Mr. Blane Wilson reports

FIRE RIVER APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR

Fire River Gold Corp. has appointed David Fox to the board of directors. Mr. Fox is the president of Fox Collins Securities Inc., a Toronto-based securities firm providing capital-raising and financial advisory services. Mr. Fox also serves on the board of Goldspike Exploration Inc., a Yukon-based gold explorer, and on the advisory board of Zenyatta Ventures Ltd., an Ontario-based junior exploration company. Mr. Fox has more than 20 years of direct securities industry experience. Mr. Fox holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Concordia University and a bachelor of laws degree from McGill University.

"We are very pleased to announce the appointment of David Fox to our board of directors," said Blane Wilson, Fire River's president and chief executive officer. "His extensive experience in the financial sector and law background will prove crucial to the board as we advance the Nixon Fork mine. We look forward to his contribution to the company."

In connection with Mr. Fox's appointment, he has been granted 200,000 stock options at an exercise price of 10 cents per share expiring five years from issuance, subject to the terms and conditions of the company's fixed stock option plan.

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