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AurCrest Gold Announces Additional Staking in Birch Lake Greenstone Belt
TORONTO, ONTARIO- (Feb. 28, 2011) - AurCrest Gold Inc. ("AurCrest" or the "Company") (TSX-V:AGO) wishes to announce th
--->at it has acquired 73 mining claim units totaling of 2,920 acres located 110 km east northeast of Red Lake, Ontario.  
--->The Company's newly acquired claims are 100% owned in the northern part of the Birch Lake Greenstone Belt, and situate
--->d to the west and contiguous to the AurCrest Richardson Lake Property. 
The claims were staked by AurCrest in order to acquire the favorable volcanic geological trend along the north shore o
--->f Joneston Lake and north of Mink Lake along strike to the west from AurCrest's Discovery Zone gold showing situated o
--->n the North Shore of Richardson Lake. The newly acquired ground hosts a number of historic gold occurrences, which wer
--->e sporadically explored in the 1980s. The Company is continuing to stake claims in the area of the Birch Lake Greensto
--->ne 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.
Contacts:
Ian Brodie-Brown AurCrest Gold Inc. President and C.E.O. (416) 368-2929 (416) 601-1450 (FAX) info@aurcrestgold.com www
--->.aurcrestgold.com