Rye Patch Hires Lincoln Hill Project Team

VANCOUVER, BC - Rye Patch Gold Corp has contracted John Porterfield as the Company's Project Manager for its Lincoln Hill gold/silver project located in Pershing County, Nevada.

Porterfield brings over 30 years of experience in the gold mining industry and was previously employed by Barrick Gold Corporation and Placer Dome Inc. While serving in various operational and project roles, John has coordinated and managed a number of feasibility studies and projects.  These include the Mooney Basin expansion of the Bald Mountain Mine, the Yankee Mine expansion of the Alligator Ridge Mine, the restart of the Turquoise Ridge and Getchell Underground Mines in Nevada, and the Stage 1 construction of the Porgera Mine in Papua New Guinea.  John, who completed Bachelor of Science degrees in Mining Engineering and Geology from Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno , has held senior operational positions at the Bald Mountain Mine, the Porgera Mine, the Alligator Ridge Mine, the Turquoise Ridge Mine and the Ruby Hill Mine.

Rye Patch has also retained the services of Earl Shortridge (MS, Metallurgy, Colorado School of Mines) to be the Company's in-house metallurgical expert to assist with the metallurgical testing program. Shortridge has more than 45 years of experience designing and interpreting metallurgical tests. Upon retiring from Newmont Mining, He established a consulting practice that has provided metallurgical expertise to a variety of clients including Franco Nevada, International Tower Hill, US Gold, Pershing Gold, and Newmont Mining.  Mr. Shortridge has designed and will supervise the Lincoln Hill metallurgical test program.

"These additions complement our excellent exploration group headed by Ronaldo Marcio Pinto da Silva .  The combined talents of the group will continue to drive the Lincoln Hill project forward by addressing resource expansion at Gold Ridge and Independence Hill in concert with developing the feasibility of a mining operation at Lincoln Hill", commented William Howald, the Company's President and CEO.