Desert Gold Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:DAU) (the "Company" or "Desert Gold") is
pleased to announce the successful completion of a drilling program at the
Barani East gold prospect on its Farabantourou permit in Mali. The prospect is
in Western Mali on the Senegal-Mali Fault Zone (SMFZ), 40km south of Sadiola
Mine and 50km north of Loulou Mine. Both these mines are on the SMFZ. The aim of
the drilling program was threefold, firstly to verify existing data on gold
grades for resource purposes, secondly to obtain material for metallurgical test
work and thirdly to determine the physical properties of the wall rocks and
mineralization for potential opencast mining of the prospect. Results to date
are positive and confirm the company's predictions with gold grades higher than
previously reported.


Rock hardness is indicative of free digging and oxidization of the gold bearing
rock reaches down to 100m, the mining depth under consideration. A total of
1147m has been drilled in 16 holes along the 350m strike of the deposit. 4 holes
were drilled by means of diamond drilling and 12 by means of reverse circulation
drilling. The orientation of the mineralized zone is NNE to SSW with
mineralization occurring from surface, dipping SSE at 45 degrees. Gold
mineralization is associated with quartz hematite rocks and carbonate veins.
Thickness of the mineralized zone varies with an average thickness of 4.5m and a
maximum width of up to 15m. As with these types of deposits, grades vary
significantly along strike and down dip. Mineralization is open down dip in the
southern part of the deposit. The latest intersections made by the company are
given in Table 1. Borehole BERC12-002 intersected 13m at an average grade of
7.8g/t Au, including 3m at a grade of 22.9g/t Au. Down dip of this intersection,
borehole BERC12-003 intersected 10m at a grade of 8.4g/t Au. Borehole BERC12-010
intersected 6m at a grade of 9.37g/t including 46.5g/t over 1m.




Table 1. Intersections from recent drilling                              
                                                                         
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                                                      Estimated          
                                       Intersection        true        
                      From        To          width       width        Au
Hole No                (m)       (m)            (m)         (m)     (g/t)
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BERC12-001           16.00     20.00           4.00         3.6      0.53
                     28.00     29.00           1.00         0.9      1.98
                     41.00     44.00           4.00         3.7      2.88
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BERC12-002           17.00     30.00          13.00        11.5      7.81
including            21.00     24.00           3.00         2.7     22.85
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BERC12-003           21.00     23.00           2.00         1.8      2.88
                     26.00     36.00          10.00         8.8      8.40
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BERC12-004           70.00     72.00           2.00         1.8      2.22
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BERC12-005            1.00      9.00           9.00         7.9      3.54
                     18.00     21.00           3.00         2.7      0.81
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BERC12-008           19.00     25.00           6.00         5.4      4.78
                     28.00     31.00           3.00         2.7      1.37
                     39.00     42.00           3.00         2.7      5.61
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BERC12-009           37.00     42.00           5.00         4.5      0.62
                     55.00     58.00           3.00         2.7      4.28
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BERC12-010           97.00    103.00           6.00         5.4      9.37
including            98.00     99.00           1.00         0.9      46.5
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BERC12-011           18.00     21.00           3.00         2.7      0.82
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BERC12-012           54.00     58.00           4.00         3.0      3.05
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Sample assaying was conducted by ALS Mali SARL Bamako laboratory. The samples
were assayed by means of a fire assay with an atomic absorption finish.


To view the maps accompanying this press release, click on the following link:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/d115m.pdf


About Desert Gold

Desert Gold Ventures Inc. is an advanced exploration and development company
which holds mining assets in Mali, Rwanda and Senegal.


For further information concerning Desert Gold Ventures Inc. and the TransAfrika
material properties, please refer to Desert Gold's SEDAR profile at
www.sedar.com or visit our website at www.desertgold.ca.


The information in this report that relates to exploration results has been
reviewed by Kathleen Body, Principal Consultant Resources at Coffey Mining
Johannesburg, registered as a Professional Natural Scientist with the South
African Council for Natural Scientific Professions. She has sufficient
experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and types of
deposits under consideration and to the activity which she is undertaking to
qualify as a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43- 101.


This news release has been prepared on behalf of the board of directors of
Desert Gold, which accepts full responsibility for its contents.


Louw van Schalkwyk, B.Sc. Geology (Honours), Vice President, Exploration, Director

This press release includes certain "forward-looking statements". All statements
regarding the ability of the Company to successfully delineate new resources in
proposed drilling programs are forward-looking statements that involve various
risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will
prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements. All statements that are
not historical facts, including without limitation statements regarding future
estimates, plans, objectives, assumptions or expectations of future performance,
are "forward-looking statements". We caution you that such "forward-looking
statements" involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results and future events to differ materially from those anticipated in
such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include the inability of the
Company to close the Proposed Transaction and the Financing due to the state of
the capital markets and other risk factors as discussed in the Company's filings
with Canadian securities regulatory agencies. The Company expressly disclaims
any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as may be
required by law.


For further information concerning Desert Gold Ventures Inc. and the TransAfrika
material properties, please refer to Desert Gold's SEDAR profile at
www.sedar.com or visit our website at www.desertgold.ca.





FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Desert Gold Ventures Inc.
Roeland van Kerckhoven
President and CEO
230 211 862511 8625
+1 (778) 372-1790 (FAX)
roelandvk@desertgold.ca


Desert Gold Ventures Inc.
Jared Scharf
CFO
1 (416) 662-3971
1( 778) 372-1790 (FAX)
jared.scharf@desertgold.ca
www.desertgold.ca
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