6-K

FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For December 6, 2004

ALMADEN MINERALS LTD.

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

750 West Pender Street, Suite 1103, Vancouver, B.C. Canada  V6C 2T8

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F_X__   Form 40-F        

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes .....  No ..X...

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):  82-________

EXHIBITS

News release dated 11/23/04

News release dated 11/26/04

News release dated 12/01/04

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Almaden Minerals Ltd.

(Registrant)

By:/s/ Duane Poliquin

(Signature)

Duane Poliquin, President

Date: December 6, 2004

EX-99

Almaden Minerals Ltd.

1103-750 West Pender St. Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6C 2T8 ph. 604 689-7644 facs. 604 689-7645

NEWS RELEASE  December 1, 2004

Trading Symbol: AMM -TSX

www.almadenminerals.com

Diamond Drilling Program Completed at the Galeana Project, Drilling Commences at the Bufa Project

Almaden has been informed by its joint venture partner Grid Capital Corp (Grid) that Grid has completed a three hole, 568 meter diamond drill program on the Galeana gold-silver property in Chihuahua State, Mexico. Under terms of the joint venture with Almaden, Grid can earn a 60% interest in the Galeana property by spending US$2,000,000 and issuing 400,000 shares to Almaden.

The drill program tested one of the vein systems identified on the property, the Miguel Ahumada zone. The Galeana property hosts three major classic epithermal banded quartz-adularia vein systems, the San Miguel-Ahumada-Estrella de Oro, the Faldo Norte and the San Geronimo. All have had limited historic production prior to the Mexican revolution when all mining activity ceased. Mapping, sampling and alteration mineralogic and petrographic analyses of the veins in the Galeana area has resulted in the interpretation that the exposed veins represent a high level within the original hydrothermal system. This interpretation coupled with the identification of high gold grades in fragments found in breccia bodies identified as part of the Miguel Ahumada vein system, suggest that the potential to identify high grade gold and silver ore shoots in the veins may increase with depth. Grid reports that logging of the Galeana core and the splitting of samples for shipping and assay is underway.

Grid has informed Almaden that it has moved the drill and crew to Almaden’s Bufa property where a minimum of four holes will be drilled to test some of the better targets identified to date. The Bufa project is optioned to Grid which can earn a 60% interest by spending US$2 Million on the property and issuing 500,000 shares of Grid to Almaden. The property surrounds the town and mining camp of Guadalupe y Calvo in Chihuahua State, Mexico. Gold was discovered at Guadalupe y Calvo in 1835 and subsequent production was sufficiently large that a mint was built in 1844. Buchanan (1981) estimated historic production at 2 Million ounces of gold and 28 Million ounces of silver at average grades of 37 g/t gold and 870 g/t silver. The small historic central portion of the Guadalupe camp is held by an unrelated third party, Mexgold Resources Inc. A major vein structure, has been traced from the Guadalupe camp over a 1.4 kilom eter distance onto the Bufa property. Grid has reported that the vein system consists of a series of NW-SE striking, banded and brecciated, low sulphidation epithermal quartz veins that vary in strike length from 200 to 700 meters with an aggregate length for all veins mapped of 3.9 kilometers. Over 1.6 kilometers of this vein strike length, widths vary from 1 to 7.8 meters in true thickness. To date 47 chip samples have been collected from 33 locations along this section of the vein system. At 30 of these locations, sample results ranged from 0.1 to 13.95 g/t gold over widths of 0.3 to 5.8 meters. Grid has reported that it has recently acquired historic reports that indicate there was limited historic mining of high-grade gold and silver on the Bufa claims.

The drill programs on the Galeana and Bufa properties by Grid are under the direction of Juan Caelles, Ph.D., P.Geo., a qualified person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101. Samples will be sent to ALS Chemex Labs in North Vancouver for analysis.

Almaden currently has thirteen active joint venture projects including nine in which a partner is earning an interest in an Almaden property through spending, and a regional exploration joint venture with BHP Billiton World Exploration Inc. (BHPB) to explore for copper-gold deposits in Mexico.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“Morgan J. Poliquin”

___________________________

Morgan J. Poliquin, M.Sc., P.Eng.

Director

The Toronto Stock Exchange has not reviewed nor accepted responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this news release which has been prepared by management.  Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward looking statements as that term is defined in the private securities litigation reform act of 1995. Such forward -looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from estimated results. Such risks and uncertainties are detailed in the Company's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EX-99

Almaden Minerals Ltd.

