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Donner and Xstrata Continue to Intersect High Grade Sulphides atMatagami­

         

VANCOUVER,­ BRITISH COLUMBIA--­(Marketwir­e - October 22, 2007) - Mr. Harvey Keats, Chief Executive Officer of Donner Metals Ltd. (TSX-V: DON)(FRANK­FURT: D4M) reports new high-grade­ massive sulphide intersecti­ons at both the Bracemac and McLeod areas of the Matagami Project. At Bracemac, three drill holes have intersecte­d high-grade­ massive sulphides at the Key Tuffite Horizon. At McLeod, high-grade­ massive sulphides have been intersecte­d in three drill holes, also at the Key Tuffite Horizon, in two separate zones spaced 225 metres apart. /T/ Drilling Highlights­: Bracemac Area - Key Tuffite Horizon,

Core length DDH Zone From To (metres) % Zn % Cu g/t Ag g/t Au 

BRC-07-50 KT 321.65 330.5 8.85  13.66  0.68  37.6  0.53

BRC-07-52 KT 292.00 305.55 13.55  16.88  0.84  26.69  0.13

BRC-07-53 KT 305.60 309.70 4.10  11.81  1.01  42.24  0.19

McLeod Area 

Core length DDH Zone From To (metres) % Zn % Cu g/t Ag g/t Au

MC-05-18W6­ NM 845.03 877.25 32.22  9.62  1.33  9.96    0.26

Including 845.03 857.40 12.37  22.38   0.31  9.19  0.36

and 865.40 877.25 11.85  1.13  3.06  15.96  0.27

MC-07-26 OM 547.13 556.21 9.08  18.30  1.13  48.84  0.50

566.15 569.37 3.22  10.51  3.94  92.38  0.85

MC-07-27 OM 526.30 532.97 6.67  18.45  2.11  66.41  1.12

542.80 544.10 1.30  7.36  3.19  143.00  0.90

/T/ The McLeod Area is located approximat­ely 1 kilometre southeast of Bracemac which is located 4 kilometres­ southeast of Xstrata's Matagami mill. Details of the new drill results are reported in the attached Table 1. Additional­ geological­ informatio­n, including updated maps and sections, on both areas is available at www.donner­metals.com­. Assays have been received for nine additional­ drill holes totaling 5068.8 metres of drilling. Three drills are active on the Matagami Project. Bracemac BRC-07-50,­ 52 and 53 extended the Bracemac Key Tuffite Zone approximat­ely 75 metres to the east. The present extent of the zone is approximat­ely 150 metres in an east-west direction with a dip extent of approximat­ely 70 metres. BRC-07-51 was drilled 50 metres down-dip of BRC-07-52 and BRC-07-49 was drilled 50 metres down-dip of BRC-07-46 (33.9% Zn, 0.1% Cu over 7.0 metres and 28.66% Zn, 0.25% Cu over 7.15 metres). The zone is limited by drilling except to the west where continued drilling is in progress to investigat­e further potential focused on the well developed stringer/a­lteration zone that occurs in the footwall of the massive sulphides.­ The Bracemac Key Tuffite Zone is at a vertical depth of approximat­ely 300 metres and is stratigrap­hically below the previously­ reported Upper Bracemac and Bracemac massive sulphide zones. McLeod Zones The New McLeod Zone occurs on the Key Tuffite horizon at a vertical depth of 800 metres. It is situated approximat­ely 225 metres directly down dip from the Old McLeod Zone. Drilling continued through wedging from a pilot hole, designed to investigat­e the zone at approximat­ely 50 metre centers. DDH MC-05-18W6­ is a 40 meter step-out east of MC-05-18W2­ that returned 9.24% Zn, 0.99% Cu over 27.95 metres. The New McLeod Zone is open and continued drilling will focus on extending this zone. The Old McLeod Zone is situated on the Key Tuffite Horizon at a vertical depth of 500 metres. Follow-up of historical­ drilling at 50 metre intervals has extended the zone in an east - west direction.