Starfield Completes First Closing ($14,261,652) of Private Placement

Vancouver, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Starfield Resources Inc.
(TSX.V: SRU and OTC BB: SRFDF) ("Starfield" or the "Company") is
pleased to announce that it has completed the first portion
($14,261,652) of its previously announced private placement offering
of up to $16,566,653 (the "Offering"). The final portion of $2,305
,001 is scheduled to close on May 19, 2006. Starfield completed the
offering of 20,075,444 units of the Company at a price of $0.53 per
unit and 5,571,796 flow-through common shares of the Company at a
price of $0.65 per flow-through common share for aggregate proceeds
of $14,261,652.62. Each unit consists of one common share and
one-half of one transferable common share purchase warrant of the
Company. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to acquire one
common share of the Company at an exercise price of $0.75 per common
share during the period ending one year from May 10, 2006.

Max Capital Markets Ltd. received a finder's fee of $998,315.67
and 859 ,182 compensation options. The compensation options may be
exercised at a price of $0.65 per common share during the period
ending one year from May 10, 2006.

The shares, warrants and any shares acquired on the exercise of
warrants will be subject to a four month hold period expiring
September 11, 2006.

About Starfield

Starfield Resources Inc. is an advanced exploration and
development company focused on its Ferguson Lake
Copper-Nickel-Cobalt-Palladium- Platinum property located in Nunavut,
Canada. The Ferguson Lake property covers more than 1.3 million
acres and is 100% owned by the Company. Since 1999, Starfield has
completed more than 100,000 metres of diamond drilling in 243 holes.
In addition to the NI 43-101 technical report which is expected to
filed on Starfield's SEDAR website within 45 days of April 6, 2006,
the Company expects to announce the results of geostatistical
evaluations and a scoping study in 2006. A developing feature of this
mineral district is the significant discovery of high grade platinum
and palladium mineralization found in the footwall to the massive
sulphide deposit. Starfield's Ferguson Lake Project is unfolding as
Nunavut's largest ongoing base and precious metal project.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

"Glen C. Macdonald"

Glen C. Macdonald, P.Geo., Director

(Glen Macdonald is the Qualified Person under National Instrument
43-101 responsible for preparing the technical disclosure in this
news release)

Caution concerning forward-looking statements

This communication to shareholders and the public contains certain
forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from
those indicated by such statements. All statements, other than
statements of historical fact, included herein, including, without
limitations statements regarding future production, are forward
looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties.
There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be
accurate and actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements. The TSX
Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility
for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United
States. The securities have not been and will not be registered
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1993, as amended (the "U.S.
Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered
or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless
registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable securities
laws or an exemption from such registration is available.

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Contact:
For further information: Michael Joyner, The Equicom Group,
+1-(416)-815-0700 ext.275, mjoyner@equicomgroup.com; Leif Smither,
Starfield Resources, 1-877-233-2244, www.starfieldres.com