1103-750 West Pender St. Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6C 2T8 ph. 604 689-7644 facs. 604 689-7645

NEWS RELEASE November 23, 2004

Trading Symbol: AMM -TSX

www.almadenminerals.com

Progress Report on the San Carlos Project, Mexico

The San Carlos Project is located in northeast Mexico and has been optioned to Hawkeye Gold and Diamond Inc. (Hawkeye) on terms whereby Hawkeye can earn a total of 60% of the San Carlos project by issuing a total of 800,000 shares to Almaden and incurring exploration expenditures of US$4 Million over seven years. Hawkeye is committed to spending US$350,000 in the first year. Hawkeye has commenced a large field program of soil sampling, geologic mapping and rock sampling and induced polarization and magnetics geophysics. Hawkeye has informed Almaden that it has received initial results from this program. An excerpt from Hawkeye’s November 22 news release follows:

HAWKEYE is pleased to announce results for rock samples taken from its San Carlos property situated near the town of San Carlos in the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico.

The Company’s work program announced September 23, 2004 is designed to evaluate the potential for Carbonate Replacement Deposit (CRD) style mineralization around the 9 km periphery of a Tertiary intrusion emplaced into a thick section of Cretaceous carbonates (see previous press release-10/14/04, www.hawkeyegold.com).

CRD’s account for a significant portion of mineral wealth within the Republic of Mexico including deposits whose production and reserves reportedly total in excess of 400 Mt of silver-lead-zinc ore with appreciable copper and gold credits.  The deposits are clustered along the Mexican fold and thrust belt within a 1600 by 450 km wide corridor extending through the east and central portions of the country.  The two closest major mining districts to the San Carlos property are the Conception del Oro and the Charcas Districts situated roughly 350 km west and southwest respectively. These districts have reported production exceeding 75 Mt. The average production grade at Conception del Oro is reported to be 12.8% zinc, 5.8% lead and 275 g/t silver in 40 plus Mt.

Recently completed mapping and prospecting focused on a 2.5 by 1.5 km area within a densely vegetated part of the San Carlos property. It discovered fracture controlled and stratabound skarn mineralization over a 1500 by 700m area within moderately to highly indurated limestone. Specimens and chip samples collected within this area and yielding significant results are tabulated below.

Sample Description	Type	SAMPLE	Au	Ag	Cu	Pb	Zn	Zn
		#	g/t	g/t	ppm	ppm	ppm	%
Silicified Limestone	specimen	N114533					2030
Smithsonite	15 cm chip	N114534		7	2410	4720		37.5
Indurated Limestone – oxide fractures	specimen	N114535					8770
Silicified Limestone	specimen	N114543	0.61	13.5		5130		1.29
Quartz Vein (3cm)	specimen	N114544	4.27	19.9
Garnet-magnetite skarn	50 cm chip	N114545	2.22	9.9	2000
Siderite Vein	specimen	M058190	0.85	4.3		5270	7010
Siderite Vein	25 cm chip	M058194	0.587	2.3			7430

The smithsonite veining and associated silicification were recognized within a small cluster of historical surface workings in the west-central portion of the prospected area near the limestone/intrusive contact.  The vein is 2 to 3 m wide and was traced for 10 m before it was obscured by dense vegetation.

Gold and silver-bearing garnet-magnetite skarn was identified 500 m south of the historic workings in a strongly oxidized recessive weathering horizon.  This mineralized horizon is only partially exposed at the base of a limestone outcrop containing patchy calc-silicate alteration with minor pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite.  The exposure is open along strike in both directions.

The quartz vein specimen was collected between the two showings mentioned above. It is comprised of white opaque quartz with trace disseminations of pyrite and limonitic pits.  The siderite samples came from northeast trending, steeply dipping veins about 1 km east of the limestone/intrusive contact. Where exposed, these veins are up to 30 cm wide and consist of dark brown crystalline siderite and white to tan calcite with minor limonite and galena.

While only a small portion of the exploration target has been inspected to date, HAWKEYE is encouraged because the types of mineralization discovered are common in distal parts of CRD systems. Exploration is continuing on the property and the first phase is expected to be concluded in mid December 2004.

Samples described above were collected under the supervision of Mr. Bill Wengzynowski P.ENG., and analyzed at ALS Chemex Labs of North Vancouver. Mr. Wengzynowski is also the Company’s project Geological Engineer and qualified person (QP) in accordance with Canadian Securities Association (CSA) National Instrument (NI) 43-101.

Almaden is encouraged by these results and believes them to be consistent with that of a mineralised intrusive related environment that has potential to host significant Au-Ag-Cu-Zn-Pb skarn and carbonate replacement type deposits.

