Airborne Geophysical Survey Initiated At Hercules Gold Project

VANCOUVER - Eclipse Gold Mining Corporation has initiated a helicopter-supported geophysical survey to explore the scale of the mineralizing system at its Hercules gold project in Nevada's Walker Lane trend. Electromagnetic (resistivity and conductivity), magnetic, and radiometric data will be collected for the entire Hercules property, with approximately 2,200 line kilometers planned. Previous work indicated a potential correlation between resistivity and gold mineralization on the property.

The goal of the geophysical survey is to assess property-wide exploration potential at Hercules and generate a prioritized list of targets for further drilling programs. The Company has created an 85-square-kilometer district-scale land package, through claims and ownership consolidation, that is known to host a low-sulphidation epithermal gold-silver system of undefined size.

Recent drilling by the Company highlighted the strength and continuity of the mineralized system at Hercules, intersecting broad intervals of near-surface oxide gold-silver mineralization in all target areas tested to date, some greater than 50 meters. Results from a recent ground IP survey identified a new 'Hercules Structural Zone', a potential feeder structure, that extends more than 2,000 meters along strike, and remains open for expansion.

"Work to date by the Company has been systematically exploring the Hercules Gold Project," said Michael Allen, President and CEO, "We have now established that Hercules hosts a large scale, epithermal gold system whose value is only now beginning to be unlocked. Our next phase of work is to assess the full scale of the system and vector in on potentially higher-grade zones."

The Company expect results of the airborne geophysical survey in mid-August and will add to our growing understanding of the project as we plan our next round of drilling.