TORONTO, ONTARIO (Marketwire, 13 September 2011) – Pacific Gold Corp. (“PCFG”) (OTCQB:PCFG)(PINK SHEETS:PCFG) is pleased to announce that Nevada Rae Gold, Inc., (“NRG”) a subsidiary of PCFG, has received permission from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (“NDEP”) for its’ Engineering Design Change to build a field hosting 8 additional geotextile tubes at the Black Rock Canyon Mine. The Company has ordered the appropriate liners and parts, and the Company plans to begin construction on the field as soon as the supplies are on site. Once completed, an as built review by the NDEP will be required prior to the operation of the new field of geotextile tubes.

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About the Company

Pacific Gold Corp.’s business plan provides for the acquisition and development of production-ready and in-production mining operations. The company is focused on alluvial gold and base metals operations located in western North America. Pacific Gold Corp. owns four operating subsidiaries: Nevada Rae Gold, Inc., which owns and operates the Black Rock Canyon gold mine, located in north-central Nevada; Pilot Mountain Resources Inc., which owns Project W, a large tungsten based deposit in Nevada; Fernley Gold, Inc., which has acquired exclusive lease rights to mine the Lower Olinghouse Placers in north-western Nevada; and Pacific Metals Corp., which owns claims in San Juan and Delores Counties, Colorado, encompassing the historic Graysill Mine.

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Pacific Gold Corp.
+1 416 214 1483
www.pacificgoldcorp.com

This news release includes forward-looking statements that reflect Pacific Gold Corp.’s current expectations about its future results, performance, prospects and opportunities. Pacific Gold Corp. has tried to identify these forward-looking statements by using words and phrases such as “may”, “will”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “estimates”, “should”, “typical”, “we are confident” or similar expressions. These forward- looking statements are based on information currently available to Pacific Gold Corp. and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the Company’s actual results, performance, prospects of opportunities in the remainder of 2011 and beyond, to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements.