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Harvest Gold Exploration Update, Drilling Underway at Rocky Ridge Gold Property,
Manitoba; Rosebud Mine, Nevada option exercised.
December 21, 2006
Harvest Gold Corporation (HVG – TSX.V) Dec.
21, 2006 (the “Company”) is pleased to report the progress being made on its
gold exploration projects in Manitoba and Nevada.
A drill program is currently underway at the Company’s Rocky Ridge Gold Property
in the Lac du Bonnet mining district in South Eastern Manitoba. The property is
being jointly explored by the Company and Grandview Gold (GVX: TSE). The program
consists of a minimum of 1,500 meters and is expected to be completed by the end
of December. The program is testing surface gold showings on the Rocky Ridge
property (for details see the Company press releases dated November 17th and
November 29th 2006 at the following link:
http://www.harvestgoldcorp.com/newsroom.html ). Core samples are now being
taken and shipped for analysis and results are expected in early 2007.
Regarding the Rosebud Mine project in Nevada, announced November 17, 2006, the
company has now exercised its option to acquire a 100% interest in this past
producing mine. Harvest Gold Vice President Greg Hill states. “There is
potential for the property to host additional high grade gold deposits and the
we are now conducting a full compilation of exploration data, including drill
hole results, to identify specific target areas for exploration.” The Rosebud
mine is reported to have produced 386,247 ounces Au and 1,254,942 ounces Ag from
1997 – 2000. (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 2005, The Nevada Mining
Industry 2004) Please note that the historical resource figures and drill
results are from sources that are not compliant with NI 43-101.
In the Rice Lake Gold Belt near Bissett, Manitoba, line cutting has begun on the
Lesavage North and Con Claims. These grid lines will be used to allow access and
ground surveying of the recently acquired Con and Conley claim groups. These new
claim groups are adjacent to the Lesavage North Claims which were drilled and
explored this past summer.
Harvest Gold Corporation is an exploration company working in Nevada, USA and
Manitoba, Canada. In Nevada, the Company is exploring a large generative gold
property at Garcia Flats in the southern extension of the Carlin Trend, an
advanced property with a gold-silver resource at the Longstreet Mine in Northern
Nye County, and the Rosebud Mine property in Pershing County. In Manitoba,
Harvest is exploring claims in the Rice Lake Gold Belt, the Rocky Ridge Gold
property in the Lac du Bonnet mining district, Manitoba and is Joint Ventured
with Canadian Gold Hunter Corp (CGH.TSX) at the Assean Lake Gold Project,
Manitoba.
All technical information in this release has been reviewed by Dr. George Gale,
P.Eng, Vice President of Exploration, Harvest Gold Corporation.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John Roozendaal B.Sc.
President
For more information about Harvest Gold Corporation, please review the company’s
web site www.Harvestgoldcorp.com or speak with a Company representative at
1-866-816-0118 or 604-986-2020
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