IXI Indigo Explorations Inc

Indigo Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:IXI) has received assay results from the
first 27 holes of the 44 hole preliminary reverse circulation drilling program
at its Moule Permit, Burkina Faso, West Africa. Highlights from the first 27
holes include: 4.53 gpt Au over 5 metres (including 10.9 gpt Au over 2 metres)
on Drill Transect Line 1 at the Zelingpe 1 target; and on Zelingpe 2 Target 1.82
gpt Au over 5 metres on Drill Transect Line 4, 4.60 gpt Au over 3 metres on
Drill Transect Line 5, 3.57 gpt Au over 3 metres on Drill Transect Line 7 and
2.06 gpt Au over 3 metres on Drill Transect Line 8. 


Key points are:



--  Plus one gram intersections over at least one metre were reported in 15
    of the 27 holes. 

--  This is the first ever drill program at Moule. 

--  Program is a scout drill program testing several targets with broad
    spaced drill transects; 3 lines at Zelingpe 1, 6 lines at Zelingpe 2 and
    3 lines at Vein 3. 

--  Program has been successful in discovering several new gold zones 



The drilling program consisted of a series of drill transect lines across the
full width of the three targets. Drill plans and hole by hole details can be
found on the Moule current exploration page on the Company's website at
www.indigoexploration.com.


Indigo's President, Tim Henneberry, said: "We are very pleased that a large
percentage of the holes intersected gold mineralization. The scout drilling
program has clearly identified areas for follow-up drilling with several holes
remaining to be reported. As a result, the Company has arranged to conduct a
15,000 metre drill program commencing in May."


Quality Control and Assurance

All samples were initially analyzed by 50 gram fire assay. The widths and grades
reported are drill intercept widths and may not represent the true width of
mineralization. Samples are reverse circulation cuttings collected using a
cyclone in 1 metre intervals that are riffle split at the drill site. The
primary laboratory is ALS Chemex in Ouagadougou, an ISO 17025 certified
laboratory. Standard, blank and duplicate samples were inserted throughout the
sample sequence as quality control checks. Paul Cowley, P.Geo., director of
Indigo, is the qualified person for the drilling campaign.


Moule Permit

The Moule Gold Permit covers 249 square kilometres of prospective Birimian
greenstone geology. Much of West Africa is underlain by the Birimian Greenstone
Belt, one of the most prolific gold producing areas in the world. 


Indigo geologists have identified multiple prospective targets for bulk tonnage
gold systems, based on the artisanal workings combined with previous sampling
programs. To date, there has been property-wide mapping and sampling of quartz
veining and quartz float. Efforts have been focused on the 7 kilometre by 6
kilometre Zelingpe area where a soil grid, detailed mapping and local induced
polarization (IP) survey have identified multiple linear targets untested by
drilling. Rock sampling on this grid returned 46 of 480 grab samples with gold
values between 1 g/t Au and 16.5 g/t Au. The December 2010 - January 2011
drilling program tested three of the multiple targets: 




--  Zelingpe 1, a plus 1 kilometre long chargeability anomaly covered by
    laterite capping with associated fringe artisanal workings; 

--  Zelingpe 2, a 500 metre wide northwest trending corridor, traceable for
    at least 1.6 kilometres, where multiple shear zones and parallel
    multiple quartz float trends have coincident chargeability, elevated
    gold soil anomalies and local artisanal workings. 

--  Vein 3, a 400 metre long artisanal working currently hosting 500 miners
    that has been traced in excess of 1.5 kilometres by widely spaced soil
    geochemistry lines. 



The Zelingpe grid has several other targets untested by drilling to date. In
addition, other kilometre long quartz trends on the property with elevated gold
values in soils and rocks and local artisanal workings are worthy of future
attention. 


Indigo is earning a 100% interest, subject to a 1.5% Net Smelter Return (NSR)
royalty in the Moule Gold Permit by making cash payments totaling US$410,000
over 3 years. Indigo retains the right to purchase the entire 1.5% NSR for
US$1,800,000.


About Burkina Faso

The Moule property lies in the West African nation of Burkina Faso. Much of West
Africa is underlain by the Birimian Greenstone Belt, one of the most prolific
gold producing areas in the world. Many of the world's major gold companies are
active in West Africa, several with producing mines, including: IAMGOLD
Corporation, AngloGold Ashanti Limited, Randgold Resources Limited, Gold Fields
Limited and Newmont Mining Corporation. Burkina Faso is politically and
economically stable and relies on farming and mining as it primary sources of
revenue. Burkina Faso saw gold production double from 2008 to 2010 and is
currently the 5th largest gold producing country in Africa.


On Behalf of the Board of Directors,

R.Tim Henneberry, P.Geo., President and CEO

Paul Cowley, P.Geo., Director of Indigo Exploration Inc., is the Qualified
Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101, who has reviewed and approved
the technical content of this news release.


Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements, other
than statements of historical fact, constitute "forward-looking statements" and
include any information that addresses activities, events or developments that
the Company believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future
including the Company's strategy, exploration results or plans or future
financial or operating performance and other statements that express
management's expectations or estimates of future performance.


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information and statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by
the Company's management in light of their experience and perception of
historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well
as other factors management believes are appropriate in the circumstances. These
statements, however, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance
or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed,
implied by or projected in the forward-looking information or statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from these
forward-looking statements include but are not limited to: risks related to the
exploration and potential development of the Company's projects, risks related
to international operations, the actual results of current exploration
activities, conclusions of economic evaluations, changes in project parameters
as plans continue to be refined, future prices of gold, as well as those factors
discussed in the sections relating to risk factors of the Company set out in the
Company's MD&A filed on SEDAR.


There can be no assurance that any forward-looking statements will prove to be
accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, the reader should not place any
undue reliance on forward-looking information or statements. Except as required
by law, the Company does not intend to revise or update these forward-looking
statements after the date of this document or to revise them to reflect the
occurrence of future unanticipated events.

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