VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, April 3, 2007 – The Board of Directors of Corriente Resources Inc. has approved the spin-off of certain gold assets into a new company, by means of a Plan of Arrangement. These assets are not core to Corriente’s plans for the development of copper deposits within the Corriente Copper Belt. Under the arrangement, which is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, Corriente shareholders will receive shares of a new private company ("Newco") holding the gold assets, on the basis of 1 Newco share for every 3 common shares of Corriente held by them, as of the effective date of the transaction (expected to be on or about June 15, 2007). Full details of the proposed transaction will be included in the Information Circular to be sent to shareholders in connection with Corriente’s May 24, 2007 Annual General Meeting.

The gold assets include the Tundayme prospect, which is immediately adjacent to Corriente’s Mirador copper deposit land holdings and approximately 15 km from Aurelian Resources Inc.’s newly discovered Fruta del Norte gold zone. The Tundayme prospect has approximately 8 km of north-south trending structures that extend along strike to the Mirador project. This 8 km trend is oriented in the same direction as the Fruta del Norte mineralized trend and parts have had preliminary prospecting and soil sampling done by Corriente. Further work is required to follow-up anomalous gold soil and rock samples from that initial work. Also included is a second set of concessions approximately 50 km southwest of Mirador called the Piedra Liza prospect. Within the Piedra Liza prospect, four clusters of anomalous gold soil samples occur over a six km trend that is on-strike and north of the Nambija area, which has produced over three million ounces of gold by local estimates. Follow-up ground work has identified altered rock samples with maximum gold values at 1 - 4 g/t. The Qualified Person for this disclosure is John Drobe, P.Geo, Chief Geologist.

A planned exploration program on the gold targets, consisting of geological mapping, rock chip sampling and trenching, is expected for later this year. During this period, management will be reviewing possible plans to maximize shareholder value including mergers, joint ventures or an initial public offering of Newco shares.

Separately, Corriente continues to work with our local community and indigenous supporters in Ecuador regarding the advancement of our Mirador Project. Our support has been focused on making the Mirador Project an important component of the plans to eradicate poverty in our project area. Corriente will update shareholders as discussions with the government continue to move forward regarding project development, which is currently suspended at the request of Ecuador’s government to allow for dialogue between stakeholders.