Cranbrook, B.C., 02 June, 2009: Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (EPL:TSX-V) has commenced a $400,000 exploration program on the Iron Range project, located in the Goat River area 15km NE of Creston, B.C.. The work follows the discovery of high-grade gold mineralization on the property as announced earlier this year (see EPL NR April 20th, 2009). Highlights from 2008 drilling included hole IR08006, which returned 7.0m grading 51.52 g/t (1.50 oz/ton) gold from 20.0m to 27.0m, including 3.0m grading 118.45 g/t (3.46 oz/ton) gold from 20.0m to 23.0m.