New Gold Target Identified Along The Oreana Trend 

VANCOUVER, BC – Rye Patch Gold Corp has identified a new gold target along the Oreana trend on its 100% owned Gold Ridge property. The new target zone, named Red Hill, has a mapped strike length of one kilometer along a northerly trend and is open to the north, south and down dip. Rock-chip sampling of the alteration has returned gold values between 0.22 g/t Au to 5.6 g/t Au from seven chip-channel samples across surface exposures of the hydrothermal breccias. The hydrothermal breccia’s true thickness has yet to be determined; however, outcrop exposures of the silica altered zones are between two and twenty metres in thickness.

A soil samples grid totalling 195 samples was established and sampled. The gold results shows a strong positive one-kilometre long gold anomaly associated with the hydrothermal breccia as well as a second one-kilometre parallel anomaly located 200 metres to the east. A follow-up surface sampling program is in progress. The reported gold and silver values are associated with silica cemented hydrothermal breccias that appear concordant within a sequence of westerly dipping sediments of the Triassic Auld Lang Syne Group. The silica breccias sit within a larger package of altered, brecciated limestone and clastic rock units. Based on geologic mapping, the alteration zones appear to thicken toward the north; however, poor outcrop exposures and post-mineral volcanic rocks are concealing the true thickness of the gold and silver mineralization. At this time, Rye Patch’s exploration team is completing surface geologic mapping, additional rock-chip and soil sampling, and a CSAMT geophysical survey to verify the geometry of the large alteration zone. A phase-one drill program is in the planning stages with a late September start date. The Gold Ridge property lies between and adjoins the Company’s 100% controlled Wilco and Lincoln Hill projects. Rye Patch staked the claims in 2009. The Gold Ridge property has no encumbrances and the Company owns 100% of the claims. The Gold Ridge property consists of 402 unpatented lode claims covering over 21 square kilometers centered along the Oreana gold and silver trend. The company’s address is 1740, 1177 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 2K3, (604) 638-1588, fax: (604) 638-1589, email: [email protected].