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Papuan Precious Metals Corp.: Drilling Begins at Doriri Creek Hydrothermal Ni-Pd-Pt Prospect

KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- -- 04/04/12 -- Papuan Precious Metals Corp. ("PPM or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:PAU)(OTCQX:PAUFF) announces it has commenced a 150m drilling program at its 100% owned Doriri Creek Ni-Pd-Pt prospect in EL 1424 Mt Suckling. The current drill program will test the nickel mineralogy that is accompanied by high concentrations of phosphorous minerals, palladium and platinum.

The Mt Suckling Project

The Mt Suckling project is comprised of the Urua Creek, Araboro Creek, and Ioleu Creek porphyries, Dimidi Creek potassium anomaly and the unique Doriri Creek hydrothermal Ni-Pd-Pt prospect. It covers two exploration licenses over 316 km2 at the eastern end of the Central New Guinea Range, one of the world's premier porphyry copper and precious metals belts.

Further details of the prospects identified to date at the Mt Suckling project are available at (https://www.ppmpng.com/project-mtsuckling.html).

This press release contains "forward-looking information". Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause PPM's actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors include, but are not limited to: uncertainties related exploration and development; the ability to raise sufficient capital to fund exploration and development; changes in economic conditions or financial markets; increases in input costs; litigation, legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; technological or operational difficulties or inability to obtain permits encountered in connection with exploration activities; and labour relations matters. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect our forward-looking information. These and other factors should be considered carefully and readers should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking information. PPM disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Dev Randhawa, CEO

Contacts:
Papuan Precious Metals Corp.
Greg Downey
1.866.979.7022
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www.ppmpng.com