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AurCrest Gold Announces Further Staking in Birch Lake Greenstone Belt
TORONTO, ONTARIO- (Feb. 11, 2011) - AurCrest Gold Inc. ("AurCrest" or the "Company") (TSX-V:AGO) wishes to announce th
--->at it has staked 85 mining claim units for a total of 3,400 acres located 100 km east northeast of Red Lake, Ontario. 
---> The Company's newly acquired Birch Lake Property is 100% owned, and situated in the northeastern part of the Birch La
--->ke Greenstone Belt between the previous Argosy gold producer and the Gold Canyon Springpole Project. The Springpole Go
--->ld Project operated by Gold Canyon Resources Inc., which announced a diamond drilling intersection of 132 metres of 2.
--->30 g/t Au on October 12, 2010, is situated on the Property's southern boundary.  
The decision to stake these claim units by AurCrest was based on the presence of a number of gold occurrences adjacent
---> to and on islands within Birch Lake in context of the Ontario Government's regional airborne magnetometer and electro
--->magnetic survey coverage over the area of interest and its spatial relationship to both the Springpole Project and Arg
--->osy past producer.  The property is contiguous to the AurCrest Richardson Lake Property. On January 25, 2011, the Comp
--->any announced that it had staked 336 mining claim units for a total of 13,440 acres located 80 km east northeast of Re
--->d Lake, Ontario.The Company is continuing to stake claims in the area of the Birch Lake Greenstone Belt.
Trevor Boyd, P.Geo., a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101"), Vice President of Expl
--->oration supervised the preparation of the technical information contained in this press release in compliance with NI 
--->43-101.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX 
--->Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Contact:
Ian Brodie-Brown AurCrest Gold Inc. President and C.E.O. (416) 368-2929 (416) 601-1450 (FAX) info@aurcrestgold.com www
--->.aurcrestgold.com