NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY CCNMatthews FOR: SIRIOS RESOURCES INC. TSX VENTURE SYMBOL: SOI APRIL 20, 2004 - 15:40 ET Sirios Resources Inc.: Request for Warrant Extension MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(CCNMatthews - Apr 20, 2004) - SIRIOS RESOURCES INC. announces that it is submitting an application to the regulatory authorities to amend the terms of its previously issued warrants. The warrants were initially issued pursuant to the closing of a private placement of 1,000,000 Units on November 5, 2002 with some directors or officers of the Company. Each Unit consisted of one common share of SIRIOS at a price of $0.10 per common share and one-half share purchase warrant. Each full warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share at a price of $0.13 per share for a period of eighteen months from the date of issue. SIRIOS intends to extend the expiry date of the warrant from May 4, 2004 to May 4, 2006. This request is subject to regulatory approval and filings. Furthermore, SIRIOS would like to inform its shareholders that the 500-meter diamond drilling program planned on the DUSSIEUX gold property will be carried out in May instead of March as previously announced in the March 4 Press Release.For more information:
Dominique Doucet, CEO
ddoucet@sirios.com
Phone: 514-510-7961