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 Wed Dec 23, 2009
First Holes Reported From 28 Drill Hole Program, Obotan Project, Ghana

 News Release # 09-33

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December 23, 2009 - Vancouver BC - PMI Gold Corporation (TSX.V:PMV) -- the Company is pleased to announce the results from the first two drill holes in the Adubiaso pit area, located 4.0 km north northwest of the Nkran deposit on our Obotan Project in Ghana. These holes are the first of a proposed 28 drill hole program to validate the previous drill data base at Obotan. When the program is completed, an initial NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate will be prepared.

The quality control (QC) holes, ADP09-002 and ADP09-005 were drilled between/in the vicinity of holes drilled by the previous operator Resolute Amansie Limited prior to their completion of mining in December 2002. To that date, the Obotan mine produced a total of 730,000 ounces of gold from the Nkran, Adubiaso and Abore pits at an average grade of 2.2 g/t.
The current QC drill results (italics) are presented in the table below, along with intersections (calculated from historical data) from below the bottom of the pit:

Table 1 -- Significant Gold Intercepts from below or beside the Adubiaso Pit:

Drill Hole

From Metres

To Metres

Width Metres

Weighted Avg. Grade
g/t Au   (uncut)

ADP09-002

110.50

114.60

4.10

1.59

ADP09-005

101.00

107.00

6.00

5.67

including

101.00

101.50

0.50

17.20

including

105.50

106.00

0.50

24.95

including

106.00

106.50

0.50

18.60

DD269

43.50

52.50

9.00

2.55

including

43.50

44.50

1.00

13.45

DD521

134.00

135.00

1.00

12.16

 

142.30

179.00

36.70

2.45

including

144.00

145.00

1.00

22.97

including

151.00

152.00

1.00

14.78

including

155.00

156.00

1.00

11.39

DD523

72.00

75.00

3.00

6.93

RC167

69.00

71.00

2.00

12.10

RC168

81.00

86.00

5.00

2.15

RC267

58.00

60.00

2.00

6.23

RC274

88.00

128.00

40.00

5.88

including

89.00

90.00

1.00

23.90

including

91.00

92.00

1.00

16.60

including

93.00

94.00

1.00

11.10

including

105.00

106.00

1.00

29.90

including

107.00

108.00

1.00

42.70

RC291

141.00

146.00

5.00

2.40

RC295

110.00

119.00

9.00

6.72

including

114.00

115.00

1.00

22.80

including

117.00

118.00

1.00

25.50

RC296

98.00

102.00

4.00

2.86

RC304

48.00

51.00

3.00

6.51

including

50.00

51.00

1.00

12.85

RC307

91.00

96.00

5.00

2.81

RC308

112.00

133.00

21.00

3.49

including

119.00

120.00

1.00

29.80

RC323

66.00

69.00

3.00

13.24

including

68.00

69.00

1.00

37.27

RC324

82.00

94.00

12.00

4.13

including

82.00

83.00

1.00

10.80

including

90.00

91.00

1.00

22.45

RC366

74.00

87.00

13.00

1.87

RC367

99.00

101.00

2.00

20.21

RC435

108.00

118.00

10.00

2.56

including

117.00

118.00

1.00

16.62

RC436

51.00

53.00

2.00

4.98

 

109.00

121.00

12.00

3.57

including

110.00

111.00

1.00

13.89

RC488

81.00

82.00

1.00

25.85

 

97.00

101.00

4.00

6.70

including

97.00

98.00

1.00

11.97

 

139.00

143.00

4.00

2.27

RC451

100.00

116.00

16.00

3.00

including

110.00

111.00

1.00

10.96

including

114.00

115.00

1.00

10.79

RC583

54.00

57.00

3.00

2.62

RC585

58.00

61.00

3.00

4.25

RC587

55.00

61.00

6.00

2.21

RC589

58.00

60.00

2.00

7.36

RC590

37.00

40.00

3.00

14.26

including

39.00

40.00

1.00

34.45

RC590

52.00

53.00

1.00

8.95

RC635

34.00

37.00

3.00

4.20

 

57.00

63.00

6.00

2.14

RC637

51.00

53.00

2.00

5.28

 

80.00

110.00

30.00

6.08

including

82.00

83.00

1.00

131.40

including

96.00

97.00

1.00

14.95

RC648

101.00

105.00

4.00

22.47

including

101.00

102.00

1.00

62.93

including

102.00

103.00

1.00

23.77

RC651

28.00

29.00

1.00

6.02

RC856

91.00

93.00

2.00

3.23

 

120.00

123.00

3.00

2.99

RC986

84.00

99.00

15.00

2.82

including

97.00

98.00

1.00

13.53

RC989

78.00

94.00

16.00

3.69

including

78.00

79.00

1.00

21.50

including

87.00

88.00

1.00

16.43

RCD278

133.00

140.00

7.00

4.51

including

135.00

136.00

1.00

15.00

RCD289

126.30

134.30

8.00

2.07

RCD327

135.00

140.00

5.00

5.32

including

139.00

140.00

1.00

14.75

RCD330

116.00

124.00

8.00

2.09

RCD333

136.00

145.00

9.00

2.94

 

