San Gold Corporation Announces $15.0 Million Private Placement

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Funds to Advance Rice Lake Exploration Programs

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -- (Marketwire - Feb. 23, 2012) - San Gold Corporation (TSX: SGR) (OTCQX: SGRCF) (the “Company“) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a letter of engagement with Primary Capital Inc. and a syndicate of agents (the “Agents“), under which the Agents have agreed to offer, on a guaranteed agency private placement basis, 7,150,000 flow-through common shares (the “Flow-Through Shares“) of the Company at a price of $2.10 per Flow-Through Share for total gross proceeds to the Company of $15,015,000. Under the agreement, the Agents have an option, exercisable at any time on or before the second business day prior to the closing date, to offer up to an additional 2,390,000 Flow-Through Shares for $5,019,000 in additional gross proceeds.

Closing of the offering is scheduled to occur on or about March 15, 2012. All securities issued will be subject to a four month hold period. The offering is subject to a number of conditions, including, without limitation, receipt of all regulatory approvals.

The net proceeds will be used to continue exploration and development on the Company's Rice Lake property.

These securities being offered have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act“) and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act) absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. This release does not constitute an offer for sale of securities in the United States.


About San Gold

San Gold is an established Canadian gold producer, explorer, and developer that owns and operates the Hinge, 007, and Rice Lake mines near Bissett, Manitoba. The Company employs more than 400 people and is committed to the highest standards of safety and environmental stewardship. San Gold is on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “SGR“ and on the OTCQX under the symbol “SGRCF“.

For further information on San Gold, please visit www.sangold.ca.


Cautionary Note

No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. This news release includes certain “forward-looking statements“. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding forecast gold production, gold grades, recoveries, cash operating costs, potential mineralization, mineral resources, mineral reserves, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the Company, are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to mining and processing of mined ore, achieving projected recovery rates, anticipated production rates and mine life, operating efficiencies, costs and expenditures, changes in mineral resources and conversion of mineral resources to proven and probable mineral reserves, and other information that is based on forecasts of future operational or financial results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of management.

Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as “expects“ or “does not expect“, “is expected“, “anticipates“ or “does not anticipate“, “plans“, “estimates“ or “intends“, or stating that certain actions, events or results “may“, “could“, “would“, “might“ or “will“ be taken, occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be “forward-looking statements.“ Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements.

There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations include, among others, the actual results of current exploration activities, conclusions of economic evaluations and changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined as well as future prices of precious metals, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled “Other MD&A Requirements and Additional Disclosure and Risk Factors“ in the Company's most recent quarterly Management's Analysis and Discussion (“MD&A“). Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

Exploration results that include geophysics, sampling, and drill results on wide spacings may not be indicative of the occurrence of a mineral deposit. Such results do not provide assurance that further work will establish sufficient grade, continuity, metallurgical characteristics, and economic potential to be classed as a category of mineral resource. A mineral resource that is classified as “inferred“ or “indicated“ has a great amount of uncertainty as to its existence and economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that any or part of an “indicated mineral resource“ or “inferred mineral resource“ will ever be upgraded to a higher category of resource. Investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into proven and probable reserves.

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.



Contact Information

San Gold Corporation
Tim Friesen, Communications Director
1 (855) 585-4653

San Gold Corporation
Gestur Kristjansson, CFO
1 (204) 772-9149
www.sangold.ca