Exeter's RAB Drill Discovers First New Gold Target at La Cabeza

Business Wire, Dec 1, 2005

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Exeter Resource Corporation (TSX VENTURE:XRC)(FWB:EXB) announces the discovery of the first new gold target by ongoing RAB drilling at its La Cabeza gold project. The new target, located under sands immediately south of the known Ojo Zone, could lead to an extension to the conceptual open pit planned for Ojo and a new understanding of the resource potential of La Cabeza.

Two RAB drill holes into the new target area returned gold values of 8.0 grams per tonne ("g/t") and 7.5 g/t, respectively, and seven holes had gold values greater than 1.0 g/t. An additional 12 holes, of 61 RAB holes that define the target, had gold values greater than 0.3 g/t gold. The new target is 200 metres long by 100 metres wide and is open to the northwest, south and southeast.

Earlier RAB drilling in the Ojo South area had returned two, widely-spaced RAB holes, each with assays of 0.3 g/t gold. The current results are from Stage 2 follow-up drilling on a pattern of 25 metres by 10 metres.

The Ojo South target is particularly significant because the gold mineralisation appears to occur in sedimentary rock - a rock type not previously known to host economic grade mineralization at La Cabeza. Confirmation of the discovery with reverse circulation drilling would suggest the possibility of gold mineralisation in areas not previously considered favourable.

Elsewhere at La Cabeza, RAB drilling on a 50 metres by 50 metres pattern, south of the Luna Zone, is following up on three anomalous Stage 1 RAB holes (reporting 0.8, 0.6 and 0.3 g/t gold). Results will be reported when that target is better defined.

Exeter's RAB (rotary air blast) drilling program involves testing the sand covered areas of La Cabeza with 500 holes drilled on a 100 metres by 100 metres pattern. The RAB drill rig drills shallow, vertical holes to recover a three metre long composite sample of the underlying bedrock. Stage 2 RAB drilling closes up the drill hole pattern to define the extent and orientation of the gold target. To facilitate the rapid generation of targets for follow-up reverse circulation drilling, the RAB program is alternating between the Stage 1 and Stage 2 drilling patterns.

With one exception, all of the known gold mineralisation at La Cabeza occurs in outcrop, generally on topographic highs. The exception is the Cuello Zone located in a valley (a topographic low) and almost totally concealed by sand and stream gravel. The Cuello Zone presently constitutes the largest gold resource at La Cabeza (see our press release dated June 30, 2005). The main focus of RAB drilling is the discovery of additional Cuello style deposits under sand cover.

The assay results presented above are preliminary and check assays are awaited. Results for additional exploration drilling will be announced as the program proceeds.

Qualified Person

Matthew Williams, Exeter's Exploration Manager and a "qualified person" within the definition of that term in National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, has supervised the preparation of the technical information contained in this news release.

About Exeter

Exeter is a technically-advanced, Canadian gold exploration company, focused on the discovery of epithermal gold-silver properties in Argentina and Chile. The last estimate of the La Cabeza project resource was 390,000 ounces of gold(i) in the indicated resource category and 500,000 ounces of gold(i) in the inferred resource category. The three-rig, drilling program currently underway is a key component of project development activities that include engineering, metallurgical, hydrological, and environmental studies.

In the prospective, Patagonia region of Argentina, Exeter has a strategic partnership with Cerro Vanguardia S.A, an AngloGold Ashanti subsidiary. The agreement provides Exeter with an option over 25 epithermal gold-silver properties.

In southern Chile, Exeter has a strategic agreement with Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Limited over epithermal gold prospects within an 800 square kilometre area. Prospecting of epithermal gold targets is currently underway.

In the Maricunga district of northern Chile, Exeter has a strategic agreement with Anglo American Limitada and Mantos Blancos S.A. on 7 epithermal gold properties.

(i) See 43-101 Technical Report dated July 27, 2005

You are invited to visit the Exeter web site at www.exeterresource.com.

EXETER RESOURCE CORPORATION

Bryce Roxburgh, President

Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors - The United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") permits mining companies in their filings with the SEC to disclose only those mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. We use certain terms in this news release, such as "inferred resource", that the SEC guidelines strictly prohibit us from including in our filing with the SEC. U.S. investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure contained in our Form 20-F Registration Statement, File No. 000-51016. You can review and obtain copies of our filings from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.>