156.30

162.00

5.70

2.50

including

161.00

162.00

1.00

10.24

RCD337

126.00

144.00

18.00

4.53

including

135.00

136.00

1.00

41.05

RCD363

105.00

123.00

18.00

2.14

including

120.00

121.00

1.00

11.60

RCD368

111.00

113.00

2.00

3.13

 

120.00

122.00

2.00

18.90

RCD411

118.00

122.00

4.00

3.47

RCD412

152.00

155.00

3.00

3.67

RCD413

123.00

124.00

1.00

6.92

 

201.80

207.00

5.20

3.83

RCD414

214.00

216.50

2.50

5.97

RCD417

133.00

134.00

1.00

8.59

 

203.80

214.00

10.20

3.93

including

203.80

204.20

0.40

28.78

including

211.00

212.00

1.00

14.41

RCD419

139.00

141.00

2.00

32.59

 

197.00

203.00

6.00

3.30

including

202.00

203.00

1.00

13.44

RCD422B

170.00

182.8

12.80

2.68

including

173.00

174.00

1.00

12.11

RCD425

179.00

181.00

2.00

2.89

RCD426

159.00

161.00

2.00

3.51

RCD433

162.50

170.00

7.50

2.87

including

162.50

163.00

0.50

25.26

 

181.00

183.00

2.00

5.11

RCD447

123.10

125.00

1.90

3.23

RCD453

115.00

118.20

3.20

22.13

including

117.30

118.20

0.90

68.25

 

132.10

134.50

2.40

2.37

 

137.60

139.80

2.20

4.17

 

149.80

172.00

22.2

1.57

RCD455

110.00

128.00

18.00

3.05

including

125.60

126.60

1.00

17.50

 

135.50

138.10

2.60

2.19

RCD456

127.00

131.00

4.00

5.34

 

147.00

149.00

2.00

6.13

 

173.00

174.00

1.00

29.48

RCD578

131.00

139.60

8.60

2.10

RCD631

109.00

110.00

1.00

10.56

 

160.00

164.00

4.00

3.29

 

180.00

190.00

10.00

3.73

including

184.00

185.00

1.00

13.56

 

202.00

204.00

2.00

5.84

 

209.60

213.00

3.40

3.73

including

209.60

210.00

0.40

30.78

RCD633

115.00

119.00

4.00

4.82

including

115.60

116.00

0.40

40.40

RCD946

304.00

306.00

2.00

3.24



Douglas R. MacQuarrie, President and CEO commented: "Our first two drill holes at the Adubiaso pit site have confirmed that significant near surface gold mineralization remains at this location. It is also particularly encouraging to note strong gold grades and widths under the pit. This suggests potential exists for developing "deep" resources in plunging ore shoots as is typical at our Nkran deposit and elsewhere in Ghana. Drilling at Adubiaso is expected to resume early in the New Year."

Please see the following link for the Adubiaso Pit -- Drill Collar Plan map: http://www.pmigoldcorp.com/i/maps/AdubiasoDrillPlanNRDec2309.pdf

This news release has been prepared by Douglas R. MacQuarrie, P.Geo.(B.C.), a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101. Field work was supervised by Paul Abbott MSc, a member of the Geological Society of South Africa with 21 years relevant experience in West Africa. HQ, and NQ core was logged, sawn and sampled on site, with half samples sent to SGS Analabs Pty. Ltd. in Bibiani, and analyzed for gold by fire assay-AA on a 50 gram sample charge. Internal QC consisted of inserting both blanks and standards into the sample stream and multiple re-assays of selected anomalous samples. Where multiple assays were received for an interval, the final value reported was the average of all results for the interval. Results from the QC program suggest that the reported results are accurate. Confirmation of the historical drill hole data base is ongoing and the data is believed to be reliable, however it is presented as received by PMI Gold Corporation. Intercepts were calculated with a minimum 1.0 g/t Au cut off at the beginning and the end of the intercept and allowing for no more than six consecutive metres of less than 1.0 g/t Au. Internal intercepts above 10.0 g/t Au are reported separately. Grade x Width intercepts of less than 10.0 g/t meters were not reported. True widths are estimated at 70% to 80% of the stated core length.

On behalf of the Board,

"Douglas R. MacQuarrie"

President & CEO


For further information please contact:


Douglas MacQuarrie, President & CEO
Telephone: 1 (604) 682-8089 Toll-Free: 1 (888) 682-8089 Facsimile: 1 (604) 682-8094
or for European Investors: Florian Riedl-Riedenstein: Tel: 43-2774-28814, e-mail: frram@aon.at
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