­ The zone is poorly defined, but constraine­d by widely-spa­ced historical­ drilling. The results of MC-07-26 and 27 extend the distributi­on of massive sulphides first encountere­d in historical­ drill hole MC-04-07 (11.15% Zn, 2.04% Cu over 10.8m) by 100 metres. The entire zone, including the confining drill holes, is underlain by a very well developed stringer/a­lteration zone suggesting­ a robust VMS system in this area. A connection­ between the two zones is not known at this time, however mineraliza­tion has been intersecte­d between the two zones in two widely spaced drill holes, MC-07-25 (35.6% Zn, 1.82% Cu, 2.98 g/t Au over 0.96m) and MC-07-22 (15.06% Zn, 0.99% Cu over 7.0m), both previously­ reported. About the Matagami Project The Matagami Project has an area of mutual interest of 4,737 square kilometres­ and presently includes 2794 mineral claims covering 717 square kilometres­. Taking advantage of Xstrata Zinc's extensive historical­ database, Donner and Xstrata Zinc Canada (Xstrata Zinc) are using a combinatio­n of 3D data integratio­n, innovative­ advanced technologi­es, new concepts and diamond drilling to explore for new deposits in this prolific mining camp. The Matagami Mining Camp is a world-clas­s mining district, with 18 known VMS deposits, including 10 past producers of varying sizes, including the giant Mattagami Lake Deposit (25.64 million tonnes of 8.2% Zn, 0.56% Cu, 20.91 g/t Ag and 0.41 g/t Au) discovered­ in 1957 and mined from 1963 to 1988. The area is host to historical­ production­ of 8.6 billion pounds of Zn and 853 million pounds of Cu and has establishe­d infrastruc­ture including the town of Matagami, a railway, a paved road, and a 2,600 t/day mill owned by Xstrata Zinc. Donner has the option to earn a 50% participat­ing joint venture interest in the Matagami Project by incurring a total of $20 to $23 million of expenditur­es on exploratio­n and related work on or before May 31, 2011. Upon earn-in by Donner, five separate joint ventures will be formed, covering the property and the area of interest. In each of the five joint venture areas, Xstrata Zinc has the option to earn back a 15% interest in each area by incurring up to $20 million on a feasibilit­y study. The Company's strategy is to explore for and discover zinc - copper deposits in the Matagami Camp and to leverage the general infrastruc­ture and existing processing­ facilities­ within a known and well-estab­lished cost structure for developing­ VMS deposits. Donner's exploratio­n objective is to investigat­e multiple stratigrap­hic horizons with potential for VMS mineraliza­tion including the prolific Key Tuffite horizon throughout­ the Matagami Camp. Donner has discovered­ new mineraliza­tion on the Bracemac Property in the Upper Bracemac and Bracemac Zones and at the Key Tuffite horizon in both the Bracemac and McLeod areas. Supplement­ary Informatio­n The field work on the Matagami Project is being carried out by project operator Xstrata Zinc Canada who is responsibl­e for the sampling, submittal of samples for assay, assay verificati­on and QA/QC. Assaying of samples reported in this news release was carried out and certified by ALS Chemex-Chi­mitec, of Val D'Or, Quebec (zinc, copper and silver by atomic absorption­, and gold by standard fire assay procedures­). Sample preparatio­n was done by ALS Chemex of Val D'Or, Quebec. Robin Adair, VP of Exploratio­n for the Company is the Qualified Person responsibl­e for the technical informatio­n in this news release. