Canarc Resource Corp. (CCM:TSX and CRCUF:OTC-BB) reports that initial trench results from the JQA prospect area on the Benzdorp property in Suriname confirm the discovery of a broad zone of porphyry-style gold mineralization.

The bulldozer/excavator trenching program got underway in the fourth quarter of 2002 to follow-up on an extensive gold soil anomaly outlined by Canarc in 1996 and partially defined by 150 deep auger holes and three trenches in 1997.  Five new trenches have now been completed and results are as follows:

	From (m)	To (m)	Width (m)	Grade (gpt)	Trench
New Trenches	TR97-02 extension	0	142	142	0.91
	(still in mineralization at both ends)
	including	76	142	66	1.04
	TR02-01	0	146	146	0.80
	(still in mineralization at both ends)
	including	42	111	69	0.96
	TR02-02	0	59	59	0.90
	(still in mineralization at both ends)
	including	34	59	25	1.02
	PW02-01	0	17	17	2.45
	(still in mineralization at both ends)
	including	10	12	2	10.87
	PW02-02	0	3	3	0.93
Previous Trenches	TR97-012	0	62	62	1.20
	(still in mineralization at both ends)
	TR97-02	0	76	76	0.80
	(still in mineralization at both ends)
	TR97-03	0	19	19	2.68

Trenches TR97-02 (extension), TR02-01 and TR02-02 extended the width of the JQA gold mineralized zone to almost 150 m still open to the east and west and extended the length to 200 m north-south.  Sampling of porknocker workings PW02-01 and PW02-02 along the west bank of Rufin Creek indicates that the JQA gold mineralized zone could actually extend a further 400 m in width to the west of TR97-02.  Further trenching to the east is prohibited by a hard laterite cap on the hilltop and prevented to the west by steep terrain and Pointu Kreek, so broader mineralized widths can only be established by drilling.

Clearly, the porphyry-style gold mineralization discovered in the JQA prospect area appears to cover a broad area and is open in all directions.  Trench TR97-03 lies 900 m along strike south from the main JQA target and could extend the overall strike length to 1500 m.  The next phase of trenching, to get underway by month-end, will target strike extensions to the north and south of the main JQA zone.