April 5th, 2006

PRESS RELEASE

Clifton Mining Company Inc. (OTC : CFTN)
FOR RELEASE – April 5, 2006

CLIFTON AND DUMONT LAUNCH JOINT DRILL PROGRAM AT CANE SPRINGS

Clifton Mining Company (CFTN:USOTC), Woodman Mining Company and Dumont Nickel Inc. (DNI:TSX-Ven) are pleased to announce that they have agreed to jointly fund further work at the Cane Springs Property, Utah. Drilling will resume very shortly at the Property to test projected extensions of high grade gold zones discovered during last year’s drill program.

The discovery of new gold zones in 2005 drilling adjacent to the historic Cane Springs Gold Mine were previously announced (July 2005). Of particular interest are high grade gold intersections discovered in two of the holes which are believed to represent two additional gold zones paralleling the historic gold zone. Results from these intersections are reiterated below.

Hole # From m To m Length m (ft) Au g/t From m To m Length m (ft) Au g/t
RC15 19.8 24.4 4.6 (15ft) 2.5 including 19.8 21.3 1.5 (5ft) 7.5
RC20

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–

 4.6

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_

 19.8

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_

 15.2 (50ft)

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 5.6

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_

 including

including

including

 4.6

7.6

9.1

 7.6

9.1

19.8

 3.1 (10ft)

1.5 (5ft)

10.7 (35ft)

 7.7

30.3

1.4

Additional work planned for the next stage of work on the Property includes considerable offset drilling to define extent of the new gold zones, in addition to surface work to investigate other gold and copper surface geochemical anomalies identified over three kilometers on trend from the historic gold mine. Under the terms of their Agreement Clifton, Woodman and Dumont will jointly fund future work pro-rata to their respective interests.

Dumont has completed expenditures in excess of the US$400,000 at the Cane Springs Property, and has satisfied the requirements to earn a 50% interest therein. While formalities of the earn-in and an operating agreement are being finalized, the joint venture partners have agreed to proceed with ongoing work at the Property under an interim arrangement to advance its development as quickly as possible. The current $100,000 joint drill program represents the initial/first stage of a larger campaign planned for the Property.

Clifton trades on the U.S. OTC: (CFTN).  For additional information, contact Dr. Ken Friedman, President at 303-642-0659, and Keith Moeller Vice President at 801-756-1414 or see our website at www.cliftonmining.com

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