Rye Patch Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:RPM)(OTCQX:RPMGF)(FRANKFURT:5TN) (the
"Company") announces recent events in the lawsuit among the Company and its
wholly-owned subsidiary Rye Patch Gold US Inc. against Coeur Rochester, Inc.
("CRI").


CRI requested the Nevada Sixth District Court grant a postponement of the trial
scheduled for November 2012. CRI states the lawsuit is complex, and CRI is
unable to complete its review, assessment, and preparation of the voluminous
amount of information Rye Patch Gold US Inc. has exchanged regarding the LH and
OG unpatented lode claims. The Nevada Sixth District Court has granted CRI
request for continuance (postponement) of the trial. A new court date is pending
at this time; however, the Nevada Sixth District Court will schedule a new trial
date within 10 calendar days. Once the new trial date is known, the Company will
disseminate the information.


William C. Howald, President and CEO of the Company and President of Rye Patch
Gold US Inc., stated: "Rye Patch Gold believes it has a very strong case, and we
are anxious to go to trial and prove the validity and seniority of the LH
Claims. Management is confident in the validity of our LH Claims, and we are
anxious to advance the entire Rochester property."


In a related action, Rye Patch Gold US Inc. petitioned the Nevada Supreme Court
for a writ of mandamus to revoke the appointment of the special master. Rye
Patch Gold US Inc. asserts the appointment of the special master is not
authorized under the Nevada Rules for Civil Procedure. The Nevada Supreme Court
has issued a stay of the order appointing the special master and has directed
CRI to respond to the petition within 30 days.


The lawsuit involves ownership of unpatented lode mining claims that Rye Patch
Gold US Inc. located in the fall of 2011 on federally owned public lands of the
United States of America. The federal lands became open for the location of
unpatented lode mining claims on September 1, 2011 because CRI failed to pay the
mandatory annual mining claim maintenance fees required under the laws enacted
by the Congress of the United States of America. As a result, CRI's former 541
unpatented lode mining claims were forfeited and void as a matter of law, and
the public lands became open for the location of unpatented lode mining claims
by United States citizens.


In 2012, the United States Bureau of Land Management issued its decision
officially declaring CRI's 541 unpatented lode mining claims forfeited and void
as a matter of law. CRI's parent corporation Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation
reported in its 10-K that CRI failed to pay the mandatory claim maintenance fees
causing their former 541 unpatented lode mining claims to be void.


The federal lands were open to mineral location by any United States citizens,
including Rye Patch Gold US Inc., for 56 days before Rye Patch Gold US Inc.
began staking the 402 LH unpatented lode mining claims on the open federal
lands. The claim staking commenced on October 27, 2011, and all monumentation
was completed by November 21, 2011. In late November 2011, Rye Patch Gold US
Inc. contacted CRI to notify them the 402 LH unpatented lode mining claims had
been staked. CRI's response was to overstake the senior 402 LH unpatented lode
mining claims with a junior set of claims denoted as the N unpatented lode
mining claims; hence the lawsuit.


Rye Patch Gold US Inc. controls over 100 square kilometres (40 sq. miles) along
the Oreana trend. The Rochester Property - LH and OG Claims - cover over 30
square kilometres (7,500 acres) in 413 unpatented lode mining claims.


The Company is a Tier 1, Nevada-focused and discovery-driven company seeking to
build a sizeable inventory of gold and silver resource assets in the mining
friendly state of Nevada, USA. The Company's seasoned management team is engaged
in the acquisition, exploration, and development of quality resource-based gold
and silver projects. Rye Patch Gold US Inc. is developing gold and silver
resources along the emerging Oreana trend, located in west-central Nevada, and
is exploring 66 square kilometres along the Cortez trend near Barrick's two new
gold discoveries. The Company has established gold and silver resource
milestones and time frames in order to build a premier resource development
company. For more information about the Company, please visit our website at
www.ryepatchgold.com.


On behalf of the Board of Directors

William C. (Bill) Howald, CEO & President

This news release contains forward-looking statements, which address future
events and conditions, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. The
Company's actual results, programs and financial position could differ
materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result
of numerous factors, some of which may be beyond the Company's control. These
factors include: the availability of funds, the financial position of Rye Patch
to pursue legal undertakings; the outcome of legal action relating to the
Rochester property and the LH unpatented claims, the timing and content of work
programs; results of exploration activities and development of mineral
properties, the interpretation of drilling results and other geological data,
the uncertainties of resource and reserve estimations, receipt and security of
mineral property titles; project cost overruns or unanticipated costs and
expenses, fluctuations in metal prices; currency fluctuations; and general
market and industry conditions. Litigation is inherently uncertain and factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
forward-looking statements include unexpected judicial findings of fact,
previously unknown facts arising, and decisions which depart from past legal
precedent and similar events.


Forward-looking statements are based on the expectations and opinions of the
Company's management on the date the statements are made. The assumptions used
in the preparation of such statements, although considered reasonable at the
time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such, undue reliance
should not be placed on forward-looking statements.
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