Sunridge Gold Drills 56 Metres of 1.0 g/t Gold & 0.8% Copper at Adi Rassi Copper-Gold Project, Asmara Project, Eritrea

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sunridge Gold Corp. (SGC:TSX.V/SGCNF:OTCQX) (“Sunridge”) is pleased to report that final assays results have been received for the Company’s 2012 exploration diamond drill program at the Adi Rassi copper–gold prospect, part of the Asmara Project in Eritrea. These results continue to show wide copper and gold intercepts and confirms management’s belief that Adi Rassi is a new large copper-gold discovery that has the potential to become Sunridge’s fifth deposit on the Asmara Project.

The copper-gold mineralized zone has now been defined over about 400 metres strike length, 40 to 100 metres in width and to a vertical depth of 330 metres. The zone remains open and Sunridge is now planning the next phase of drilling and completion of an initial resource estimate on the Adi Rassi deposit.

New Drill Highlights include:

• AR-013-D: 56.17 metres averaging 0.80% copper and 1.01 g/t gold
• AR-014-D: 49.65 metres averaging 0.31% copper and 0.47 g/t gold
• AR-016-D: 74.26 metres averaging 0.52% copper and 0.34 g/t gold
• AR-017-D: 38.20 metres averaging 1.50% copper and 0.50 g/t gold
• AR-018-D: 99.00 metres averaging 0.54% copper and 0.43 g/t gold

Previous Reported Drill Highlights include:

• AR-002-D: 23.00 metres averaging 1.39% copper and 1.95 g/t gold (2010)
• AR-004-D: 78.00 metres averaging 1.00% copper and 0.22 g/t gold (2010)
• AR-010-D: 57.72 metres averaging 1.44% copper and 0.19 g/t gold (June 25, 2012)
• AR-012-D: 92.50 metres averaging 0.66% copper and 0.51 g/t gold (June 25, 2012)

“The 2012 drill program has successfully better defined and expanded the copper and gold mineralized zone and it is now clear that Adi Rassi has the potential of becoming much larger than the nearby Debarwa deposit” states Michael Hopley, President and CEO of Sunridge. “Metallurgical test work is underway to determine if the copper and gold recovery methodology is compatible with the process to be used at the nearby Debarwa copper-gold deposit. The next step is to have an independent initial resource estimate completed.”

Copper and gold mineralization at Adi Rassi is associated with quartz veins and breccia zones along a major shear zone that trends northeast for over 3 kilometres and dips steeply to the west. This mineralization is considered to be remobilized from a distal source, possibly an as yet unidentified buried volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit and is mainly hosted in strongly foliated and distorted altered mafic volcanic tuff and flows. (see map at the end of this news release).

The Adi Rassi prospect is located less than 10 kilometres from Sunridge’s Debarwa copper-zinc-gold VMS deposit where a positive feasibility study was completed and announced May 14, 2012. This proximity could have positive implications for any mining opportunities in the southern part of the Asmara Project.

Summary of new drill results is as follows:
Drill hole	Dip/ Azimuth	From metres	To metres	Interval metres	Gold g/t	Copper %
AR-013-D	-75/90	235.20	291.37	56.17	1.01	0.80
and		305.87	310.37	4.50	0.08	0.80
AR-014-D	-60/90	25.50	48.00	22.50	0.18	0.50
and		69.00	118.65	49.65	0.47	0.31
AR-015-D	-60/90	154.00	231.50	77.50	0.12	0.46
AR-016-D	-75/90	232.88	298.14	74.26	0.34	0.52
and		336.33	364.71	28.38	0.30	0.33
*AR-017-D	-50/90	5.75	43.95	38.20	0.50	1.50
AR-018-D	-60/90	106.70	205.70	99.00	0.43	0.54
AR-019-D	-45/90	16.00	40.00	24.00	0.02	0.65
AR-020-D	-60/90	165.00	207.00	42.00	0.03	0.58
AR-021-D	-60/90	68.60	73.50	4.90	0.02	0.17
AR-022-D	-60/90	No significant	Assay results

* interval includes 1.5m not sampled and assigned 0.0 grades

Summary of the results from Sunridge drilling in 2010:
Drill hole	Dip/ Azimuth	From metres	To metres	Interval metres	Gold g/t	Copper %
AR-001-D	-50/270	Abandoned
AR-002-D	- 60/270	127	337	210	0.84	0.49
Including		238	322	84	1.32	0.84
Including		298	321	23	1.95	1.39
AR-003-D	- 50/270	173	196	23	0.33	0.41
and		237	262	25	0.75	0.54
AR-004-D	- 55/90	35	113	78	0.22	1.00
AR-005-D to AR-009-D		No significant results

Other 2012 Exploration Targets on the Asmara Project

Other gold and VMS targets drilled as part of the 2012 exploration program have yet to return any significant results although further assays are still expected. Sunridge will now focus its efforts on moving the four established deposits on the Asmara project to the completion of a final feasibility study in Q1 2013 and developing a new resource at Adi Rassi.

NOTES:

1.	All drill holes reported are diamond drill holes.
2.	A Quality Assurance/Quality Control program was part of the sampling program on the Adi Rassi copper-gold prospect. This program includes chain of custody protocols as well as systematic submittals of standards, duplicates and blank samples into the flow of samples produced by the sampling.
3.	Samples were prepared at African Horn Testing Services (Eritrea) and analyzed at Genalysis Laboratories (a NATA registered laboratory) in Perth, Western Australia.
4.	Drilling intercepts lengths only are reported in the tabulations; it is estimated that true width will be approximately 80 to 90% of the mineralized intersections reported.
5.	The results of the Adi Rassi copper-gold prospect sampling program have been reviewed by Michael J. Hopley the Qualified Person for Sunridge. Mr. Hopley is also the person responsible for preparation of the technical information contained in this news release and is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sunridge.

ABOUT SUNRIDGE:

Sunridge is a mineral exploration and development company focused on the acquisition, exploration, discovery and development of base and precious metal projects on the Asmara Project in Eritrea and exploration properties in Madagascar. Sunridge currently has approximately 123 million shares outstanding. Sunridge trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol SGC. For additional information on the Company and its projects please view the slide show on our website at www.sunridgegold.com or call Greg Davis at the number listed below.

SUNRIDGE GOLD CORP.

“Michael Hopley”

Michael Hopley, President and Chief Executive Officer

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