EXHIBIT 99.1


                             BERKLEY RESOURCES INC.
                           400 - 455 Granville Street
                                 Vancouver, B.C.
                                     V6C 1T1
                     Tel: (604) 682-3701 Fax: (604) 682-3600
                            www.berkleyresources.com
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                            info@berkleyresources.com

December 9, 2004                              Trading Symbols: BKS - TSX Venture
                                                          BRKDF.PK - OTC BB (US)


                       FINAL CLOSING OF PRIVATE PLACEMENTS



Berkley  Resources Inc. (the "Company")  announces that it has closed the second
tranche of the  non-brokered  private  placement of 659,000  flow-through  units
(collectively,   the  "Flow-Through  Offering")  and  the  non-brokered  private
placement of 250,000 non flow-through units (collectively, the "Non Flow-Through
Offering")  all at a price of $1.00 per unit,  as announced on October 15, 2004.
Each unit of the Flow-Through  Offering  consists of one flow-through  share and
one-half of a non-transferable  share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant under
the  Flow-Through  Offering will entitle the investor to purchase one additional
non  flow-through  common  share at an  exercise  price of $1.25 per share until
November  30, 2005 and  thereafter  at $1.50 per share until  November 30, 2006.
Each unit of the  Non-Flow-Through  Offering  consists  of one non  flow-through
share and one-half of a  non-transferable  share  purchase  warrant.  Each whole
warrant  under the Non  Flow-Through  Offering  will  entitle  the  investor  to
purchase  one  additional  non  flow-through  share at a price  of  $1.10  until
November 30, 2005 and thereafter at $1.25 until November 30, 2006.

The  Company has issued  8,000  units  under the same terms of the  Flow-Through
Offering and $42,000 cash as finder's fees.

The hold period for all securities  issued under this private  placement expires
on March 30, 2005.

The balance of the  brokered  private  placement  and the  non-brokered  private
placement  announced  on  October  13,  2004 and  October  15,  2004 will not be
completed.

On behalf of the Board of Directors
of Berkley Resources Inc.

"Matt Wayrynen"
Matt Wayrynen
President

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