Additional Underground Drill Holes Results At Nixon Fork  

VANCOUVER – Fire River Gold Corp reported results obtained from the 2010 28,000 metre drill program at the Nixon Fork Gold Mine situated in Alaska’s Tintina Gold Belt. The Company has received assay results of holes 36 through 40 (N10U-036 – N10U-040) from the lower extension 3000 and 3300 Zones.

New significant intercepts include N10U-038 returning grades of 28.8 g/t (0.84 opt) gold over 13.7 m (44.9 ft), including 96.1 g/t (2.80 opt) over 0.9 m (2.9 ft) and including 118.5 g/t (3.46 opt) over 1.3 m (4.3 ft) at lower extension 3300 Zone and intercept N10U-040 returning grades of 202.7 g/t (5.91 opt) Gold Over 1.0 m (3.6 ft) at lower extension 3000 Zone. The widths of the intercepts are approximate to the true width of the mineralized intercept. The Company is encouraged with the results from the 2010 drill program, exhibiting the potential to provide additional resources to the mill. Drill results are being used to guide the six-month operating plan for the mine start up. All core from the 2010 program was logged at the Nixon Fork Mine camp. The core was then sawn in half, and half of the sample shipped to ALS Minerals, a certified analytical laboratory located in Reno Nevada and a subsidiary of ALS Laboratory Group. The company’s address is 2303 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6M 2A3, 604-685-1870, fax: 604-685-8045, email: info@firerivergold.com.