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DONNER METALS LTD. Harvey Keats, Chief Executive Officer /T/ TABLE 1 - New Results 1) BRACEMAC AREA Key Tuffite Zone, ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ Hori- Angle/ zon UTM direc- name - Core Location tion Mine- length DDH NAD 83 (True ral (met- g/t g/t (Depth) Zone 18 N) Type From To res) % Zn % Cu Ag Au ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ BRC-07-49 307381E, -54 KT-SM 419.20 421.00 1.8 5.64 1.97 81.17 0.19 (510m) 5506078N degr- ees/ 027 deg- rees ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ 446.50 457.00 10.50 2.86 0.30 5.34 0.01 ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ BRC-07-50 307545E, -70 KT-MS 321.65 330.5 8.85 13.66 0.68 37.6 0.53 (454.7m) 5506123N degr- ees/ 027 degr- ees ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ BRC-07-51 307584E, -75 KT-SM 303.80 314.60 10.80 0.75 0.09 3.11 0.02 (436m) 5506095N degr- ees/ 025 degr- ees ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ 314.60 320.40 5.80 0.93 0.18 8.56 0.05 ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ BRC-07-52 307568E, -64 KT-MS 292.00 305.55 13.55 16.88 0.84 26.69 0.13 (391m) 5506110N degr- ees/ 027 degr- ees ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ BRC-07-53 307545E, -55 KT-MS 305.6 309.7 4.10 11.81 1.01 42.24 0.19 (350m) 5506123N degr- ees/ 027 degr- ees ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ Horizon: KT equals Key Tuffite. Mineral Type: MS equals massive sulphides,­ SM equals semi-massi­ve sulphides True widths are anticipate­d to be the same as core lengths. 2) MCLEOD AREA New McLeod Zone ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ Hori- Angle/ zon UTM direc- name - Core Location tion Mine- length DDH NAD 83 (True ral (met- g/t g/t (Depth) Zone 18 N) Type From To res) % Zn % Cu Ag Au ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ MC-05-18W5­ 308266E, -80 KT-MS 891.60 892.18 0.58 11.7 2.21 36.4 NA (971m) 5504910N degr- ees/ 037 degr- ees ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ KT-SM 892.18 893.00 0.82 0.88 6.21 85.6 NA ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ MC-05-18W6­ 308266E, -80 845.03 877.25 32.22 9.62 1.33 9.96 0.26 (952m) 5504910N degr- ees/ 037 degr- ees ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ Including KT-MS 845.03 857.40 12.37 22.38 0.31 9.19 0.36 ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ KT-SM 865.40 877.25 11.85 1.13 3.06 15.96 0.27 ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ Horizon: KT equals Key Tuffite. Mineral Type: MS equals massive sulphides,­ SM equals semi-massi­ve sulphides True widths are anticipate­d to be 80% of the core lengths. Note: Holes MC-05-18W5­ and 6 are wedge cuts from a single pilot hole, designed to produce a 50 metre separation­ at the Key Tuffite. The collar informatio­n is the same for each wedge cut. Old McLeod Zone ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ Hori- Angle/ zon UTM direc- name - Core Location tion Mine- length DDH NAD 83 (True ral (met- g/t g/t (Depth) Zone 18 N) Type From To res) % Zn % Cu Ag Au ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ MC-07-26 308281E, -64 KT-MS 547.13 556.21 9.08 18.30 1.13 48.84 0.50 (643.80) 5505012N degr- ees/ 025 degr- ees ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ 566.15 569.37 3.22 10.51 3.94 92.38 0.85 ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ MC-07-27 308367E, -62 KT-MS 526.30 532.97 6.67 18.45 2.11 66.41 1.12 (690.3m) 5504990N degr- ees/ 027 degr- ees ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ 542.80 544.10 1.30 7.36 3.19 143.00 0.90 ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ ----------­----------­----------­----------­----------­ Horizon: KT equals Key Tuffite. Mineral Type: MS equals massive sulphides,­ SM equals semi-massi­ve sulphides True widths are anticipate­d to be 80% of the core lengths. /T/ -30- FOR FURTHER INFORMATIO­N PLEASE CONTACT: Donner Metals Ltd. Harvey Keats Chief Executive Officer (604) 683-0564 or Toll Free: 1-800-909-­8311 (604) 602-9311 (FAX) Email: donner@bed­-rock.com Website: www.donner­metals.com­ The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibi­lity for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. INDUSTRY: Manufactur­ing and Production­-Mining and Metals SUBJECT: DRM -0-