VAL-D'OR, QUEBEC, CANADA, Dec. 15, 2009 (Marketwire) -- Threegold Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:THG) is pleased to provide its shareholders with an exploration update and financing news. The company has now completed its diamond drilling program on the Adanac gold project and preliminary results are expected shortly. A second phase of drilling on the Mercier rare earth element (REE) project is also being prepared, and data compilation for the Lemieux Dome project is almost finished. In addition, Threegold closed the first tranche of a previously announced private placement (see press release of December 1, 2009) for proceeds of $350,000.

Exploration

Threegold has maintained a high level of activity throughout the year, with an emphasis on technical studies and data compilation needed to embark on the next phase of exploration. The company focused on its three main projects: Lemieux Dome (copper-lead-zinc-silver-gold), Mercier (copper-REE) and Adanac (gold). Each project shows strong potential and is managed by a team of professional geologists backed by consulting geoscientists, all experts within their respective fields.

Adanac: The fall 2009 diamond drilling program targeted a series of anomalies outlined by geophysical and geochemical surveys that were started by Threegold in 2006 and are now complete. Full magnetic-electromagnetic airborne coverage of the property was obtained in 2006 using a 100-metre flight line separation. This was soon followed by a preliminary geochemical orientation survey designed to test responses over known gold occurrences. After proving successful, the survey was expanded to cover the property in 2007 using 25-metre stations along lines spaced 500 metres apart. Infill sampling along lines 250 metres apart validated the results and provided additional information about suspected anomalies. Final drill target selection was made using a combination of geology, geochemistry and geophysics.

Diamond drilling began in early October, 2009, and was completed on November 27 with 4,768 metres of NQ core in 22 holes. The core is currently being logged, sampled and shipped for assaying on a daily basis. Results are expected shortly and will be published upon receipt.

Mercier: The Company is currently planning a second-phase 4,000-metre diamond drilling program on its Mercier project following the discovery of high-grade REE mineralization (see Table 1 and press releases of August 6 and November 26, 2009). The program will target late-stage intrusive events where the chances of intersecting higher-grade mineralization would be optimal. Such events are believed to occur in the northern and southern portions of the property and were interpreted using comprehensive geochemical and geophysical data. The program is expected to begin in early January 2010 and run until March.

Table 1 - Highlights of rare earth element results for the Mercier project

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Hole #      From     To  Width(i)   TREO   LREO  HREO  LREO  HREO   HREO
                                    + Y          + Y         + Y      +
                                   (i)(i)                         Y/LREO
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             (m)    (m)       (m)                       (%)   (%)    (%)
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MER08-04  112.42 113.87      1.45   9746   9546   200  0.95  0.02   2.05
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          118.01 118.37      0.36  15211  14722   489  1.47  0.05   3.21
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          144.25 144.60      0.35  21712  21336   376  2.13  0.04   1.73
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          214.48 215.75      1.27   2277   2199    78  0.22  0.01   3.42
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          327.50 329.00      1.50   2346   2267    79  0.23  0.01   3.37
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          331.00 334.32      3.32  12887  12594   293  1.26  0.03   2.28
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including 331.93 332.74      0.81  30401  29906   495  2.99  0.05   1.63
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          339.23 340.23      1.00   7962   7815   147  0.78  0.01   1.85
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MER08-07  196.00 209.00     13.00   1534   1432   102  0.14  0.01   6.67
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          246.75 247.49      0.74   2798   2610   188  0.26  0.02   6.71
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MER08-08  121.80 150.91     29.11   1546   1400   146  0.14  0.01   9.44
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          156.61 162.00      5.39   2057   1856   201  0.19  0.02   9.77
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          172.09 175.28      3.19   1151   1051   100  0.11  0.01   8.66
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          178.22 195.00     16.78   1719   1572   147  0.16  0.01   8.55
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          205.00 237.00     32.00   2083   1940   143  0.19  0.01   6.87
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MER08-10  362.00 375.00     13.00   1391   1288   102  0.13  0.01   7.37
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          385.00 432.29     47.29   2045   1897   148  0.19  0.01   7.24
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MER08-13   94.76 108.00     13.24   2020   1896   125  0.19  0.01   6.18
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          110.43 117.00      6.57   2910   2762   148  0.28  0.01   5.07
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          119.00 133.29     14.29   2205   2072   132  0.21  0.01   6.01
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          147.00 197.00     50.00   2600   2435   165  0.24  0.02   6.34
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(i) drill intercept length
(i)(i)TREO= total rare earth oxides; LREO/HREO= light/heavy rare earth
oxides; Y= yttrium

Lemieux Dome: Although no fieldwork was carried out in 2009, the company remained very active on the project and initiated a thorough data compilation synthesis to include all available information from Threegold's programs and from earlier surveys and exploration programs filed with the provincial government (MRNF). Reinterpretation of the geology, stratigraphy, geochemistry, geophysics, alteration, structural geology, drill hole information, and satellite-based lineament analysis is now well advanced and nearing completion. The multilayer compilation will be used to target the various styles of mineralization potentially present at Lemieux Dome, including porphyry-related, skarn, manto and epithermal.

The company completed 16,000 metres of diamond drilling resulting in a significant number of high-grade intersections spread over an area about 7 km long. Management is impressed by the variety of mineralization styles encountered, as highlighted in Table 2 below.

