EXHIBIT 99.1

                             Berkley Resources Inc.
                        Suite 400 - 455 Granville Street
                             Vancouver, BC, V6C-1T1
                              Phone (604) 682-3701
                               Fax (604) 682-3600


November 1, 2004                                              BKS - TSX Venture


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NEWS RELEASE
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Berkley  Resources Inc. (the  "Company")  announces the formation of an Advisory
Committee  for the  purpose of  advising  the  Company on various  matters.  The
members of the Advisory Committee are:

The Honourable Edward M. Lawson

The Honourable  Edward M. Lawson has served in the Federal  Parliament of Canada
for thirty four years as the senior senator  representing  British Columbia.  He
sits as an Independent member of the Senate.

Senator  Lawson  had  a  parallel  career  for  forty  years  as a  Trade  Union
Representative  with the  International  Brotherhood  of Teamsters  serving in a
variety of  capacities,  starting as a Business  Agent on  Construction.  He was
elected and  re-elected  for more than  twenty  years as an  International  Vice
President  representing  working men and women in North  America.  As a founding
Director of the Canadian Conference of Teamsters,  Senator Lawson served in that
position for  fourteen  years.  He retired from the labour  movement in January,
1992 and now devotes full time to his Senatorial duties.

Mr. Dennis R. Goruk

Mr. Goruk is the President of Black Link Resources Ltd. He is an experienced oil
executive  with a thorough  knowledge of the Western Canada  Sedimentary  Basin.
From  1967  to  1975  Mr.  Goruk  held   various   positions   with   increasing
responsibilities  for field technology and engineering  services including three



years with a major  international  oil company.  From 1975 to 1980 Mr. Goruk was
Production  Operations  Manager  with an active  independent  oil  company  with
operations in Canada and the United  States.  In 1980 Mr. Goruk founded  Beranik
Resources Ltd., a private oil and gas company that provided  consulting services
to Tri Link Resources Ltd. He became Vice-President of Operations and a director
of Tri Link in 1980.  From 1980 to 2000 he was a key  player as Chief  Operating
Officer in building Tri Link from zero to 15,000 boepd. Mr. Goruk was a director
of and advisor to NFEx from 2000  through  2001,  following  its purchase of Tri
Link.  Mr. Goruk founded Black Link  Resources Ltd. in 2001. He holds an honours
diploma  in  Exploration  Technology  from the  Northern  Alberta  Institute  of
Technology in Edmonton, Alberta.

Mr. Kjeld Werbes

Mr. Werbes is a graduate of the Faculty of Law,  University of British Columbia,
1972. During his practicing  career, he has specialized in mining,  oil and gas,
securities  and venture  capital legal  matters.  His career started in 1973. In
1975 he became a partner in a small  boutique law firm and continued as such for
a period  of 30  years.  The firm at its peak  represented  up to 100  reporting
issuers at any given time. On February 1, 2002,  Mr. Werbes  continued  with his
law practice part time operating as a sole  practicitioner  under the name Kjeld
Werbes Law  Corporation.  During his career,  and commencing  specifically in or
around  1989,  Mr.  Werbes  accepted  appointments  to the board of directors or
became an officer  of a number of public  companies,  three of which  ultimately
secured listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange.  Through his efforts, two of the
companies were successful in arranging senior  financings  instrumental to their
success.

Mr. Ronald Andrews

Mr. Andrews is the owner and operator of Andrews Orchards. Mr. Andrews sells and
distributes agricultural chemicals and fertilizers.  Mr. Andrews is on the board
of  Bonner  Mall and  North  Coast  Life - Life  Insurance  Co. He serves as the
Chairman  of the Audit  Committee  for North  Coast  Life.  Mr.  Andrews  brings
operational experience to the Adviory Committee. He has served as labour foreman
for Kennicott  Mining  Company,  a division of Rio Tinto in the Artic Circle and
was a member of the Alaska Pipeline helicopter inspection group. Mr. Andrews has
a Bachelor of Science degree from Washington State University.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS



"Matt Wayrynen"

Matt Wayrynen, President


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