Dejour Closes $5,250,000 Private Placement: Mar 17, 2005

Dejour Enterprises Ltd. (DJE.V)
Shares Issued: 17,445,962
Last Close: 3/05/2005 - $ 0.78
March 17, 2005 – News Release

Dejour Enterprises Ltd. (the "Corporation") has closed its private placement announced on February 18, 2005 and has raised gross proceeds of CDN$5,250,000. Pacific International Securities Ltd. (the Agent") acted as agent to the private placement.

Pursuant to the terms of the private placement, 8,076,923 units (the "Units") were sold to subscribers at a price of $0.65 cents per Unit. Each Unit consists of one common share and one half of one transferable common share purchase warrant (each whole share purchase warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant is exercisable into one additional common share of the Corporation at an exercise price of $0.80 per common share until March 17, 2007.

The Agent was paid a commission in a combination of cash and 174,253 Units, totalling 7.0% of the gross commission eligible proceeds raised. The Agent has also received a corporate finance fee in a combination of cash and 11,538 Units totalling $16,050.

In addition, the Agent has received compensation options to purchase up to 717,692 Units at $0.70 per unit. Each unit consists of one common share and one half of one non-transferable common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant will be exercisable into one common share until March 17, 2007, at an exercise price of $0.85.

All securities issued pursuant to the financing are subject to a hold period until July 18, 2005.

The Corporation plans to use the funds for exploration and development of the Corporation's uranium properties in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin and for working capital purposes.

Dejour Enterprises Ltd. is a Canadian energy exploration and development company whose mission is to provide superior shareholder value by developing unique and rewarding opportunities within today's burgeoning energy markets. Please refer to www.dejour.com for further details.

Robert L. Hodgkinson
DEJOUR ENTERPRISES LTD.
Suite 900 - 595 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2T5
Phone: 604.684.6886 Facsimile: 604.684.6866
Email:investor@dejour.com

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to sell any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “US Securities Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to persons in the United States unless registered under the US Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from registration is available.

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