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Entrée Receives SEC Clearance

March 2, 2005

Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, March 2, 2005 – Entrée Gold Inc. (TSX-V: ETG – "Entrée” or the "Company”) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC”) has completed its review of the registration statement on Form 10-SB that Entrée initially filed on October 12, 2004, and which became effective by operation of law December 11, 2004.  In response to the SEC"s comments, Entrée filed amendments to the registration statement on December 9, 2004 and January 27, 2005. The SEC informed the Company that it has no further comments on the amended registration statement. Entrée now intends to pursue a listing of its securities on an exchange or trading market in the United States.

"I am delighted that Entrée has reached this milestone,” said Greg Crowe, Entrée"s President and CEO.  "Listing our securities on a recognized trading market in the United States is a key component of our growth strategy that we hope will ultimately provide benefits to our company and our shareholders.  These benefits include expanded relationships with the American investment community and the support of a larger, more liquid trading market.”

ABOUT ENTRÉE GOLD INC.

Entrée Gold Inc. (www.entreegold.com) is an exploration stage junior resource company engaged in the exploration of gold and copper prospects. The Company is a large landholder in Mongolia"s south Gobi Desert, near the Chinese border. Entrée maintains 100% royalty-free interest in the 179,590 hectare Lookout Hill (Shivee Tolgoi) property which completely surrounds Ivanhoe Mines Ltd."s (Ivanhoe"s) 8,500 hectare Turquoise Hill (Oyu Tolgoi) holdings. Ivanhoe has an earn-in agreement with Entrée whereby Ivanhoe can earn an interest in an area covering approximately 22% (approximately 40,000 hectares) of Entrée"s Lookout Hill property. Ivanhoe commenced drilling on the potential northerly extension of the Hugo Dummett Deposit onto Lookout Hill in February 2005. The Company trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ";ETG”.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Primoris Group
Tel: 866-368-7330
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.entreegold.com

The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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While these forward-looking statements, and any assumptions upon which they are based, are made in good faith and reflect our current judgment regarding the direction of our business, actual results will almost always vary, sometimes materially, from any estimates, predictions, projections, assumptions or other future performance suggested herein. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, the Company does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results. Readers are referred to the sections entitled ";Risk Factors” in the Company"s periodic filings with the British Columbia Securities Commission, which can be viewed at www.SEDAR.com, and with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, which can be viewed at www.SEC.gov.