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August 16, 2011 08:30 ET

High Desert Gold Reports Strong Results From Initial Drilling at Gold Springs

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 16, 2011) -High Desert Gold Corporation ("HDG" or the "Company") (TSXVENTURE:HDG)(PINK SHEETS:HDGCF) is pleased to announce results from therecently completed reverse-circulation ("RC") drill program on the GoldSprings project at which the Company, together with its 40% partnerPilot Gold Inc., has a 27 sq. km land position in Lincoln County, Nevadaand Iron County, Utah. The Company completed 17 RC holes on three ofthe 18 exploration targets that have been identified on the property bycompany geologists. All holes intersected gold and silver mineralizationand demonstrated continuity of the mineralization laterally and withdepth.

Intercepts from the three partially drilled targets include the following:

Target	Hole #	Thickness (Metres)	Gold Equivalent* (g/t)		These results are within larger mineralized intercepts:
Thor	Thor-11-02	3.1	5.69		15 metres @ 2.23 g/t AuEq
Gray Eagle	GE-11-08	12.19	1.47		41 metres @ 0.62 g/t AuEq
Homestead	HS-11-03	9.14	1.68		46 metres @ 0.49 g/t AuEq

*Gold Equivalent ("AuEq") was developed using a gold to silver price ratio of 40:1 and 100% metallurgical recovery is assumed

All targets drilled exhibited plus-one gram per tonnemineralization at surface and all holes located mineralization at depth.Of the 18 large targets, all of which include samples with plus-onegram per tonne gold mineralization at surface, seven have now beenpartially drilled including the Jumbo Zone (see HDG PR10-14, August 19,2010). Drilling of the other targets will be planned once drillingpermits have been obtained.

Ralph Fitch, President of the Company stated, "The one-to-onecorrelation obtained to date, with gold mineralization at depthrelating to gold from surface samples, bodes well for the development ofthe project where we have outlined 18 target areas encompassingapproximately 4 square km, all with strong surface sampling results. TheRC program on these three new targets followed last year's successfuldrilling on the Jumbo Zone where intervals up to 169 metres of 0.6 g/tAuEq, including 48 metres of greater than one g/t gold-equivalent, wereintersected."

Thor

At the Thor System, mineralization intersected to date is inhigh grade veins, including 2.3metres at 9 g/t AuEq and 3m @ 5.7 g/tAuEq. Three holes have been drilled to date; Thor-11-01 throughThor-11-03. (Thor-11-03 did not reach the main target). These holes,together with outcrop, indicate an open extent on this vein system of200 metres and an open depth extent of approximately 100 metres. Many ofthe historically mined vein systems in the district extendapproximately one kilometre in strike length.

Hole #	Target	From (Metres)	To (Meters)	Thickness (Metres)	Au g/t	Ag g/t	Gold Equivalent
Thor-11-01*		108.20	110.49	2.29	7.7	52.5	9.01
Thor-11-02	Thor	35.05	50.29	15.24	1.32	36.73	2.24
including		36.58	39.62	3.04	3.47	88.65	5.69
including		42.68	45.72	3.04	2.29	42.0	3.34
Thor-11-03	Thor	65.53	70.10	4.57	1.23	32.17	2.04

*Previously reported (see HDG PR11-11, July 12, 2011)

Gray Eagle

At Gray Eagle, mineralization occurs in vein swarms andstockworks leading to wider intervals of gold mineralization such as41.15 m @ 0.63 g/t AuEq in GE-11-08 which also includes a high gradevein interval of 4.6 m @ 3.2 g/t AuEq. Ten holes were completed on thistarget in this RC program. These holes explored approximately 200 metresof strike of the system to a maximum depth of 150 metres. On surfacethe system can be followed for 1.5 km before going under cover.