Almaden currently has thirteen active joint venture projects including nine in which a partner is earning an interest in an Almaden property through spending, and a regional exploration joint venture with BHP Billiton World Exploration Inc. (BHPB) to explore for copper-gold deposits in Mexico.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“Morgan J. Poliquin”

___________________________

Morgan J. Poliquin, M.Sc., P.Eng.

Director

The Toronto Stock Exchange has not reviewed nor accepted responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this news release which has been prepared by management.  Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward looking statements as that term is defined in the private securities litigation reform act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from estimated results. Such risks and uncertainties are detailed in the Company's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EX-99

Almaden Minerals Ltd.

1103-750 West Pender St. Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6C 2T8 ph. 604 689-7644 facs. 604 689-7645

NEWS RELEASE  November 26, 2004

Trading Symbol: AMM -TSX

www.almadenminerals.com

Drill Program Underway on the Caballo Blanco Project, Mexico

The Caballo Blanco project, located roughly 75 kilometers north of Veracruz City, Mexico is optioned to Comaplex Minerals Ltd. (Comaplex) who can earn a 60% interest in the project by spending US$2,000,000 over four years. Comaplex has informed Almaden that a minimum 3,000 meter diamond drill program has commenced to test the Central Grid, Highway and Northern zones of the property, the centres of which are located roughly 7 kilometers apart.

Drilling in the Central Grid Area will target a copper-gold porphyry system identified by past Almaden work where in 1998 Almaden drilled 17 shallow reverse circulation holes which targeted elevated gold in soil geochemistry, associated with anomalous chargeability responses from an induced polarization geophysical survey. The results of this 1998 drilling led Almaden to believe that the targets tested were peripheral to a copper-gold porphyry system and included 107 meters of 0.18% copper and 0.25 g/t gold in hole CB-1 and 39.6 meters of 0.15% copper and 0.39 g/t gold in hole CB-2. Almaden’s geologic interpretation of the 1998 results was that grades in the porphyry system could increase with depth. Comaplex drilling in the Central Grid area will test deeper levels of the identified porphyry system.

At the Highway zone drilling will test a high sulphidation epithermal system.  Comaplex carried out a program of sampling, geologic mapping and induced polarization (IP) geophysics, complimented by analysis of alteration mineralogy with a PIMA portable infrared spectrometer that outlined several prominent areas of alteration and mineralisation. A significant resistivity and chargeability anomaly has resulted from this work over a roughly 5 by 3 kilometer area of acid sulphate alteration characterised by hypogene alunite and vuggy silica. The zones of vuggy silica and coincident chargeability and resistivity will be the focus of Comaplex’s drill program. A diamond drill hole was completed close to the area by Noranda Inc. in 2001. This hole was drilled in an area of extensive argillic alteration and had several interesting gold intersections. These included stockwork veining from 51.35 to 84 meters depth within which a 6 meter section averaged 1.42 g/t gold. A sample from 192 to 195 meters depth within a zone of lower temperature argillic alteration averaged 2.5 g/t gold and the final sample of the hole from 212.0 to 212.5 meters depth returned a gold value of 4.98 g/t gold. The hole was lost at this point due to poor drilling conditions.

At the Northern zone Comaplex drilling will test an area where sampling, geologic mapping and PIMA analyses have defined a large, roughly 6 by 5 kilometer zone of acid sulphate alteration and vuggy silica, including many breccia bodies. The alteration in the Northern zone is very similar to that in the Highway zone, however up until this program very little work had been carried out in this area. Sampling by Comaplex returned anomalous gold values from outcrop the highest being 1 g/t. Outcrop in this area includes breccia bodies containing clasts of vuggy silica. An IP section over the zone outlined a large high resistivity feature that appears to extend to depth. Prior to the present program no drilling has been carried out on the Northern Zone.

Exploration carried out on the Caballo Blanco property by Compaplex is under the direction of Allan Armitage, Ph.D., P.Geo. a qualified person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101. Samples were sent to ALS Chemex Labs in North Vancouver for analysis.

Almaden currently has thirteen active joint venture projects including nine in which a partner is making exploration expenditures to earn an interest in the project and a regional exploration program with partner BHP Billiton underway to explore for copper-gold deposits in Mexico.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“Morgan J. Poliquin”

___________________________

Morgan J. Poliquin, M.Sc., P.Eng.

Director

The Toronto Stock Exchange has not reviewed nor accepted responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this news release which has been prepared by management.  Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward looking statements as that term is defined in the private securities litigation reform act of 1995. Such forward -looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from estimated results. Such risks and uncertainties are detailed in the Company's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.