Table 2 - Best results from the Lemieux Dome 2007-2008 diamond drilling programs

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Hole#     Location       From    To  Length*   Cu   Zn    Pb    Au     Ag 
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                                        (m)   (%)   (%)   (%) (g/t)   (g/t)
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DL07-02   Brandy Sud     53.0   68.0   15.0        4.62  1.38           4.3
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DL07-03   Brandy Sud     85.3   86.0    0.7        1.75  0.93           1.5
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                        101.5  102.2    0.7        1.50  0.52           1.6
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                        130.0  142.95  12.95  0.11 1.83  0.99           4.2
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FED07-04  Elisabeth     202.75 204.0   1.25  2.12
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BP07-05   Big Pioneer   150.2  153.4    3.2  0.90
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                        199.5  201.0    1.5  1.20
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BP07-06B  Big Pioneer    68.4   84.0   15.6  0.23
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BP07-13   Big Pioneer    16.3  21.15   4.85  0.13  0.60                1.90
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          Big Pioneer    95.5  121.0   25.5  0.57                      2.24
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BP07-14   Big Pioneer   107.0  110.8    3.8  0.24                      1.43
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BP07-15   Big Pioneer    40.4   68.5   28.1  0.49  0.24                1.94
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                         77.0   85.0    8.0  0.22  0.22                0.91
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                         87.5   94.5    7.0  0.29  0.08                1.91
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                        112.0  119.8    7.8  0.20  0.44                0.59
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DL08-10   Elizabeth     46.93  55.00   8.07  1.00                      3.83
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            Veine
DL08-11    Leclerc      82.50  85.50   3.00  0.44
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            Veine
DL08-12    Leclerc      69.85  73.73   3.88  0.47
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DL08-17   Veine A4-B4   85.00  93.34   8.34        0.27
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          Veine A4-B4  107.00 109.00   2.00  0.77                    527.65
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DL08-18   Guillaume     45.50  47.50   2.00  0.52                      1.30
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            Cobalt
DL08-19    (Dionne)    137.50 139.00   1.50  0.56                      1.10
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            Cobalt
DL08-20    (Dionne)    193.12 194.23   1.11  0.40                      2.30
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DL08-23   Pardiac      216.00 218.82   2.82  0.33
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DL08-25   Pardiac       50.78  55.65   4.87  0.31
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          Pardiac      220.00 221.50   1.50  0.70
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          Pardiac      236.00 238.00   2.00  0.37
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DL08-27   Guillaume     10.20  22.65  12.45  0.86                      2.00
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DL08-27   Guillaume    148.50 152.50   4.00  1.12                      1.10
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DL08-28   Frenette      85.38  87.00   1.62  1.44
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DL08-28   Frenette      85.38  89.00   3.62  0.90
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DL08-30   Brandy Sud    69.50  72.00   2.50        0.92  0.15          5.76
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DL08-30   Brandy Sud   186.32 191.32   5.00        2.37  1.54
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DL08-30   Brandy Sud   212.50 214.50   2.00        3.44  0.31
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DL08-31   Brandy Sud   170.32 174.46   4.14        1.19  0.44  0.01    6.50
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DL08-32   Brandy Sud    53.57  60.00   6.43        0.46  0.96  0.01   10.70
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DL08-33   Brandy Sud    36.93  37.50   0.57        1.43  0.15  0.03  539.00
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DL08-33   Brandy Sud    40.78  42.00   1.22        3.48  1.17  0.03   28.14
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DL08-33   Brandy Sud    91.00 103.00  12.00        3.15  1.03  0.02    5.42
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DL08-33   Brandy Sud   142.18 143.00   0.82        1.75        1.64   20.20
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DL08-35   Frenette      21.50  22.00   0.50  0.74              0.22    5.22
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            Eagle-
DL08-36    Gaspesie     62.00  87.00  25.00  0.22
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            Eagle-
DL08-36    Gaspesie    111.66 113.74   2.08  1.01
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            Eagle-
DL08-36    Gaspesie    121.35 122.20   0.85  3.89
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            Eagle-
DL08-36    Gaspesie    118.50 124.23   5.73  0.83
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            Eagle-
DL08-37    Gaspesie     46.55  47.50   0.95  1.47
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            Eagle-
DL08-37    Gaspesie     52.00  57.89   5.89  0.44
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DL08-39   Hattie        96.00  99.00   3.00  2.12
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*drill length intercept

Financing

A first tranche of the placement announced on December 1 2009 has been closed for proceeds of $350,000. The placement of up to $450,000 is comprised of 3,750,000 units. Each unit is comprised of one (1) common share of the Company at a price of $0.12 per share and one (1) warrant entitling the owner to purchase one (1) additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.15 for the first year and $0.18 for the second year. It is expected that the final closing of this private placement will occur on or about December 17, 2009.

The Company wishes to acknowledge the contribution of Sodemex and the Fonds de solidarite regional FTQ, two Quebec-based institutional funds, in this first tranche of the placement.

All of the proceeds from the private placement will be added to Threegold's working capital and will be used for general corporate purposes as well as for exploration work on the Company's existing mineral exploration properties in the province of Quebec.

With its two completed financings, Threegold has the necessary funds to proceed with diamond drilling at Mercier, and to finalize data compilation and build exploration strategies for the Lemieux Dome and Adanac projects.

 

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ABOUT THREEGOLD

Threegold Resources is a dynamic and active Quebec-based junior explorer with a diversified property portfolio. Threegold is pursuing exploration on three main projects in Quebec: Lemieux Dome on the Gaspe Peninsula for copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold; Mercier in the Abitibi region where the company recently made a rare earth element discovery with base and rare metals (see press release of August 6, 2009); and Adanac, a gold property located a few kilometres from downtown Rouyn-Noranda.

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