Hole #	Target	From (Metres)	To (Metres)	Thickness (Metres)	Au g/t	Ag g/t	Gold Equivalent
GE-11-01	Gray Eagle	6.1	30.48	24.38	0.35	6.34	0.51
GE-11-02	Gray Eagle	6.1	44.2	38.1	0.44	6.87	0.61
including		6.1	15.24	9.14	0.75	8.17	0.96
GE-11-03	Gray Eagle	7.62	53.34	45.72	0.37	4.22	0.48
including		7.62	21.34	13.72	0.9	8.0	1.10
GE-11-04	Gray Eagle	9.14	19.81	10.67	1.23	15.36	1.61
GE-11-05	Gray Eagle	18.29	33.53	15.24	0.61	8.3	0.82
GE-11-06	Gray Eagle	19.81	50.29	30.48	0.32	7.9	0.52
GE-11-07	Gray Eagle	16.76	59.44	42.68	0.32	5.08	0.44
including		16.76	21.33	4.57	0.93	16.0	1.33
GE-11-08	Gray Eagle	7.62	48.77	41.15	0.50	5.23	0.63
including		36.58	48.77	12.19	1.2	10.9	1.47
including		44.1	48.77	4.67	2.71	19.83	3.20

Homestead

The mineralization at Homestead is similar to Gray Eagle andincludes wide intervals of gold mineralization such as 46 metres @ 0.49g/t AuEq including a high grade vein interval of 3 metres of 3.8 g/tAuEq. Five holes were drilled on this target, of which two collapsed anddid not reach the target zone. Drill holes tested approximately 100metres of strike to a depth of 100 metres.

Hole #	Target	From (Metres)	To (Metres)	Thickness (Metres)	Au g/t	Ag g/t	Gold Equivalent
HS-11-01	Homestead	9.14	24.38	15.24	0.36	2.55	0.43
HS-11-03	Homestead	6.10	51.82	45.72	0.425	2.6	0.49
including		42.67	51.82	9.14	1.52	6.25	1.68
including		47.25	50.29	3.05	3.48	11.0	3.75
HS-11-05	Homestead	45.72	59.44	13.73	0.66	4.2	0.76
including		45.72	51.82	6.1	0.96	5.3	1.09

Jumbo

Jumbo also includes both wide intervals of goldmineralization and higher grade intervals. A total of 28 holes have nowbeen completed on this zone and were previously reported. HDG's lastdrill program here in 2010 included:

J-10-4:	169 metres of 0.6 g/t AuEq including 48 metres of greater than one g/t AuEq
J-10-3:	98 metres of 0.63 g/t AuEq including 49 metres of greater than one g/t AuEq

Mineralization here has now been followed over 700 metresalong strike and to a depth of 200 metres and is still open both alongstrike and to depth.

The approximate true thickness of all of the drill holes quoted in this release is 70% of the intercept length.

The Gold Mineralization

Gold mineralization occurs within a Low Sulphidationepithermal gold and silver system within North, North-East andNorth-West trending veins flanking a caldera complex.

Strong gold mineralization within the drill holes is associated with the following:

• Veins consisting of quarts-adularia+/-calcite+/-fluorite
• Strong silicification of Andesite
• Stockwork veins within Andesite
• Breccia zones with Andesite fragments cemented by silica, and
• Sericite+clay altered and hematite/jarosite stained Andesite

The highest grades of gold noted in this drill program areassociated with veins consisting of quartz+calcite and quartz+adularia.

Holes completed thus far have only tested shallow portions ofthe various vein systems. Deeper holes may be required to intersect anybonanza type mineralization sometimes found in Low Sulphidation goldsystems.

HDG is very encouraged by the results from this drill programand has high expectations for future drilling for extensions of knownmineralization and on the 11 new targets that have yet to be drilltested. Further potential also exists once follow up has been completedon the successful ZTEM geophysical survey (see HDG PR11-11, July 12,2011).

These results demonstrate that Gold Springs is developinginto an important new gold district with every hole drilled to date byHDG and its predecessors having encountered gold.