Bullion River Gold Corp. Appoints Vice President of Engineering.

Business Editors

RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2004

Bullion River Gold Corp. (OTCBB: BLRV) announces the ppointment of Mr. Glenn Blachford, P. Eng as Vice President of Engineering to direct all aspects of engineering related activities with special emphasis on the North Fork property in California.

Mr. Blachford is a professional engineer with over 30 years of mining experience which includes 26 years of post graduate engineering and operational experience in mining and civil construction projects.

Mr. Blachford graduated from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, in 1977 with a BASc in Mineral Engineering. Since that time he has worked in the mining industry in Canada and the United States in positions of increasing responsibility in both mine operations and mine engineering. Mr. Blachford has spent in excess of 20 years in mine contracting with Thyssen Mining Construction of Canada Ltd. This experience has provided a background in operations which includes shaft sinking, ground freezing, hard and soft ground development, underground production mining, raise boring, underground construction and infrastructure installations. He served as Chief Estimator and Chief Engineer for seven years prior to leaving TMCC. Since that time he was involved in the reopening of the North American Tungsten Cantung operation in the Northwest Territory of northern Canada. Mr. Blachford consulted on the initial mining proposal and subsurface layouts proposed for the next phase of operations at the North Fork property.

Mr. Blachford is a professional engineer registered in the Province of Saskatchewan and has permission to consult granted by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan.

About Bullion River Gold Corp.

Bullion River Gold Corp. is a mineral exploration company focusing on regions containing gold-silver deposits. The company's primary focus is the Great Basin in the Western United States and the Motherlode belt of California. Bullion River seeks projects that contain or have potential to contain high grades and large tonnage potential. Bullion River will also focus on projects that contain potential for mineralization concealed under post-mineral cover.

Approved by the Board of Directors:

BULLION RIVER GOLD CORP.

PETER M. KUHN, President

Feel free to visit the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov/ to review Bullion River's latest filings.

This release contains certain statements that are "forward-looking" statements (as the term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Any such forward-looking statements are inherently speculative and are based on currently available information, operating plans and projections about future expectations and trends. As such, they are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, such as general economic and business conditions, the ability to acquire and develop specific projects, the ability to fund operations, and other factors over which Bullion River Gold Corp. has little or no control. Actual results and performance may be significantly different from expectations or trends expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Bullion River Gold Corp. expressly disclaims any obligation to update the statements contained in this release.