Bullion River Gold Corp. Starts Surface Drilling at its French Gulch Mine.

RENO, Nev. -- Bullion River Gold Corp. (OTCBB:BLRV)(FWB:BVM) has started its surface drill program at its French Gulch mine. After some weather-related delays, Lang Exploratory Drilling has started to drill the first of seven to eight reverse-circulation drill holes of the planned 15,000-foot program. Each hole will be drilled to a depth of about 2,000 feet and angled across the area where multiple high-grade veins are known from previous mining. The drilling is testing outboard at depth and along strike of previously-mined areas, and the program aims to provide significant information about the potential and future development of the French Gulch mine.

Despite the existence of high grade ore, the French Gulch mine was never systematically explored and, therefore, its potential never properly quantified. Bullion River's surface exploration program has already identified several additional mineralized structures that have not been developed, with samples returning high-grade values up to 4.20 ounces per ton, as previously reported. More recent surface sampling has returned additional encouraging assays, including two separate unexplored vein areas returning values of 0.95 and 0.38 opt Au, respectively.

Bullion River's President Peter M. Kuhn states: "Despite the inclement weather, we have succeeded in starting to drill our first hole. We expect to get a lot of valuable information about new and existing vein systems and their extensions and hope to finally do justice to this intriguing property."

About Bullion River Gold Corp.

Bullion River Gold Corp. is an American based mineral exploration company focusing on regions containing gold-silver deposits predominantly located in the Southwest United States. The company presently has a total of seven properties of which five are located in Nevada. Three of these properties are considered advanced projects and two are considered grassroots projects. The two remaining properties are in California. Both of these properties are past producers.

Approved by the Board of Directors:

BULLION RIVER GOLD CORP.

PETER M. KUHN, President

For more information, contact Brad Long, Investor Relations at Bullion River Gold Corp. at (800) 540-BLRV (2578) or at [e-mail] or visit the Company's website at www.bullionriver.com or 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.

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