Positive Gold Results from Trenching Program  

VANCOUVER, BC - High Desert Gold Corporation reported positive gold results from the recently completed trenching program at its Artillery Peak, Arizona gold property.

Three trenches were cut in the central portion of the previously reported 950 metre long soil and rock chip gold anomaly. The trenches were cut perpendicular to the strike of the vein swarms and were located within a 180 metre strike length of the primary vein swarm with each trench being approximately 90 metres apart. Continuous chip samples were collected and assayed for each 1.52 metre (5 feet) of trench. Results show a continuous zone of gold mineralization within the trenches, varying between 10.7 metres and 24.4 metres in width with gold assays as high as 5.513 g/t over 1.52 metres. Surface sampling as most recently described in PR 09-10, August 20, 2009 has defined three vein swarms which contain very high gold values in selected areas. The Company's interpretation is that these high values represent pockets of high grade gold mineralization within an envelope of lower grade mineralization. This combination of high and lower grade gold mineralization within the veins extends over approximately 900 metres of strike. HDG management believes the results indicate that gold mineralization continues between the high grade pockets of mineralization. Thus, the expected results from further trenching or drilling would be a combination of high grade zones similar to the surface samples interspersed with zones with similar grades to that seen in the trenches. The three quartz vein swarms extend over approximately 900 metres of strike and a width of 50 to 300 metres. Gravel cover hides potential extensions. Seventeen samples were also subjected to gold extraction by cyanidation. The results from this study suggests that the gold is cyanide extractable, in that, excluding one nugget sample, cyanide extraction yielded results within 9% on average compared to the original fire assays. This means that more than 90% of the gold was available to cyanide extraction. This would be a great benefit should an economic deposit be defined at some future date. The Company also announced that drilling has begun at the flagship Gold Springs project on the Nevada-Utah border. The plan is to complete an early diamond drill program to collect orientated cores to better understand vein orientation, location and controls of the gold-silver mineralization. Drilling began to complete a 4-6 diamond-drill hole program. This will then be followed by a reverse circulation ("RC") program scheduled to start in May.