Garden Gate Pass Ready For Drilling   

VANCOUVER - Rye Patch Gold Corporation reported that permits have been received and drilling will commence on the Company's 100% owned Garden Gate Pass project. The property covers almost 1,300 hectares. Rye Patch geologists have identified two main mineral trends that cross the GGP project area.

The western and eastern target zones have been identified through geologic mapping and geophysical surveys. The geophysical gravity survey data shows a gravity high -- interpreted as lower plate host rock assemblage -- crossing the eastern side of the project area. This lower plate anticline has a similar aeromagnetic-low as seen over the top of the ET Blue and Red Hill deposits which is very promising. The phase-one drill program will consist of eight to ten drillholes with depths of 600 metres. Target depths are interpreted between 400 metres to 600 metres below surface. The geologic setting and the geophysical anomalies within the Garden Gate Pass claim block look similar to other gold deposits in the region. "The Garden Gate Pass project is truly an exciting development for the Company. The targets have a geologic basis grounded in past work along the Cortez trend that could become elephants. Once you get in a Carlin district, the gold deposits tend to cluster. This has been the case at Carlin and now it is becoming true along the Cortez trend. New discoveries are being drilled adjacent to the project and the mineralized structures have been identified at Garden Gate Pass. Since Rye Patch has 100% of the project, a new discovery could propel RPM to the next level of value", stated William C. (Bill) Howald, the Company's President and CEO.