares of owned and optioned Crown grants and mineral claims, is centrally located in prospective terrain 30 kilometres south-southwest of the permitted mill at the J-Pacific-owned Blackdome Gold Mine, and 30 kilometres north-northeast of the historic gold mining town of Bralorne, where over four million ounces of gold have been produced. The Elizabeth Gold Property’s proximity to J-Pacific’s permitted gold mill at the Blackdome Gold Mine means any eventual production from Elizabeth could be accommodated at the Blackdome facility, complimentary to any future production at Blackdome. The high grades identified in several veins and its location make the Elizabeth Property an attractive exploration target that can be rapidly advanced.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

“N. Ferris”
President and CEO

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