TORONTO, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pacific Gold Corp. (OTCBB: PCFG) announced today that Oregon Gold, Inc. received its trading symbol. The new symbol is ORGG. Pacific Gold distributed 2,000,000 common shares of Oregon Gold, representing 20% of the Company by way of a stock dividend paid on March 9th to record holders as of March 2nd. Pacific Gold is spinning off a portion of the shares of Oregon Gold to its stockholders in order to expand the possibilities for funding the operations of Oregon Gold and increasing shareholder value by permitting the market to evaluate the operations and assets of Oregon Gold apart from those of Pacific Gold. Oregon Gold owns the Defiance mine and placer claims covering nearly 280 acres in Josephine County, Oregon. To find out more about Pacific Gold Corp. (OTCBB: PCFG), or Oregon Gold, Inc. (OTCBB: ORGG) visit our website at http://www.pacificgoldcorp.com/. Or contact the Company directly at 416-214-1483. 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 five operating subsidiaries: Nevada Rae Gold, Inc. ("Nevada Rae") owns and operates the Black Rock Canyon gold mine, located in north-central Nevada; Pilot Mountain Resources Inc. ("Pilot Mountain") owns Project W, a large tungsten based deposit in Nevada; Fernley Gold, Inc. ("Fernley Gold") acquired exclusive lease rights to mine the Lower Olinghouse Placers in north-western Nevada; Oregon Gold, Inc. ("Oregon Gold") owns the Bear Bench claims and Defiance mine, located in south-western Oregon; and Pacific Metals Corp. ("Pacific Metals") owns claims in San Juan and Delores Counties, Colorado, encompassing the historic Graysill Mine. 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 2009 and beyond, to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: Pacific Gold Corp. CONTACT: To find out more about Pacific Gold Corp. (OTCBB: PCFG), or Oregon Gold, Inc. (OTCBB: ORGG) visit our website at http://www.pacificgoldcorp.com/. Or contact the Company directly at (416) 214-1483

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