Bison Gold Announces Drill Program

July 14, 2006 - Toronto, Ontario, - Bison Gold Exploration Inc. (BGEI - CNQ) (“Bison”) announces diamond drill program on the Company's 100% owned CENTRAL MANITOBA Gold project located in Bissett, Manitoba, Canada.

The drill rig is being mobilized to the CENTRAL MANITOBA property July 24, 2006 and drilling will begin immediately. Bison intends to complete nine initial exploratory holes on the Wentworth Vein located on the property. The number and depth of additional holes will be determined as the program develops.

The CENTRAL MANITOBA property measures approximately 10.9 square miles. It hosted two past producing mines known as the Central Manitoba mine (operating period 1927-38, production 137,817 oz Gold, average grade 0.36 oz/t) and the Rockland-Ogama mine (operating period 1942-43 & 1948-51, production 45,445 oz Gold, average grade 0.33 oz/t). Production figures are taken from historical data available in government statistics.

The Wentworth Vein is an area of known Gold mineralization situated along a geological structure between and adjacent to several past producing mine workings; the Growler and Kitchener workings to the west and the Hope, Tene and Roger workings to the east. Targeting for the initial drill program was derived from known geology of the surrounding veins and results from historical drill programs.

William Hood, P Geo., of Beausejour, Manitoba will be managing the CENTRAL MANITOBA drill program on behalf of Bison Gold Exploration Inc. He is the qualified person, under the meaning of National Instrument 43-101, and has reviewed the data in this News Release.

Bison Gold Exploration Inc. is a canadian public company listed on the CNQ Exchange. Bison is focused on Gold Exploration with Property Assets in Canada and Nevada. Further details can be found on Bison’s website at www.bisongold.com

For more information contact: Christopher Watkiss, President and CEO, at 416-850-4922 or W. Dale Dunlop, Secretary and Director, at 902-423-8121. Email:

THE CNQ HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE CONTENT OF THIS NEWS RELEASE.

This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding the timing and content of upcoming programs and may be subject to regulatory approval. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.