Tombstone Exploration to commence drill program

Tombstone Exploration Corporation announced that Westland Resources, Inc. and Tombstone’s V.P. of Exploration and Chief Geologist are currently assessing drill targets in preparation for the start of the 2008 drill program.

The drill program will consist of twenty-three core holes drilled from fifteen distinct drill sites that are designed to intercept extensions of the State of Maine mine, Merrimac zone, Bonanza-Solstice mines and the Ace-in-the-Hole-Black Horse mine sub-parallel trends.

These zones are north-easterly trending. Core holes will be HQ size and will be drilled using triple tube core technology to assure that the most complete core recovery is achieved.

Drill hole spacing will be approximately 100 meters between drill hole sites. The four mineralized zones will be tested over strike lengths ranging from 200 meters to 500 meters.

Eight drill hole sites are planned to have two holes drilled at different angles along the same directions to intercept their targets at different depths.

Seven sites will have one hole each. The length of the holes range from 125 meters to 320 meters and vary in inclination from 45° to 90°.

The holes are designed to penetrate the target zones below the water level. All available historical data indicates that no mining in the program area was conducted below the water level.

Alan Brown, President and CEO of Tombstone, stated, we plan to announce the start date of the drill program and additional information sometime next week. With silver hitting $18/ounce, we are excited and anxious to commence.